- A Wide Varity of Senior Communities & Home Types - - Community Recreation Centers - - RV Parking Lots -
Looking For The Perfect Place To Retire?
NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S
MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS
Offer an Affordable, Active Retirement Lifestyle in a Near-Perfect Climate Setting
and a Plethora of Senior Activities
A Total of 58 Parks, Located In-
Oceanside -
Carlsbad -
Encinitas
-
Vista -
San Marcos -
Escondido -
Fallbrook
- Valley Center
Some Cities Are Among the Nation's Highest
Perfect for a-
Places to Retire
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OVERVIEW
Of North County's Senior Mobile/Manufactured Home Parks.
LOCATIONS & PRICE RANGES
Of Homes In Mobile/Manufactured
Home
Parks.
LOCATIONS & PRICE RANGES
Of Homes In Mobile/Manufactured Home
Golf Parks.
WHY PICK SAN DIEGO'S NORTH COUNTY
For Your Retirement
Destination?
CONTACT US
For Help Selecting Your Ideal Retirement Location & Home.
16 REASONS
For Choosing A Mobile or Manufactured Home For Your
Active Retirement Home.
OVERVIEW
Of North County's Senior Mobile/Manufactured Home Parks
- Safe & Comfortable Active Retirement Living -
- Great Year-Round Climates & Loads of Senior Activities -
- Privacy (No Common Walls Plus a Small Yard),
Lots of Floor Space -
- Prices Range From Around $30K (+Monthly
Space Rent) to as High as $449K
(in Carlsbad's
Own-The-Land Communities) -
SPECIFICALLY-
∙ Our Age 55+ Mobile/Manufactured Home Communities offer dignified middle-class retirement living. They offer an affordable alternative to condos or apartments. They are mostly inhabited by active retirees seeking a comfortable home in an area with the best climates in the U.S., low crime rates and loads of senior activities. These well-maintained, spacious homes are a great value for your retirement dollar when compared to the high prices of conventional homes in this area and they offer privacy and affordable living not offered by most Senior Apartments and Condominiums.
∙ Overall, there are fifty-four, Age 55+ Mobile/Manufactured Home Parks and four Mobile/Manufactured Home Golf Communities in North San Diego County. The majority are established communities with a mixture of older and newer homes. Their homes range in size from around 450 sq. ft. to over 2500 sq. ft. Most of the older homes have been well-maintained and many have been modernized and upgraded. Some are absolutely gorgeous inside.
∙ In thirty seven of these parks, you purchase the home and pay monthly "Space Rent" on the lot. The Space Rent not only pays for rent on the lot that the home sits on, but also covers what are commonly referred to as "Home Owner's Fees" (HOF) that cover the cost of maintenance of common areas and park management.
∙ In thirteen of these parks, you purchase both the home and the lot and pay a monthly HOF to Park Management for use and upkeep of the common areas.
∙ Five of the parks are called Co-Op Parks. In Co-Op Parks, the park is totally owned by the residents and when you purchase a home there, you also purchase the lot and a percentage of the common areas. In these parks, you must sign an agreement to pay monthly Home Owner's Fees to cover management, upkeep and other expenses for your fraction of the park.
∙ Because of the high price of land here, no new manufactured home communities have been built for many years and probably few, if any, will be built in the future. This helps keep the existing manufactured homes in high demand. Although their prices are subject to some of the ups and downs of the housing market, history shows that they have been a good investment over the long term. With millions of Baby Boomers retiring soon, they will no doubt become even more in-demand in the future.
∙ With very few exceptions, these homes are not “trailers” and they are not “mobile.” Most are well-maintained, Manufactured Homes in fixed locations. Many are surrounded by beautiful, mature landscaping. Most have driveways, car ports, porches and storage sheds and some have garages. Many have beautiful views of the city lights or of hills, valleys and distant mountains and some even have ocean views.
∙ Homes manufactured before June 15, 1976, were commonly called “Mobile Homes.” They were factory-built to industry standards enforced by the state of California.
∙ All homes manufactured after June, 15, 1976 are commonly called “Manufactured Homes.” They are built to stringent building codes administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). On-site garages, sheds, decks and porches are built to meet local and state building codes.
∙ Some Financial Considerations That Are Unique To Mobile Homes:
The cities of Oceanside and San Marcos have Rent Control Ordinances. These ordinances tie maximum allowable yearly space rent increases to the CPI (Consumer Price Index). This prevents the park owners from increasing the space rent only because the land on which the park resides has become more valuable. Because of these ordinances, space rents have remained reasonably priced during the years when real estate prices dramatically increased.
Older Mobile Homes may be very difficult to finance.
Reverse Mortgages may not be available on Mobile or Manufactured homes.
