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Old 05-14-2020, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by chrisinva View Post
"don't negotiate on new homes..." Our sales agent told us the same thing - new home prices are not negotiable. Not true.
I recently checked the Sumter county appraiser's site Sumter County Property Appraiser to see when & for how much the 12 or so new homes we were shown during 2018 were finally so for. (sorry for convoluted grammar) To my unpleasant surprise,, EACH was sold during 2018 or early 2019 for $30 -10, 000 less than the original listing price! Only one was sold at the list price we had seen. I will never never never make a listing price offer again and NEVER NEVER NEVER believe ANYTHING a Villages sales rep tells me.
Sine I can remember when a village is almost done, they offer deals to close out village. New houses are NOT negotiable. Only the developer has a say on new houses. preowned, Different story. I did have a MLS this week refuse to put in a bid of 30,000 less. We changed rep, and new one was happy to do the paperwork