Wyndham Farm's appeal to buyers' psyches is rocketing sales to 10 a month. What surrounds Wyndham Farm are backdrops of mountains and farmland, all within commutable distance of New York City.
Beating competitors' prices by $10,000 to $15,000 and including standard amenities other builders tack on as extras, California's Highland Ranch has become a sales success.
At K. Hovnanian's Four Seasons, sophisticated active adults wet their palates with such model names as Merlot, Sauvignon, and Cabernet, and are gulping nine units a month in a typically slow selling season.
Not far from Newark and downtown Manhattan, Toll Brothers has carved a niche for white-collar professionals and families, many of whom have moved to this country from abroad to pursue high-tech jobs.
The $400,000 price tags of Michigan's first neo-traditional community exceeded the price ceiling of the area's average buyer. So when Saratoga Circle opened with homes starting in the high $200s, buyers flocked to sign contracts.
