It sounds like you met with a sales agent regarding NEW construction, whose prices have indeed dropped because of much diminished sales. We heard recently that TV laid off a huge number of planning and design personnel because of this. But with new construction you have to factor in the bond on new construction, which is commensurately higher than on existing homes, and the fact that you're starting with a basic slate, so to speak, meaning you pay for whatever you want to add to the house.
We bought a resale a year ago; prices on resales, as you can imagine, can be MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE than on new construction. We have followed home prices and have yet to find a price--new or resale--that matches what we bought a year ago (bond already paid and various options, some costly, already installed). Sometimes sellers are under no pressure, while at other times, for different reasons, they are highly motivated (as was our case). I agree about Boomer's 'sleep' factors, but it would seem to me that if you found a resale of the Bonita you're interested in that is an extraordinarily good buy AND your finances allow you to buy it, it's something you might want to consider. But only you can determine that....
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