No more Home Discounts
 

Noticed that the developers have removed the home discounts and have not lowered the original prices as well.

With the discounts gone this may be good for resale homes sales.

Wont be long before the pre-owned homes are adjusted upward by 4% too

It's call Marketing.

They'll be back in some form another. Like love bugs, they seem to always return.

I agree Redwitch! The Villages has been selling homes for a long long time, and selling more homes than any other builder. They have the system down pat. Sales are cyclical and you have hot months and slow sales months. Discounts come when there is an excess of new stock in the inventory and go away when they feel comfortable that inventory is at a manageable level.

You can still receive discounts on new houses purchased in The Village of Lake Deaton. There is one with a $50,000 discount as of today. It has privacy in back with a large swimming pool. I dream about it daily. My wife doesn’t like me looking as we own a nice new home down the road that we haven’t spent that much time in.

Don't be surprised when they come out with another incentive---maybe even a new golf cart with the purchase of a new home. Many resales are already priced too high and are not selling.

Thanks goodness!! I hate looking at homes comparable to our 1 yr old home which are costing much less due to the discounts.

I have to remind myself that we were able to "design" our home and did a lot of upgrades, stretches, custom options that are not available in the inventory homes. But those sales at lower prices affect all of our equity. I'm glad the discounts are gone for the time being.

No more Home Discounts
 

Maybe a 2 year free contract with Service Smart could clinch a few deals. [emoji106]

Well as a retired builder i have many times question the Morse's action's.
Then i have to put myself in check folks.
Look what this family has created, WOW i feel like a very small businessman next to them.
Marketing is supply and demand and when you have inventory you have to reduce your overhead and profits.
If not property tax and utility's will eat your profit anyways.
Bravo to the Villages and Morse's and the risk they take over the years, it is not easy doing market analysis in today's economy.

Agree and many on this site are in your ball park.

No more Home Discounts
 

Was just notified my upcoming lifestyle visit in June has been discounted

Are they offering a Katie Belle's discount as well ?

I went on my LPP at the end of April because of my work schedule, but was told that if I could come after May 1 it would cost less per day. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do that, but the LPP visit was amazing. Can't wait until I can move to TV!! :a040:

Did they Tell you why?

They are offering 4% OFF FOR THE 2 MONTHS

They are offering 4% off for the lifestyle visit for two months? Or 4% off the cost of houses?

No explanation just an email stating the amount that will be refunded. Ill ask why and let ya know.

Here you go-please read!

As of today, there are still 28 new homes for sale with great discounts in the Village of Lake Deaton where my home is located. There is one new house with a $64,500 discount that has a second floor room. The other house that I had previously mentioned is sold. Where is my commission?

Makes me glad I bought my new house in Lake Deaton a year ago at full price. Maybe they'll give me a free cart path map---lol

Our preowned was 20% higher then the orginal purchase price. But then there was the landscaping, fans, blinds, birdcage, garage stairs, and textured drive. Both of our new houses had discounts, so they do come and go. No word on the fruitland park yet wonder if there will be discounts

It takes around 50k to do all the things that must be done to a new home, and I am not talking pools and the like. I know because I keep a spreadsheet to track what this little (Jasmine model) home cost me. And of course I bought at the top of the market. A best buy is a pre-owned home. I will never buy new again. Lessons learned, I only ever learn the hard way... I do, however, love my neighborhood. I have the best neighbors in the world. I know everyone thinks that, but mine really are. They will take me out of here feet first.

4% that I don't see on the open houses in the Daily Sun. Who is this discount for---or maybe I'm missing something. :bowdown:

According to The Villages website, the 4% discount is for the first 135 people who select a lot and build their dream house between May 1 and July 31, 2015.

Were there no blinds or fans in the new houses you were looking at? Just curious, because my neighbor said the same thing about her model if bought new, but others have disagreed with me that they were not supplying fans and blinds in the new houses. I also have heard that some of the same models in new have smaller square footage. I'm trying to verify some of these statements.

C, we have talked about this before and I just read your post and went to the site and went to look for a Gardenia, and the very first one I clicked on had blinds.

Which makes me jump to the conclusion that the built to sell homes are like they always were; some have blinds and some don't, some have stainless steel appliances and some don't and some are bumped and some aren't and some have pools and some don't. We had this conversation about ceiling fans and I went to look and the first one I clicked on had a ceiling fan.

I can’t speak for the other models, but the new 2015 Holly’s in Labelle are almost identical to the 2013/2014 Holly builds in Lake Deaton other than being 2 to 5% higher in price.

ab know you said that, GG, but my neighbor said differently about her designerhere in TG as opposed to the open house of a spec home she went to a year ago in a new neighborhood south of 466A. She was making a direct comparison of what came with her house vis-a-vis what came with her house in the new section.

My friend noted that her Iris is smaller in that they have made the laundry room smaller, whereas hers has a home-office nook in it.

And now we have somebody else who is stating similar issues. I am trying to get through the hearsay to the truth. Perhaps this was true a year ago but was changed back due to negative feedback from customers.

Thanks that explains the discount
 

Thanks --- the homes in the paper are what we call "spec" homes. :thumbup:

New extras were $18,000
 

We built a new Lily on the golf course and our "extras" were right at $20,000. Of Course this figure does not include the extra cost of the golf course lot. The biggest part was landscaping. I would do it all over again. :thumbup:

gezGG, I looked at all the new designers that listed open houses for today. Only two listed blinds in their features list. None listed fans.

I believe both of my neighbors. Neither one is prone to stretching the truth in my association with them. They are both friends, more than acquaintenances.

We recently look at some designer models in the new Village of LaBelle. The new "spec" homes we saw were "all over the place" regarding various upgrades. There was only one that didn't have fans---several didn't have lights in the fans however. Some have tile in the normal areas, some have vinyl. Some had blinds and some didn't. Some had stainless appliances and some didn't. Etc. etc.

They are "spec" homes and priced accordingly.

We bought our house a few days before the announcement of the supposedly big discount in December. I watched the website the week after the houses were listed with the new discount and didn't find any better deal than I got in November. It is all relative. Just be happy with the decision you make. I know I am. Counting down the days until we are there full time.

Depending on your personal taste there may be a large cost to outfitting a new home to your liking. Finding a used one with the outfitting you like is also difficult. Seems either way you spend more money.

I like the new option on TheVillages in Buy & Save where you can view on a map what houses are still for sale in a particular unit of a Village. Twelve of the 28 houses in Hillsborough unit 216 & 217 along Hillsborough Trail have not sold with the current discounts. Location, location, location

I am not calling your friends uninformed. However I was looking at the pictures of the homes and that is where I saw the blinds at the windows and the fans on the ceiling. This was not a model tour, it was the picture of the actual house for sale.

There are always some that are slow to sell in all villages when they are only selling spec houses. They are usually then discounted. They are all nice homes, some are more beautiful and sought after and some are just............................nice.

I give.

WHOOPEE. I needed that.

I have to argue with someone since VPL isn't here at this time.