I have been told by a realtor that the Villages Listing Services 97% statistic includes new homes because they "list" them too and are part of their sales.
There are lots of old listings around. Just track the VLS listing numbers and its easy to spot the dogs. They do renumber the listing when they "resign" the listing if it doesn't sell the first time around. They seem to list 40 to 50 new homes a week so you can do the math from there.
The non-Villages agents list days on the market on their spec sheets.
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