Category: Active adult communities
May 13 — A report from Arizona State University’s Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness brought some welcome good news to the Arizona market for active adult communities recently. The school found that price drops in the area of over 30% helped spur increased sales in retirement communities among snowbirds…
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Published on May 13, 2008
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Category: Active adult communities
April 15 -- Imagine a town where a surprising number of residents have 2 golf carts - and only 1 car. Where the supermarket and high school have special golf cart parking lots. And where 72 of the 80 motor vehicles reported stolen last year were golf carts. That's Peachtree City, Georgia, one of America's largest planned communities -a perfect active adult community for many.
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Published on April 15, 2008
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Category: Active adult communities
April 9 -- For Sequoya, moving into a 55+ community in Yuma was "... boy what a mistake!" Similarly, Kimojimo "tried (a community in FL), lasted 9 months, and couldn't WAIT to get out!" Yet Bill55, who worked for years for Del Webb, "... met countless people who had no intention of living in an adult community. But for one reason or another they decided to give it a shot and I would see them around the community day after day taking part in all sorts of activities. At least 95% of those people said that moving there was the best decision of their lives!"
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Published on April 9, 2008
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Category: Active adult communities
March 24 -- The stereotype would have you think that the hordes of baby boomers moving into active adult communities can't wait to move into a smaller house. According to a new study from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), however, the reality is somewhat different.
The study, "Profile of the 50+ Housing Market", points out that more than 85 million people will be 55+ by 2014. Many will be buying in homes specifically built for 55+ buyers, and these won't be all that small - the average home will still have more than 2 bedrooms and over 2,000 square feet for living. Yards and other maintenance-requiring items will be downsized, however.
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Published on March 24, 2008
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Category: Active adult communities
March 18 - Maybe it is the softer market for real estate and active adult communities. It could be a bold move to capture market share when many real estate developers are down. Or perhaps it is just an awakening to the possibilities. Whatever the reasons, a number of leading active adult communities have been on an advertising tear lately, placing their ads in venues where they haven't been seen before.
Leading the charge has been The Villages, the active adult behemoth south of Ocala, FL. Anybody who has been watching golf on network television lately has been exposed to their messages many times by now. In Topretirements' experience, this is the first time that a retirement community has gone to national television to look for prospects.
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Published on March 18, 2008
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Category: Active adult communities
February 28 – If you are a person that likes to be active, have we got the place for you! It’s The Villages in north central Florida. Spread over a 5 X 12 mile site, there is plenty of room for just about everything. In fact it has so many…
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Published on February 28, 2008
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Category: Active adult communities
One of the primary drivers of where people choose to retire is the ability to be near loved ones. Often the perfect choice is a home that is close, but not too close, to those loved ones.
Now the over 55 community industry is joining in on that trend. One of their answers is to be seen in Victoria Park in central Florida near DeLand. This huge development is truly multi-generational, with traditional single family homes. Victoria Gardens also includes a special section, Victoria Gardens, which is a gated and age-restriction community within the overall development.
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Published on February 13, 2008
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Category: Active adult communities
September 22 -- When talking about retirement communities we can't tell you how many times we've heard baby boomers comment about how much they admire the traditional kind of town. You know, one with a central downtown; the kind of place where you can walk or bike to just about everything. A place with sidewalks and front porches. A community for retirement that does NOT: require a car to drive everywhere for everything, or is filled with people of only one age or interest.
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Published on September 21, 2007
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Category: Active adult communities
Madison CT -- August 15 -- Topretirements has been curious to see which towns and cities its visitors are most interested in learning more about. The results offer significant insight into what active adults think are the best towns to retire to. The top profile is generally: small town or city, Sunbelt location, vital downtown, usually with a college or university in town.
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Published on August 15, 2007
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Category: Active adult communities
July 27 -- Every publisher likes to issue "best lists" for the simple reason that all of us like reading them. This week the AARP got in the act, joining Money Magazine and others, with a list of "5 Great Places to Retire". Somewhat surprising was the fact that 4 out of the 5 communities were cities, with the 5th being a suburb of a big city.
Making the top 5 were: (if available, the Topretirements.com review is linked below):
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Published on July 27, 2007
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