Last updated June 2026. If you are over 55 and shopping the Charlotte area for a place to retire, Sun City Carolina Lakes comes up in almost every conversation I have. It is the biggest active-adult community in our market by a wide margin, it sits just over the South...
Last updated June 2026. If you are 55 or older and you want new construction near Charlotte without the size and sprawl of the giant retirement communities, Encore at Streamside is one of the first places I bring you. It is David Weekley Homes’ active-adult...
4 min read | By Steve Jarrell, The Longleaf Group at eXp Realty | Updated September 2026 The Short Answer This is a 55+ community of under 200 homes in South Charlotte with pricing starting in the low $400,000s and most homes in the mid-$400,000s. The HOA runs about...
