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Are brokerages keeping up with homebuyers’ online habits?

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46 percent of all real estate brokerages say “keeping up with technology” will be their biggest challenge in the near future. Continue reading →

What the Future of Retirement Looks Like

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Dire jeremiads about America’s looming retirement crisis are so common that it seems retirementcrisis is one word. The doom-and-gloom narrative goes something like this: Spendthrift Americans aren’t saving enough, so their living standards will plunge … Continue reading →

Millennials are the worst clients, according to agent poll

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A recent survey from Redfin also shows that agent attrition is going up, and that many agents have to supplement their income with other work. Continue reading →

Gen X: Least Happy at Work, Most Financially Stressed

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Generation X, the often-ignored generation between boomers and millennials, also turns out to be the least happy at work and most financially stressed generation. Those are a few topline findings about Gen X workers — the 53 million who are now age 39 … Continue reading →

Boomer Brain Drain: The Big Mistake Employers Are Making

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A few weeks back, I wrote a blog post called “Retirement: Employers Just Don’t Get It” about surveys showing that employers are dismissing the dire financial circumstances of many older workers and the eagerness many older employees have to keep workin… Continue reading →

Parents’ Support to Adult Kids: A Stunning $500 Billion a Year

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Many millennials are having a tough time financially launching their adult lives and careers, what with the high cost of rent, student loans and health care, plus unreliable gig-economy income. So it’s no surprise that many of their boomer and Gen X pa… Continue reading →

The 5 most important findings from Zillow’s consumer trends report

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Eighty-four percent of all sellers said they rely on agents to provide guidance from the beginning to the end of the transaction, but Millennials are the most likely to take on a DIY approach… Continue reading →