∙ Mobile/Manufactured Home Park Website Links: Most parks don't have a website. Here are three that do however, located in San Marcos: Rancho Vallecitos Palomar West Palomar East
LOCATIONS & PRICE RANGES
Of Homes in Age 55+ Mobile/Manufactured Home Parks
MEDIAN HOME PRICES & MONTHLY SPACE RENTS AS OF 02/07/2010
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CITY 1
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PURCHASE THE HOME, |
PURCHASE BOTH |
CO-OP PARKS
Purchase Home, Lot & % of Common Areas | ||||
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NO. PARKS |
MEDIAN HOME PRICE |
TYPICAL MONTHLY SPACE RENT |
NO. PARKS |
MEDIAN PRICE/
MONTHLY
HOF |
NO. PARKS |
MEDIAN PRICE | |
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2
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$? None on the Market |
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1 |
$190K $145/Mo. |
0 |
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1
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$137K |
$915 |
1
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$449K $208/Mo.
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Rancho Carlsbad
Golf or
Camino Hills |
0 |
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8
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$75K |
$489 Under Rent Control |
1 |
$125K 100/Mo |
0 |
| |
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5
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$58K |
$651 |
1 |
$235K $60/mo. |
2 |
$80K $170/Mo. | |
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8 |
$72K |
$462 Under Rent Control |
5 |
$129K $204/Mo. |
1 |
$160K $100/Mo. | |
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10
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$65K |
$528 |
3 |
$177K $105/Mo |
1 |
$90K $164/Mo. | |
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2
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$43K Very Few On The Market |
$650 |
1 |
$149K $146/Mo. |
1 |
$110K $190/Mo. | |
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1
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$20K Very Few On The Market |
$519 |
0 |
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0 |
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Total |
37 |
13 |
5 | ||||
Please CONTACT US For Detailed Information Regarding Homes That Are Currently Available In Our Age 55+ Mobile/Manufactured Home Parks.
Notes:
1. To learn more about the City in which the Mobil Home Park resides, click on the City's name.
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3. Space Rent is a monthly charge that pays for: rent on the lot that the home sits on, park management and maintenance of common areas within the park. Space rents vary considerably from park to park and from home to home. The space rent values in the table are estimates for median priced homes.
4. Home Owners Fees (HOF) for parks in which you purchase both the home and the lot, run between approximately $60 and $208 per month and real estate taxes run approximately $104 per month per $100K of the purchase price.
5. Check out these Parks if you like "Country Living."
Upscale, Senior Manufactured Home Communities-
Camino Hills
Emerald Lake Village
Las Brisas Pacificas
Pilgrim Creek Estates
MEDIAN HOME PRICES & MONTHLY SPACE RENTS AS OF 02/06/2010
CITY
NO.
PARKS
MEDIAN PRICE APPROX.
MONTHLY HOME OWNER'S FEE (HOF) OR SPACE RENT
COMMENTS
1
Approx. $280K For the Home and Lot
Approx. $262 HOF
A Guarded, Gated Community, Offers Golf and Tennis
1
$224K
For the Home and Lot
$235 HOF
Champagne Village-
Adjacent to
Welk Resorts
A Guarded, Gated Community.
1
$175K For the Home and Lot
Approx. $233 HOF
Rancho Monserate Country Club
Offers Golf and Tennis
1
$69K
For the Home Only
Approx. $765/Mo. Space Rent,
Skyline Ranch
Free 9 Hole Golf Course
NOTES: 1. Check out these parks if you like "Country Living."
WHY PICK SAN DIEGO'S NORTH COUNTY
And a Wide Variety of Active Retirement Homes
And Things To Do when Entertaining Grandchildren and Guests
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Our Retirement Real Estate Specialist, Patty Anderson can help you sort through the hundreds of homes
for sale in North San Diego County's many Senior and All-Age Communities to locate your personal Dream Retirement Home.
She will be happy to send you information on homes that are currently for sale that meet your requirements and if
you wish, show them to you.
All non-real-estate questions about Retirement Living in North San Diego County will be referred to Ralph
Anderson. Why Choose Us?
Simply put, we will do our best to help you find your dream retirement home.
Our website provides web - tours of North San Diego
County's 14 Senior Communities and information on 58 Mobile Home Parks.
Patty Anderson is a "Seniors Real Estate Specialist"
(See
SRES), who has spent more than 10 years selling homes in this area
including many mobile and manufactured homes to retirees.
Ralph Anderson has spent many hours during the past 5 years exploring the pros and cons about retiring to North San Diego County
to provide the information contained on this website.
Our Specialty Is-
HELPING FOLKS RETIRE TO NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY
16 REASONS
You have probably thought uf lots of reasons for down-sizing; moving to a Senior apartment, condo or conventional home when you retire. We suggest you read this before making
that decision.
1. Our Senior Manufactured/Mobile Home Park Communities offer dignified, low-cost active retirement
living- In an area with some of the
Best Climates
in the U.S.,
Low Crime Rates
and loads of
Senior Activities.
