Blog - Karen Daugerdas

Selling Your Home, Seniors

Navigating Life’s Next Chapter: Helping Seniors Sell Their Homes with Care & Confidence

Karen Daugerdas, Coldwell Banker REALTOR® & Seniors’ Real Estate Specialist® Selling a home is always a significant decision. But when it comes to seniors, it’s more than just a real estate transaction. It’s about closing one chapter & carefully, compassionately beginning the next. Most seniors make major real estate decisions between the ages of 72 […]
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Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Deferral Program – More than a Senior Discount

There are growing concerns that increases in property tax bills due to recent re-evaluations are pushing senior citizens to leave their homes. Some seniors take the Senior Exemption, which lowers their property tax based on reaching age 65 and above. There is also The Senior Freeze, for eligible senior homeowners whose household income is no […]
Buying a Home, Home Equity, Real Estate Sales, Selling Your Home, Seniors

Pay cash for your new home? It may not be just a dream!

Did you ever think you could pay cash for your new home? Thanks to recent home price appreciation, homeowners have near record amounts of equity, which simply is the difference between what you owe on your home & what your home is worth. On average, homeowners have $311K worth of equity. Once you sell, you […]
Real Estate Market, Seniors, Uncategorized

Is America’s Housing Market Failing Older Adults?

The US population is aging. Within the next decade, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in American history. As Americans live longer, their housing needs will change, but our current housing market is ill prepared for this demographic shift, according to Linna Zhu and Amalie Zinn of Urban Wire/Institute. Today, senior households—many of whom are […]