Yesterday I attended the unveiling of the Villas at Del Webb. Needless to say I was very impressed with the turnout and how well organized Pulte was for the introduction. Several homeowners volunteered to get the word out on what a great community Del Webb is becoming and Pulte does a fantastic job of marketing to Seniors. I've learned quite a bit about Seniors through attaining my SRES designation and also working with this market segment.
Why are so many retirees moving to North Caroina? North Carolina is becoming the new Florida. Many people who planned to move to Florida for their Golden years have now moved to North Carolina instead. Several reasons my clients have decided to move to North Carolina include lower insurance rates, low taxes, affordability, and with the increase in global warming the state is quite pleasant but not unbearable during the summer months. The boom in this market sgement doesn't seem to be showing any signs of ending any time soon, despite an overall slow down in housing sales. For example, I think there were 300-400 people that attended the Del Webb unveiling yesterday. My husband commented that Pulte is brilliant to capture the change in this market.
North Carolina is NOW the #1 retirement destination in the U.S. In addition, Raleigh is one of the top 10 cities in the U.S. to relocate to, which sent Raleigh's real estate market reeling on a steady course of appreciation but not uncontrollable. The median price for a home in Raleigh is $239,000 and it is forecast to appreciate a strong 5.9% in 2007, according to Housing Predictor. Raleigh offers older neighborhoods, which are steeped in southern tradition mixed with new housing developments.
For additional articles regarding Active 55 communities and some of the trends in the area please visit previous articles that you may find helpful.
I've also spent some time at Carolina Preserve watching the community grow and develop in a short period of time.
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If you are interested in relocating to the area I'd love to lend you my expertise as a top notch Seniors Buyers Agent. Contact me at Tracy@TracySantrock.com. Don't worry there are quite a few pictures in the links included in the email.
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Tracy.... you might have about 30% of the people from New Jersey moving down your way in the next 5 yrs... lol I didn't catch it, but there was a news segment about a month ago stating the 50% of the people living in NJ want to move. Everything in this state just costs too much. The 2 biggest things, property taxes and car insurance. And Pulte is a good builder.