?About a third of Baby Boomers plan to sell their home to fund their ...

?About a third of Baby Boomers plan to sell their home to fund their retirement, according to a study that questions whether buyers will dry up as that massive segment of the population downsizes.
Bank of Montreal is warning Boomers not to count on that nest egg, while other observers suggest that even if prices don?t plunge, big increases in property values are a thing of the past.
?They shouldn?t be relying on their homes because there are risks,? says Marlena Pospiech, a retirement strategist at the BMO Retirement Institute.
The bank suggests the following risky scenario: As Canada?s population ages, more Boomers will be retiring and selling their homes, putting downward pressure on prices.?
- from ?Boomers warned using home sale to fund retirement could backfire?, Garry Marr, Financial Post, 31 Oct 2012

Gee, now where have we been hearing this warning, for, umm, the past 4 or 5 years?
As we said on an earlier post today: ?Opinions previously held only by lunatic bears-on-blogs are being expressed mainstream.?
Note how the possibility of price ?plunges? are now also entering the mainstream discussion.
- vreaa

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