âOverall, Americans are horrible savers, and our retirement accounts are woefully underfunded.â. According to the National Institute on Retirement Security, 45 percent of working-age households have no retirement savings at all. Among people 55 to 64, average household retirement savings total only $12,000. For those near retirement who have savings, the average balance is $100,000 â still not much money to finance the next 20 to 30 years. âIf you look at the way people actually behave, weâre in serious trouble,â says Liz Weston, personal finance columnist and author.
Wells Town Hall in 1922. Wells is on the southern coast of Maine, surrounded by Kennebunk to the northeast, Sanford to the northwest, North Berwick to the west, South Berwick to the southwest, and Ogunquit to the south.
WHEN David Wade bought an acre of land near Rochester in Victor, N.Y., about three years ago, one of the most appealing features of the property was its location on a hill overlooking a golf course. The site would be perfect, Mr. Wade thought, for the 4,700-square-foot house he and his wife dreamed of building.'Here in Orange County, wells range anywhere from 80 feet to 1,000 feet,'' Mr. Crover said, adding that the physical location of a piece of property is not necessarily indicative of the ease with which water may be found.