Money Clip: What's Their Secret?:

Money Clip: What's Their Secret?

When Elaine Spitzer and her husband, Alan, moved into their home overlooking the fifth green at Parkland Golf & Country Club last July, theirs was one of only two new houses on the street. Since then, four new homes have gone up--and construction is about to start on a fifth. "Honestly, I'm shocked," Elaine says. "All of a sudden our side of the street is filled with homes. They're seriously selling like crazy." Toll Brothers, the homebuilder that bought this community north of Fort Lauderdale in 2010, has sold more than 130 houses at Parkland in two years. As of Nov. 1, it had 70 homes under construction on the course, and nearly every block included an empty lot with a sign reading, "Sorry, Too Late. Sold." The golf club has 250 members, up from 60 two years ago. "This is the hottest community around," says Peter Gaynor, who lives on the ninth hole and owns two other hom...

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