Average
		Communities Surveyed			Average Rents		Occupancy %		Rent
Market	Month	Total	All Ages	55+	All Ages	55+	All Ages	55+	Increase	Comments
Atlanta, GA	November 1999	46	46	0	$244	N/A	96%	N/A	$14	Two communities (368 homesites) expanding
Akron, OH	November 1999	14	14	0	$202	N/A	99%	N/A	$9	Local retailers will reserve vacant homesites and pay
										the monthly rent
Cincinnati, OH	November 1999	31	30	1	$229	$120	97%	100%	$14	Aggressive marketing of vacant "all ages" homesites
Cleveland, OH	November 1999	25	21	4	$223	$229	95%	98%	$8	Three communities (150 homesites) expanding
Columbus, OH	November 1999	36	35	1	$200	$200	98%	98%	$11	Local retailers will reserve vacant homesites and pay
										the monthly rent
Dayton, OH	November 1999	31	25	6	$215	$150	96%	99%	$15	Aggressive marketing of vacant "all ages" homesites
Toledo, OH	November 1999	26	26	0	$216	N/A	97%	N/A	$12	Aggressive marketing of vacant "all ages" homesites
Youngstown, OH	November 1999	12	12	0	$153	N/A	98%	N/A	$8	Low monthly rents
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	November 1999	17	15	2	$219	$231	91%	41%	$13	Two new communities filling homesites
Fort Wayne, IN	November 1999	20	20	0	$161	N/A	96%	N/A	$10	Aggressive marketing of vacant "all ages" homesites
Gary, IN	November 1999	17	16	1	$232	$135	97%	99%	$11	Aggressive marketing of vacant "all ages" homesites
Indianapolis, IN	November 1999	44	44	0	$214	N/A	93%	N/A	$14	Aggressive marketing of vacant "all ages" homesites
San Antonio, TX	October 1999	25	25	0	$198	N/A	94%	N/A	$14	Eleven (11) new/proposed new communities
										Potentially over 4,700 new homesites
Dallas, TX	October 1999	28	28	0	$200	N/A	94%	N/A	$14	Rents & occupancy increased 8% over October 1998
Denton, TX	October 1999	19	19	0	$235	N/A	93%	N/A	$24	Rents increased 7% over October 1998
Houston, TX	October 1999	40	40	0	$175	N/A	93%	N/A	$12	Four (4) new/proposed new communities
										Potentially over 2,800 new homesites
Fort Worth, TX	October 1999	28	28	0	$217	N/A	91%	N/A	$16	Rents up 6.4% & occupancy up 5% over October 1998
Austin, TX	October 1999	20	20	0	$257	N/A	76%	N/A	$17	Rents up 7.5% over October 1998
										Occupancy rate low as 4 new communities (1,367
										homesites) opened since October 1998.
										Nine (9) new/proposed new communities
										Potentially over 4,200 new homesites
Northern Colorado	July 1999	15	13	2	$279	$273	91%	97%	$20	One (1) new community (240 homesites).
										Two (2) proposed communities (950 homesites)
Southern Colorado	July 1999	20	15	5	$251	$301	97%	99%	$18	One (1) new community with 338 new homesites
Greater Denver, CO	July 1999	44	38	6	$333	$359	99%	98%	$22	Local retailers will reserve vacant homesites and pay
										the monthly rent
Brevard County, FL	May 1999	27	11	16	$244	$239	72%	94%	$10	Promotions offered to lease vacant homesites
Broward County, FL	May 1999	29	12	17	$378	$357	94%	96%	$14	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Dade County, FL	May 1999	20	17	3	$291	$234	84%	67%	$10	Occupancy rates very low in the Homestead, FL area
Duval County, FL	May 1999	18	18	0	$204	N/A	84%	N/A	$11	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Hillsborough Cty, FL	May 1999	29	15	14	$244	$244	90%	95%	$10	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Indian River Cty, FL	May 1999	14	1	13	$260	$259	94%	93%	$8	New homesites available in a "55+" community
Lake County, FL	May 1999	20	3	17	$201	$207	79%	87%	$8	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Lee County, FL	May 1999	24	2	22	$218	$299	85%	94%	$10	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Manatee County, FL	May 1999	24	0	24	N/A	$263	N/A	98%	$10	Rents increased 4% over May 1998
Marion County, FL	May 1999	19	3	16	$123	$204	83%	85%	$7	Aggressive marketing of vacant "55+" homesites
Orange County, FL	May 1999	23	14	9	$251	$265	89%	97%	$11	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Palm Beach Cty, FL	May 1999	26	11	15	$327	$312	97%	94%	$12	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Pasco County, FL	May 1999	26	0	26	N/A	$178	N/A	92%	$8	Aggressive marketing of vacant "55+" homesites
Pinellas County, FL	May 1999	64	12	52	$276	$264	92%	97%	$10	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Polk County, FL	May 1999	56	8	48	$180	$219	72%	86%	$7	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Sarasota County, FL	May 1999	23	0	23	N/A	$300	N/A	98%	$10	Occupancy "flat" over May 1998.  Rental rates up 3%.
Volusia County, FL	May 1999	34	1	33	$202	$237	95%	91%	$10	Aggressive marketing of vacant "55+" homesites
Allegan, Muskegon
Ottawa Counties, MI	February 1999	27	27	0	$214	N/A	95%	N/A	$11	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Kent County, MI	February 1999	35	35	0	$254	N/A	97%	N/A	$11	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Barry & Kalamazoo
Counties, MI	February 1999	17	17	0	$248	N/A	93%	N/A	$11	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Genesee County, MI	February 1999	36	33	3	$256	$276	88%	90%	$12	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Macomb County, MI	February 1999	26	26	0	$316	N/A	98%	N/A	$10	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Oakland County, MI	February 1999	43	41	2	$318	$344	99%	100%	$13	Aggressive marketing of vacant "all ages" homesites
Wayne County, MI	February 1999	31	29	2	$291	$274	97%	98%	$13	Three communities expanding
Albuquerque, NM	February 1999	12	11	1	$291	$353	94%	99%	$14	Two communities (183 homesites) expanding
										One new community - 186 homesites (after 2/99)
Tucson, AZ	February 1999	29	17	12	$227	$273	90%	94%	$11	Aggressive marketing of vacant homesites
Las Vegas, NV	January 1999	45	27	18	$352	$351	98%	99%	$16	One community (192 homesites) expanding
Phoenix, AZ	January 1999	104	26	78	$257	$272	97%	93%	$12	Two new "55+" communities in the Mesa sub-market

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