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Regent Oaks at Freehold in Freehold Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Regent Oaks at Freehold is a small 55+ active adult community by Toll Brothers in Freehold Township, Monmouth County. Toll Brothers described it as offering only 89 single-family homes, one- and two-story, and building…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Renaissance at Manchester in Manchester Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Renaissance at Manchester is a gated 55+ community of about 1,900 single-family and patio homes in Manchester Township, Ocean County. It was built from 1997 to 2007 and has an executive 18-hole golf course, a…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

River Pointe in Manchester Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

River Pointe is a gated Del Webb adult community of 504 single-family homes in Manchester Township, Ocean County. Building began in 2007, every floor plan has a two-car garage, and the 16,000-square-foot clubhouse has…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Seacrest Pines in Barnegat Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Seacrest Pines is an active adult community for people age 55 and older in Barnegat Township, Ocean County. D.R. Horton built its 347 single-family homes between 2017 and 2023, according to 55places. Building is…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Seaview Village in Brick Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Seaview Village is a small adult community in Brick Township, Ocean County, with 349 homes built in the early 1980s. It mixes single-family homes with attached duplex homes, every model has two bedrooms and a one-car…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Shadow Lake Village in Middletown Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Shadow Lake Village is a gated 55+ community of 952 condominium homes in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, on the Navesink River. K. Hovnanian built it in the 1970s, and it is one of the largest age-restricted…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Silver Ridge Park North in Berkeley Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Silver Ridge Park North is one of four separate Silver Ridge Park associations in Berkeley Township, Ocean County. Its association describes it as a 55+ community of single-family homes with garages, with its own…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Silver Ridge Park West in Berkeley Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Silver Ridge Park West is one of four separate Silver Ridge Park associations in Berkeley Township, Ocean County. The others are Silver Ridge Park East, North and the Westerly Extension, and each runs its own…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Sonata Bay in Berkeley Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Sonata Bay is a 55+ community of 312 homes in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township, Ocean County. The association, known as the Sonata Bay Club, describes it as an active 55+ community built around five home…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

The Essex and Sussex in Spring Lake, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

The Essex and Sussex is a 55+ condominium building on the oceanfront in Spring Lake, Monmouth County. It is a historic hotel building that was converted into 165 condominium residences from 2002 to 2004. Instead of a…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

The Fairways at Lake Ridge in Lakewood Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

The Fairways at Lake Ridge is a gated 55+ community in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, built by the Kokes Organization from 1998 to 2017. It has attached courtyard homes and single-family homes, from about 1,300 to…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Venue at Longview in Plumsted Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Venue at Longview is a newer 55+ community by Lennar in Plumsted Township, Ocean County, in the New Egypt area. 55places lists construction from 2021 to the present, with single-family and attached homes, and the…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Venue at Woodlands in Manchester Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Venue at Woodlands is a newer 55+ community of single-family homes in the Whiting section of Manchester Township, Ocean County. Lennar began building it in 2018, according to 55places and 55housing, and every model…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

The Village Grande at Holmdel in Holmdel, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

The Village Grande at Holmdel is a small, deed-restricted 55+ adult community of 115 single-family homes in Holmdel Township, Monmouth County. D.R. Horton built it in the late 1990s, and it has its own clubhouse, an…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

The Villas at Jumping Brook in Neptune Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

The Villas at Jumping Brook is a gated 55+ community of single-family homes in Neptune Township, Monmouth County. Its association calls it an active 55+ community, and 55places gives 2001 to 2003 as the years it was…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Westlake Golf and Country Club in Jackson Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Westlake Golf and Country Club is a gated 55+ community of 1,421 single-family homes in Jackson Township, Ocean County. Its centerpiece is an 18-hole, par 71 golf course designed by Arthur Hills, and the homeowners are…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Winding Ways in Jackson Township, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Winding Ways is a gated adult community of 554 single-family homes in Jackson Township, Ocean County. It has a staffed gatehouse around the clock, a clubhouse with a banquet hall and fitness center, a large outdoor…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Can You Get Approved With Multiple Income Sources? A New Jersey Homebuyer’s Guide

If you earn money from more than one source, you may wonder whether a mortgage lender will count all of your income when determining how much home you can afford. The short answer is: yes, you may be able to qualify…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

What’s Driving Demand in New Jersey? Why Homebuyers Are Still Competing for Homes in 2026

If you are searching for a home in New Jersey right now, you may be wondering: Why is demand still so strong? Mortgage rates, home prices, insurance costs, and property taxes continue to influence affordability. Yet…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Cedar Village at Brick in Brick, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Cedar Village at Brick is a small adult community of 225 single-family homes in Brick Township, finished in 2001. I'm Dennis Mark Interdonato with Keller Williams Realty Ocean Living. It offers detached homes with…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Covington Village in Lakewood, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Covington Village is a gated adult condominium community in Lakewood Township: 360 units on 35 acres, built by Matzel Development between 2005 and 2012. I'm Dennis Mark Interdonato with Keller Williams Realty Ocean…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Cranberry Creek in Little Egg Harbor, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Cranberry Creek is an adult community of 325 single-family ranch homes in Little Egg Harbor Township, built by the Kleiner Group between 2003 and 2010. I'm Dennis Mark Interdonato with Keller Williams Realty Ocean…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Fawn Lakes in Manahawkin, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Fawn Lakes is a small adult community of single-family and attached homes in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township, built between 1978 and 1989. I'm Dennis Mark Interdonato with Keller Williams Realty Ocean…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·

Four Seasons at Colts Farm in Howell, NJ: A Guide to This Adult Community

Four Seasons at Colts Farm is a newer K. Hovnanian adult community of 111 single-family homes on Route 33 at Colts Neck Road in Howell Township, Monmouth County. Construction began in 2021. I'm Dennis Mark Interdonato…

By Dennis Mark Interdonato ·