My personal viewpoint is that a resale offers a much better deal than new. With a resale: 1. You can negotiate price with the seller, new house you cannot. 2. Resale home will be a lower bond or possibly no bond at all. New home will have a bond of $23,000 to $50,000. 3. Resale home has no construction going on for several months around it. 4. Mature landscaping in a resale, landscaping is new in a new home and often dies. 5. Resale home you see what the neighborhood looks like and what is around you. No surprises of a next door neighbor building a monster birdcage next to you or a shopping center popping up in your backyard. 6. Resale home may have many extras you want already there without having to pay extra for them.
These are some of the plusses. Hope it helps. Also, be sure to get a Villages Property agent AND an outside MLS agent such as from RE/Max or Realty Executives. Neither can show each other's listings.
Great neighborhoods include Glenbrook, Mallory Hill, Caroline, Virginia Trace, and Harmswood.
Jobs are scarce here and most pay just a bit over minimum wage.
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