When did “location, location, location” stop meaning “close to work”? According to the NAR's just-released 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the number of buyers who cited proximity to their job as a top factor in choosing their neighborhood has dropped to just 31%. That’s nearly half the share from 2014, when it was 52%. It’s a striking reversal, given that many employers have tightened their return-to-office policies over the past year. So, what’s really going on here? The great reshuffle is aging, literally It turns out today’s homebuyers are the oldest in modern history. The median age hit [...]