Catherine Collinson: Analyzing Retirement Trends Around the World

As CEO and president of the nonprofit Transamerica Institute and its Center for Retirement Studies as well as executive director of the Aegon Center for Longevity and Retirement, Catherine Collinson is one of the sharpest retirement researchers in the … Continue reading

Zillow gets into the leads referral business

The new pilot program, which launches in Florida under Premier Broker, will allow brokerages to generate leads with no upfront costs. Continue reading

Homesnap launches search-by-commute tool for homebuyers

Homesnap has developed a free “Search by Commute” feature that allows users to filter their property searches by commute time for up to five destinations. Continue reading

7 Reasons Your Resume May Have Been Rejected

You may think you have the “perfect” resumé, but a hiring manager — who is looking for specific things — may disagree. Here are seven reasons why your resumé may have been rejected: 1. Too much focus on background and experience that is irrelevant to t… Continue reading

What Matters? Don’t Let Health Care Get in the Way

(Editor’s note: This content is provided by The John A. Hartford Foundation, a Next Avenue sponsor.) When it comes to health care, what matters varies from person to person and differs depending on your state of health or illness. For one person, it mi… Continue reading

Fighting Ageism on a Hiking Trail

This is a story about me, a woman of a certain age, gray-haired and a little thick through the middle who, a few summers ago, asked a much younger, positively lithe national park guide …well, I asked her a question I didn’t really want answered. At lea… Continue reading

L.A. Wants to Be the Age-Friendliest U.S. City: How’s It Going?

A little over two years ago, the leaders of Los Angeles and L.A. County unveiled Purposeful Aging Los Angeles, their plan to make L.A. “the most age-friendly” place in the world. The idea is more than nice; it’s essential: The LA region’s older adult p… Continue reading

Need help increasing your real estate sales? Try exercising

Have you recently started slipping, dropping deals or becoming more irritable with your colleagues and clients. Are you unable to concentrate or cope with stress at work? The cause of your malaise might be something quite simple — lack of exercise. Continue reading