Active Adult

Active Adult

• Snowbirds Migrate For Florida Spring Home Selling Season

  Builders are reporting traffic is up in some Florida markets, yet challenges remain.

   

• Del Webb Survey Reveals New Realities for Baby Boomers

  Eighty is the new old, the Carolinas are the new Florida, and working through retirement is the new norm, according to a recent survey of Baby Boomers.

   
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  Universal Design Holds Universal Appeal

  Winners of AARP’s 2010 Livable Communities Awards blend good looks with comfort, convenience, and safety for all ages.

   

• Kolter Group Enters Active Adult Market

  Provider of finished lots plans to develop and build out its newest land acquisition itself.

   

• Levitt and Sons' Land in Atlanta Expected to be Sold Soon

  Kolter Land is the key bidder for active adult community.

   
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  Thawing the 55-Plus Home Buying Market

  Quelling fear and creating must-have products are secrets to selling to Baby Boomer buyers.

   
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  Papali Wailea, Wailea, Hawaii

  2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Resort or second-home community

   

• Ambitious Development Proposal in Memphis Faces Tough Challenges

  A soft economy isn’t the only thing that’s giving local officials and citizens pause about this project.

   

• Boomer Home Buyers Want High Tech and Low Maintenance

  An NAHB-Met Life study uncovers what's important to the 55-plus housing market.

   

• Boomers and Millennials Drive Demand for Smaller, More Economical Homes

  Webinar explores value engineering strategies for today's smaller households and cash-strapped buyers.

   

• Experts Speculate on Mature Housing Market

  Ten years from now, the world will have more people over 65 than children under five, according to a new report from the National Institute on Aging. Where will Americans live as they age?

   

• Today's Homes Lack Universal Design

  Why today's housing landscape isn't prepared to accommodate tomorrow's aging Baby Boomers. One seasoned real estate developer and urban planner shares his perspective.

   

• Slideshow: Active Adult Communities

  See two amenity-rich communities that cater to the 55-plus crowd.

   
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  Boomer Wants and Needs Will Alter Housing Landscape

  By 2011, half of all homeowners will be over 50. But the current housing landscape doesn't necessarily provide what they want -- or need.

   

• Builders Indicate ‘Cautious Optimism’

  Sales, traffic improving even in move-up and active adult markets.

   

• The Active Adult Option

  Interest in age-qualified communities is growing.

   

• Pollster Advises Builders to Cater to Spiritual Buyers

  John Zogby defines four types of American spirituality at PCBC and how they relate to housing.

   

• Census: Population Becoming Older, More Racially Diverse

  Americans 65 and older account for 30 million people, which represents 12.8% of the U.S. population.

   

• New Jersey Moves Toward Lifting Some Age Restrictions

  But municipal opposition could keep the governor from signing the new legislation.

   
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  AARP Survey Says Almost 25% of Baby Boomers Expect to Have a Parent Live With Them.

  Growth in multi-generational households offers opportunity for builders to offer homes and neighborhoods that meet their unique needs.