These midsize Midwestern cities were the hottest places to buy homes in 2025

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The sun sets on the Illinois State Capitol in downtown Springfield.
Springfield, Illinois, was the ninth most popular market for home buyers this year, according to a Zillow analysis.

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An 'explosion' of solo-agers are struggling with rising costs and little support: 'I'm flying without a net'

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A healthcare worker helps an elderly woman walk using a rollator. Indoors, home setting.

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Moving in with your parents used to feel like a setback. For these 5 families, it was a smart strategy.

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A multigenerational family sitting on a couch.
The number of people living in multigenerational households has quadrupled since 1971.

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I moved my 88-year-old dad into my apartment complex. His apartment is visible from my window, so I can keep an eye on him.

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An older man is standing in front of a painting with a younger woman
Deidre Catucci, with her father, William

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Inside the tax that incentivizes boomers to die in their homes, rather than selling — because it's better for their kids

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A faded hand that is passsing a house to another hand.

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A semi-retired boomer's Florida house doubled in value in 7 years, so she sold it and downsized to travel more

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Barbara White, 72, standing outside the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Barbara White, 72, on a recent trip to Paris, France.

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Millennials are richer than their boomer parents. Here's why they love to complain anyway.

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A dark rain cloud raining money on a young Gen Z person

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Baby boomers have turned into Generation Can't-Let-Go

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An individual looking at someone else sitting on top of a pile of cash and sitting on a golden chair

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A 59-year-old downsized to a tiny home on wheels to shrink her housing costs while helping care for her parents

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Julie Lennox and her dog Rizzo
Julie Lennox and her dog Rizzo

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Two Gen X empty-nest couples are 'rightsizing' in a development focused on community

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Stephanie Falk (left) and Judy Cooperman.
Stephanie Falk (left) and Judy Cooperman.

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