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Where to Retire magazine sent us this portion of an article in the current issue - The Editors.

Where to Retire Magazine Features Yearlong Series

Ready for the Rebound: Hot Spots for Retirement Real Estate Discounts

By Mary Lu Abbott

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HOUSTON (December 1, 2009) - Beginning with its January/February 2010 issue, Where to Retire magazine, the only magazine geared to helping people with retirement relocation decisions, launches a yearlong series spotlighting destinations that are great for retirees and now offer unusually good buys in housing. As a special feature in each issue, "Ready for the Rebound: Hot Spots for Retirement Real Estate Discounts" will give insight into the current bargains in places chosen by the editors from extensive research into home prices over the last decade.

The series kicks off with a survey of eight coastal sites and in later issues will look at such diverse options as cities for urban lifestyles, mountain and lake retreats and college towns. The locales featured in this issue are Barnstable Town, MA; Hilton Head, SC; Ormond Beach, FL; Naples, FL; Galveston, TX; Oceanside, CA; Florence, OR, and Whidbey Island, WA.  The January/February issue mails to subscribers nationwide on December 1, 2009.

According to Where to Retire editor, Mary Lu Abbott, the 2010 special feature "Ready for the Rebound" sheds light on the unique opportunities for baby boomers and retirees to snap up dream retirement real estate at discounts with the record low housing prices, low interest rates and high inventory now.

"Comprised of seven villages on Cape Cod, Barnstable Town, MA, offers historic-district homes, golf communities, condos and more, with prices reported down to 2002 levels.

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Each year, 700,000 Americans move to new towns to retire.  Generally healthier, better educated and more affluent than retirees who stay put, relocating retirees bring significant economic benefits to their new states and hometowns.  Nationally, two dozen states and hundreds of towns seek to attract retirees as a source of economic development.

Where to Retire magazine was launched in 1992 with the goal of helping its readers find the ideal place to retire. Now published six times a year, the magazine covers the best retirement regions, towns, and master-planned communities, and has a national average circulation of 220,000 and an average readership of 500,000. A one-year subscription to Where to Retire is now $18.00 (a 39% savings from newsstand price). The magazine is also found on various newsstands and at Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores. For a magazine subscription, visit www.wheretoretire.com or send a check or money order to: Vacation Publications, Attn: Where to Retire, 5851 San Felipe Street, Suite 500, Houston, TX 77057.  Phone Orders: (713) 974-6903.