Smart-Sizing
Jenn Lee • September 26, 2019
“Older home buyers today are ‘smart-sizing’ rather than just downsizing,” says Mollie Carmichael, a principal with Meyers Research, a housing research firm in Costa Mesa, Calif. “Affordability is a big priority before and during retirement, so people think they need to downsize for financial security, but that’s not always true.”

A very interesting read from The Washington Post about why many older home buyers are ‘smart sizing’ rather than downsizing - click here to check it out!
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