The housing shortage is getting no help from aging baby boomers

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Visiting older family members once a month could help them live longer.

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Boomers fed up with Florida are moving to southern Appalachia, fueling a population spike in longtime rural communities

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A scenic view at the Amicalola Falls State Park in Georgia.

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A 71-year-old Californian explains why she's one of many boomers reluctant to sell their large homes and downsize — and it has nothing to do with money

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The Oakland skyline is seen from this aerial view in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, May 8, 2023.
The Oakland skyline is seen from this aerial view in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, May 8, 2023.

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An 83-year-old who moved from New York to Florida explains how she's working to prevent loneliness and make friends — without playing pickleball

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How some boomers are overcoming loneliness and finding new friendships in retirement: 'It's been a lifesaver'

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From left to right: Joe Lamy; Garey Schmidt; Maria Maki; Rick Grossman

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Maria Maki, 79, experienced her "deepest sense of loneliness" when she moved to Buffalo, Minnesota, at the height of the pandemic.

Declining boomer ownership will free up 9.2 million homes by 2035, Freddie Mac says

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Boomers can use the equity in their current homes to buy a new house.
Boomers can use the equity in their current homes to buy a new house.

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Is your mom a 'Temu victim?'

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Temu's ad during the Super Bowl. The online shopping app's most loyal customers aren't the young people in this ad: They're older.

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An 81-year-old explains her simple solution to make sure loneliness doesn't become 'a way of life' — and what she thinks stands in the way of forming connections

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Patricia Backlund, 81, started weekly "mingles" in her community to combat loneliness.

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Baby boomers are driving the trend of Americans staying in their homes for twice as long as they did 2 decades ago

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Boomers are unlikely to downsize given the current affordability conditions, Redfin said.

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The new champions of the stock market: millennials

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It turns out the Robinhood crowd was onto something when they piled into the stock market during the pandemic. 

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