Lakewood Ranch maintained its position as the best-selling multi-generational community in the U.S., according to national real estate consulting firm RCLCO’s 2020 mid-year survey. Lakewood Ranch secured 838 new home sales through the end of June of 2020, besting last year’s numbers by 2 percent. Its overall second place position put it among the top-selling master-planned communities in the country for the ninth consecutive year. Lakewood Ranch leaderships says its recent growth has come from Millennials and Baby Boomers, with active adults accounting for a large percentage of sales and young couples providing the greatest increase in home sales of any consumer profile (38 percent year over year). The Northeast remained the largest feeder market for buyers from out of state, with increases in Midwest buyers, as well as those from the Maryland-D.C. area.

Meanwhile, Venice's Wellen Park—formerly known as West Villages—ranks as RCLCO's No. 3 master-planned community this year.