efining today’s retirement is like putting your arms around a pile of Jello. It doesn’t have a solid shape and it’s always sliding into new territory. With that squiggly concept in mind, let’s talk about Carolina retirement and what that means to those taking the plunge. Even though you’ve retired from the grueling 30, 40, [...]

Walkable urban places are the cities of the future, a new study says. And where will those be? New York, Boston? Try Miami and Phoenix. No, we're not kidding.   If you live in Washington D.C., New York City or Boston and your legs are your main mode of transport, this won't be news to [...]

Carefree travel has long been the province of backpackers, 20-somethings and other free spirits without mortgages, jobs and other worldly concerns. But if retired couple Lynne and Tim Martin have their way, there will be a new model for the wave of aging baby boomers nearing retirement: Hit the road, travel around the world, and [...]

A recent real estate survey finds retiring Baby Boomers making 'lifestyle plans' that involve beach houses, country estates and condos in the city. Tapioca and shuffleboard didn't make the cut. Sorry, Generation X and millennials, but the house you grew up in probably isn't your parents' dream house. Neither is that retirement kennel you want [...]