HOMES & LIFESTYLES
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RECENT EMPTY NESTERS MAKE THE MOST OF THE ACTIVE ADULT REAL ESTATE MARKET By Amy Meadows
W
hile the real estate market has been a roller coaster in
surged to over 80 percent. In Atlanta, the report notes, seniors
recent months, prompting many potential home buyers to
make up 6.5 percent of metro area home buyers today.
pump the breaks on their impending residential searches,
“This trend may be in part attributable to larger numbers of
there is one demographic in that has illustrated a steady increase
wealthy Baby Boomers entering the 65-and-over age bracket,”
in home buying: seniors. In fact, according to Construction-
ConstructionCoverage.com’s report reveals. “With more than 71
Coverage.com, which provides research to help businesses in
million Boomers controlling an estimated $70 trillion in wealth,
the construction industry, homeownership among seniors has
the share of 65-and-over homeowners may continue to increase
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