There’s no better place to live the Florida lifestyle you’ve been dreaming of than Lakewood Ranch. For three years running, Lakewood Ranch has been the #1 multi-generational community in the country, meaning more people of all ages chose Lakewood Ranch as their home than any other community. Here, year-round outdoor living and deep-rooted community connections meet the largest selection of Continue Reading
This Sunny City Is the Best Place to Retire in America
Florida cities swept the top four spots — but only one could be the winner. BY PATRICIA DOHERTY DECEMBER 23, 2020 If spending your retirement in a warm and sunny locale sounds good to you—and if you’re planning ahead for those days of leisure—you’ll be interested to know that a city in the Sunshine State was just named the best place to retire in America. In fact, in the recently released Continue Reading
12 Florida Master-Planned Communities Make Top 50 List
John Burns Real Estate Consulting recognized the nation’s top 50 master-planned communities, saying more than 37,000 people moved to one of them in 2020. NEW YORK – The John Burns Real Estate Consulting team recently recognized the nation’s top 50 master-planned communities. The list of top U.S. developments included 12 in Florida. According to the report, more than 37,000 home Continue Reading
Top 50 Master Plans Achieve a Record 37K New Home Sales in 2020
by Jody Kahn & Devyn Bachman & Nicole Luszczak January 6, 2021 John Burns Real Estate Consulting The John Burns Real Estate Consulting team congratulates the management teams behind the top 50 master-planned communities, which sold at least 437 new homes per community during 2020. This threshold is the highest in our 10-year survey Continue Reading
Golf Club Communities Back on Buyers’ Radars
NEW YORK – Homes in residential golf communities have faced years of sluggish sales and mostly stagnant prices. But they’re seeing a surge in demand during the pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reports. It’s not just for the golf, however. Buyers like the expansive outdoor green space, and the potential for dining and socializing opportunities that usually come with it after the COVID-19 Continue Reading
Florida Misses Snowbirds – and Snowbirds Miss Florida
By Laura Layden, published November 2020 by Journal Media Group and Florida Association of Realtors Many Canadians will have a white Christmas this year – and they’re not happy about it. With the border closed until at least Nov. 21, a risky flight is the only way down. Amanda and Mark Parlee could have a white Christmas this year. They’re not happy about it. The Canadians usually Continue Reading
Sarasota Tops U.S. News Best Places To Retire List
by Earle Kimel, Sarasota Herald Tribune, published 14 October 2020 SARASOTA COUNTY – The greater Sarasota area ranks as the top place in America to retire and the 16th best place in the country to live, according to the U.S. News & World Report Best Places to Live & Retire 2020-21 rankings, which were released Tuesday morning. Emily Brandon, senior editor for retirement at U.S. News Continue Reading
LAKEWOOD RANCH REMAINS THE #1 BEST-SELLING MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE NATION
Press Release, Lakewood Ranch, July 10, 2020, by Lisa M. Barnott Lakewood Ranch maintained its position as the best-selling multi-generational community in the U.S., according to Maryland-based real estate consulting firm RCLCO’s 2020 mid-year survey. The Ranch secured 838 new home sales through the end of June of 2020, besting last year’s numbers by 2 percent. Lakewood Ranch’s overall second Continue Reading
COVID-19, a possible Trump second term — should Canadian snowbirds sell their Florida vacation homes or ride out the storm?
Toronto Star, by Douglas Quan, Vancouver Bureau Reporter, Published September 2, 2020 Victoria Purchase-Carter is not a fan of winter. This past February, the soon-to-be retired nurse and her husband, Roger Carter, of Corner Brook, N.L., snatched up a cute two- bedroom bungalow in a mobile home park near St. Petersburg, Fla. “The cold comes, I want to be surrounded by palm trees and Continue Reading
Coronavirus hits Sarasota-Manatee tourism hard
By Laura Finaldi, published 18 August 2020 Sarasota Herald-Tribune - USA TODAY NETWORK Tourism in Sarasota County plummeted in April, May and June, the same time period when Florida as a whole saw a 60.5% drop in visitation. In the three months ending June 30, visitation in Sarasota fell by 67.9%, with the number of visitors falling to 111,800 compared to 348,000 in the same three Continue Reading
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