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Senior Real Estate Specialists attend to special needs of seniors who move
Home. It’s our refuge from the world’s pressures. For seniors, it’s also a “photo album” –the keeper of life’s fondest memories. It’s no wonder we want to remain in our home as long as we possibly can; foregoing it, means
Senior Real Estate Specialist provide special services for seniors
leaving behind what is most special to us. It also means having to make perhaps the single largest business decision you may ever have to make in your lifetime –any mistake could cost you and your family. Selling your home at an older age gives rise to many unique questions that aren’t a factor to younger families. Many seniors have not bought or sold property in over 20 years. Much has changed over that time –legal & consumer issues, terminology and disclosure laws, etc.. As Senior Real Estate Specialists, SRES, we are specifically trained to help seniors make smart decisions about selling their homes.
Call Ed Garfield, SRES and Sharon Benjamin for compassionate real estate service for you or your senior mover.
Senior Real Estate Specialists attend to special needs of seniors who move in Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs. Ed Garfield and Sharon Benjamin offer services geared toward seniors who are moving.
Long Term Care Options…What, Who & Where
Senior care in the Buffalo Grove area
There is a growing demand in the Buffalo Grove area and throughout the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago for the care of its senior citizens. We have committed ourselves to serving the real estate needs of seniors. Below we provide some facts about long term care for seniors.
What is Long Term Care?
-Long term care is a combination of medical, custodial, social, and community services.
-Designed to help people with disabilities or chronic care needs, including dementia.
-Services may be provided in the person’s home, a community, assisted living facilities or nursing home.
Who Provides Long Term Care? Where?
-65% of people needing care rely exclusively on friends and family.
-Most of this care is provided by those age 45 and older.
-Only 5% of people receive care in institutional settings.
-Nearly 25% of households are involved in providing care to a spouse or relative.
-120 million Americans report providing unpaid care to a family member or friend, now or in the past.
If you have questions about handling a move for yourself, a senior, or an assessment of the value of your senior’s real estate, please don’t hesitate to call us. We will handle the situation both delicately and professionally.
What Buyers in Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs Want Might Surprise You
Changing House sizes in Chicago's Northwest Suburbs
You might call this post NEW House Alert! or Changing Times!
After World War II, it became an American dream to own a house. Then, the dream grew to a house with a garage, then a two-car garage, and a three-car garage. Houses got bigger and bigger over time with the square footage growing every year until around 2005 when houses began trending down in size.
Today, home buyers are very, very value-conscious and they don’t want to pay for space they don’t use. Houses are getting smaller is the bottom line.
Call us to find a house in the in Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs including Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Long Grove, Skokie and the surrounding areas. We will find you a home just the right size.
