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Originally Posted by jimhoward

Very few new houses in the Villages go through the lottery system. Its only the bigger houses on view lots. Like your friends, we bid on 7 or 8 before finally winning one. The majority of new houses are on interior lots and they are not in the lottery, and sit on the market for a couple of months, sometimes more.

But all new homes are eventually sold, not so much re-sales though unless they are on some type of view lot.