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Why many older homebuyers are ‘smart sizing,’ not downsizing

For empty nesters transitioning out of their longtime houses, making the choice of a new place to buy in a 55-plus community doesn't always mean downsizing.

Robin and Stefanie Wohnsigl initially moved from an 8,000-square-foot house to a 1,500-square-foot apartment before their recent transition to a 3,700-square-foot single-family home in Chester, Md.
Robin and Stefanie Wohnsigl initially moved from an 8,000-square-foot house to a 1,500-square-foot apartment before their recent transition to a 3,700-square-foot single-family home in Chester, Md.Read moreJ. Lawler Duggan / For the Washington Post
    by Michele Lerner, Washington Post
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