With Retirement on Horizon, More Move to a Luxury View - 2004-01-22
As they reach their sixties, Bob and Lynn Levvis felt they were ready for retirement and then some. Their salaries were peaking. The mortgage was paid off. And the value of their Springfield home had increased nearly tenfold since they bought it for $30,000 in 1970.

When they started to search for a retirement home, they weren't interested in downsizing to a bungalow by the beach in Florida or the Carolinas.
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Homebuilding posted 25-year high in 2003 - 2004-01-22
Residential construction activity gathered steam in December, helping to make all of 2003 the best year for homebuilders in a quarter-century and highlighting the critical role the sector played in the economy's resurgence.

Economists say the housing market will slow a bit this year but still register healthy activity based on expectations that long-term mortgage rates will creep higher later this year.
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