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How to downsize your home guide
With insights from experts and homeowners, learn why many seniors are moving to a smaller home—and how to do it—with our complete guide to downsizing after retirement.
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Think you're retired? Not from chores
Retirement brings the promise of freedom, yet for many over 55s, later life isn’t as liberating as they’d hoped. In fact, each year is filled with an average of 500 hours of household chores – the equivalent to a staggering 21 days a year, or an unpaid part-time job.
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Retirees want more retirement bungalows
A new McCarthy & Stone survey has found that we need to build twice as many retirement bungalows in the UK to meet demand from retirees.
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How to downsize your home guide
With insights from experts and homeowners, learn why many seniors are moving to a smaller home—and how to do it—with our complete guide to downsizing after retirement.
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Retirement community downsizing dividend to help UK decarbonise faster
New research by public policy consultancy WPI Strategy, highlights the environmental benefits of building new retirement housing.
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Has the pandemic made Brits’ relationships with their neighbours stronger?
In such a turbulent period of history, small sparks of hope, optimism and faith in the human race have begun to shine through
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'Silver saviours’ can revitalise our high streets, Chancellor told
New research notes that retirement communities create more economic value than any other type of residential development, supporting local high streets.
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Chain Reaction
Research by WPI Strategy finds that c.3m older people in the UK want to downsize, potentially freeing up nearly 2m spare bedrooms, predominantly in three bedroom homes with gardens, ideally suited for young families with children.
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Homes for Later Living Report
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Why Housing for Later Living can Make you Feel 10 Years Younger
A new report from a consortium involving McCarthy & Stone has revealed how a later living property can leave you feeling up to 10 years younger. Here, we’ve explained more about our findings and how retirees can get involved