8. They offer more privacy than apartments or condominiums- They do not have
common walls and most have a small yard and patio.
15. A Smart Idea-
Retiring in a comfortable mobile or manufactured home in North San Diego County may leave extra $$ for play,
travel, the purchase of an RV, helping to pay for grandchildren's college, etc. and still allow you to live
comfortably in an area with a great climate, low crime rates, a huge variety of things to do and many additional advantages.
North
San Diego County & Its Cities Are Highly Rated
Among
"The Best Places to Retire" North San Diego County (North
County) was rated as the 5th Best Place to Retire in the
U.S. by David Savageau's book titled Retirement Places Rated
(6th Edition, Wiley Publications, Hoboken, NJ,, 2004). In addition,
Carlsbad
was rated as one of the 10 Best Retirement Towns in Southern California by
Where To Retire Magazine
and
Escondido
was voted as one of the Top Six Best Places to Retire in
Money Magazine's 2007 contest. North County's towns and cities are located close to each other and share many of the amenities
and attributes that make them wonderful retirement places. Indeed, many of
their greatest attributes such as a wonderful Climate and a plethora of
Senior Activities are available throughout North County.
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LOCATIONS & PRICE RANGES
Of Homes in Age 55+ Mobile/Manufactured Home Golf Communities
No free golf
but is next door to golf and tennis at Welk Resorts.
Includes Free Golf
More Golf
Communities-
Please visit our web pages on communities with
conventional types of homes
that offer Golf and
Tennis-
Ocean Hills Country Club
High Country Estates
Oaks North
Lake San Marcos
For Your Retirement Destination?
A VARIETY OF LIFESTYLE
CHOICES IN 3 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AREAS-
Each Area Offers Unique Cities, Ambience, Climate & Senior Resources
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A PLETHORA OF SENIOR
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FOR SELECTING A NORTH COUNTY AGE 55+ MANUFACTURED/MOBILE HOME PARK FOR YOUR RETIREMENT
DESTINATION
2. They are a great value for your retirement dollar-
Especially when compared to the high prices of conventional
single-family homes and condominiums in this area. In addition, they typically require very little maintenance.
3. Our fifty-eight, Age 55+ Mobile Home Parks offer a wide
selection of
community choices-
Some communities are gated, one has a free 9 hole golf course on its premises,
2 others are Country Club communities, another is located less than
1/2 mile from the ocean. Some allow the home owners to own the lot
(space) on which the home resides, others require the home owner to
pay a monthly space rent.
4. They are relatively safe places to live- Hurricanes, tornadoes and floods are practically unheard of in our area
and most of our
Crime Rates
are low. Additionally, the frequency of major earthquakes in this area
is very low (see "California Earthquake History
" reports
and "Climate Details" for more on this
subject). Wild Fires that occurred in San Diego County during the past decade did
not burn any homes in any of our Senior Mobile/Manufactured Home Communities.
5. Most communities have a resort-like atmosphere-
A club house, swimming pool, spa and many planned activities such as poker, bridge, golf, tennis, Yoga classes,
bowling, dances, dinners and low-cost trips and tours. They are the perfect settings to meet friendly retired folks
from all walks of life and from everywhere in the U.S.
6. A huge selection of homes are available-
Including less expensive older "Mobile" homes and
newer "Manufactured" homes. They range in age from brand-new to
nearly 40 years old.
Many of the older homes have been upgraded and modernized.
7. Many homes are as large or larger than most retirement apartments, condos or attached homes-
They come in a variety of sizes but typically provide over 1400 sq.
ft. of living area.
9. Some homes have great views-
Views of hills, mountains or city lights and some even have ocean views.
10. Most homes have carports and storage sheds-
But some have garages.
11. Most communities have low-cost RV parking on the premises-
A place to store, clean and load up your RV for pennies per day, within walking distance of your home.
12. All communities have Home Owner's Associations and Park Management-
That assure that the homes and grounds are well maintained, litter free and usually tastefully landscaped.
13. The Senior Mobile Home Communities in San Marcos and Oceanside are under rent control-
This ties the maximum allowable yearly Space Rent increase to the CPI (Consumer Price Index) and prevents
space rents from being influenced by skyrocketing local real estate prices.
14. Mobile and Manufactured Homes have been a good investment in the past-
Although mobile homes are subject to price fluctuations similar to
those encountered by other real estate, most have a record of appreciating in value over
the long term. In addition, there is a high probability that they will be in great demand when the
Baby Boomers
(who in 2011 begin turning age 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day), begin looking for
affordable alternatives to expensive conventional homes or for alternatives to homes in areas with long cold winters, with,
miserable summer heat and humidity or with high desert heat.
16. Another Smart Idea-
Mobile or Manufactured homes make excellent second homes here in North San Diego County, often considered
to be one of the best year-around resort areas in the U.S. We have great weather throughout the year!
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