[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

As I understand it the agents who work for The Villages RE sales office are licensed Florida real estate agents or brokers but they are NOT Realtors.

When I looked for a home to purchase in The Villages the Villages agent steered me toward new homes as the developer's priority is obviously to sell newly built homes. Indeed I never could get him to show me even one resale home. Existing homes are the developer's competition. I have heard the agents of TV's sales office are more highly compensated to sell new homes than they are to sell resale homes.

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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That is not true. I asked our sales agent here who has become our friend. He showed us a lot of used homes before we decided to build our second home here and that is when I asked him. New homes and used homes are about the same price in many cases, always depending on location and view. Some people cannot be talked into a new home and that is all we have ever wanted. Love NEW homes.

Originally Posted by manaboutown

I'd like to see that in writing from the proper person in authority before I believe it as I have verbally heard the contrary from more than one agent. A verbal comment from an agent may or may not be meaningless or misleading but I see it as carrying little or no weight.

Perhaps "incentivized" (in some fashion to sell new) would be a better descriptor...???

Manaboutown -- you are correct on this one, as you are on many things.
I'd like to see it in writing, also, because I, too, have heard the opposite from "knowledgeable" sources.

There is some kind of "perk" for TV agents to sell new, as opposed to servicing their resale customers properly.
In that regard, I have heard horror stories about the things they never did.
Don't forget -- the developers money is out on the street until the property sells.

The Villages real estate agents dance to the tune of a different drummer, and it ain't all rainbows and roses.