Boomers On The Move

No doubt about it, green is in. And not just the color…the movement. And why shouldn’t it be baby boomers at the forefront? Read about the Wolf Creek Lodge [via TreeHugger] in Grass Valley, California. The Wolf Creek Lodge is a “Cohousing” community for active adults. If you’ve never heard of cohousing, here’s a description [...]

Great article in the Sarasota Herald Tribune about the massive effect retirement communities can have on elections. The article focuses on The Villages and the 2008 Republican primary. A large majority of “Villagers” are republicans, and candidates regularly stump there. Even this guy made a stop there leading up to the 2004 election.

Came across this article in The Villages Daily Sun about homes that have been built since 2002 in The Villages exceeding the required construction standards. While homes in the area where The Villages is located need to be built to withstand 100 mph winds, they are engineered and built to withstand 110 mph winds. Wa-la-ya [...]

On the heals of my post the other day about possible real estate market optimism for 2008, Bloomberg has a report today saying things will get worse in 2008. According to some experts quoted in the article hope for a turnaround in 2009…at best. Bad news for homebuilders, mortgage lenders and the like. Good news [...]

Wanted to let you know about a new website BoomerGolfNews.com. The goal of this new site is to cover the world of golf as it relates to the largest segment of the population playing golf, baby boomers. Look for articles and features on boomers still making a living on the tour, ways you can enjoy [...]

I’m skeptical when I hear that all of a sudden, despite credit and mortgage woes galore, that the housing market is all of a sudden going to get better in 2008. Especially when the folks preaching this info. are “in the biz”. Believe me, I want it to get better too. But pretending like it [...]

If you think airport security is bad now, just wait until TSA gets its grimy hands on even more of your private data. Read this post from Gadling.com about TSA’s push to get even more control of your private data. It’s sure to tick you off… Picture from nedrichards on flickr

Here is an article from RISMedia on the hottest homebuying trends for 2008. Two of them really caught my eye and I wanted to share them with you here. Shower for FidoThe first is pet showers. Maybe you’ve heard of this before, or maybe you thought yes, I put my pet in the shower too, [...]