[MattGaiser]

By the time you end up dying nowadays, your kids have long owned a home and potentially your grandkids as well.

[ghaff]

People are also often mobile and have different wants/needs in a house. There's a good chance that the family home isn't what they want need.

[redisman]

I’ve also seen many older people sell the old big house and use the proceeds to buy a conveniently located condo and use the rest as their retirement fund

[LanceH]

I've just been discussing this with my wife. We're thinking of just buying a bigger enough lot that we could build more than one house.