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","Many \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freddiemac.com\u002Ffmac-resources\u002Fresearch\u002Fpdf\u002F201901-Insight-02.pdf\">studies\u003C\u002Fa> suggest one of the main reasons for the inventory shortage in today’s market of homes for sale is that older generations have chosen to “\u003Cem>age in place\u003C\u002Fem>” over moving.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F06124002\u002F20190521-Share-KCM.jpg","Many \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freddiemac.com\u002Ffmac-resources\u002Fresearch\u002Fpdf\u002F201901-Insight-02.pdf\">studies\u003C\u002Fa> suggest one of the main reasons for the inventory shortage in today’s market of homes for sale is that older generations have chosen to “\u003Cem>age in place\u003C\u002Fem>” over moving.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nar.realtor\u002Fresearch-and-statistics\u002Fresearch-reports\u002Fhome-buyer-and-seller-generational-trends\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>The 2019 Home Buyers & Sellers Generational Trend Report\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cstrong> by\u003Cem> NAR\u003C\u002Fem> clarifies this point!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nNAR’s findings show that Baby Boomers (43%) and the Silent Generation (12%) made up 56% of sellers in 2018! This means the majority of sellers last year were over the age of 54. This also shows these generations ARE moving!\r\n\r\nThe report also shared the reasons why they chose to move. According to the research, the top reason was a desire to be closer to friends and family. Below is a full breakdown:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F20190521MEM-ENG-1.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39703\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F20190521MEM-ENG-1.jpg\" alt=\"Are Older Generations Really Not Selling their Homes? | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nAs we can see, they have plenty of reasons to sell their current home! But what type of homes are they trading in?\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F20190521MEM-ENG-2.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39704\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F20190521MEM-ENG-2.jpg\" alt=\"Are Older Generations Really Not Selling their Homes? | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nOnce again, the report demonstrated that older generations are not keeping that 3-bedroom, 2-bath colonial home. 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