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Old 09-04-2012, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 View Post
Just saw a designer list built in '09, asking I think 220K, the extras listed were worth perhaps 5K, a new one built to today's building code with the new home one year warrentee and you can get full sinkhole is 185K.

Makes no sense to me, they paid less in '09 on the base cost too, I'll just guess 10K.

Where's the value.
The price difference could easily be in the lot premium. Anyone can cherry pick listings and find some that are apparently overpriced. Those that are will either sell for much less than listed.....or won't sell. My experience is that you can GENERALLY find homes that are better values in resales than new, though new may still be anyone's preference for good reasons.
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