Baby Boomers' $3.5 trillion will fund Millennials' 'forever homes'

Driven by Baby Boomer longevity and Millennial housing needs, the next generational handover of wealth will be unlike any before it, demographer Bernard Salt says.

A family with Millennial-aged parents standing in front of a house. Picture: Adobe Stock

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