Resale Office
 

Does anyone have experience in working with the Villages resale offices and utilizing them to sell your home?

Yes sold my home in 18 days
Lynn O Brian was my agent

Yes. Good results with Greg Yoder and Lia Peterson. Highly recommend them.

Offer on our house in three days

Should have priced it higher. :D

Congratulations though. :thumbup:

Make just have been right people at the right time.

Not personally, but the two homes recently listed by The Villages in our neighborhood sold in three days and ten days.

Homes sell quickly here because this is a sought after place to live. If a home for resale is priced well, smells nice, is very clean, preferably staged with not too much stuff, it will quickly find new owners, even if you sell it yourself.

I think that the location of the resale has a lot to do with the success of TV Realty selling it. We had a home near Mulberry for sale with TV for 5 months. It was
rarely ever shown. We knew that if people saw the home, it would sell, so we held open houses-three in a row, and it sold on the third day. We still had to pay the commission, but at least it sold.

My neighbors had their house listed with The Villages for six months. No sale after reducing their price $20,000. Listed with Realty Executives and sold in less than 10 days. They are now in contract but bear in mind that they are moving out of The Villages so the incentive to sell and buy was not there. Possibly could be the realtor that listed the house but makes me question if I was going to sell I would think long and hard before I listed with The Villages.

There are many more homes on the market this Spring than last year this time. Over 600 preowned as of April 1 up from 400 last year this time. ( This is according to a Villages sales agent. It is a buyers market right now. This should be a consideration when deciding.

Lot of folks longing to live here too. I don't think anyone is having much trouble selling unless the home is priced too high or the owner is not aware of obstacles such as smoking or dirt. I have heard people complain about a home not selling and anyone who had been in it could have told them why. Priced too high and not squeaky clean and good smelling with too much junk that the owner couldn't see. NEVER heard of anyone taking a loss who sold a home here.

Disclaimer...I do NOT sell homes nor have I EVER been a realtor but I have been owner of several homes that sold quickly.

Oh...and I am a very opinionated older lady...too old for the danged Boomers Club!

The TV real estate people also are exclusive sellers for the developer's new properties. So there is that conflict. The MLS realtors do not sell new TV houses; they only sell used TV houses. TV real estate agents have no flexibility regarding the listing and sales contract. It is a "take it or leave it" attitude. It caused me to walk away from a sales contract when I was trying to buy a used home in TV. The MLS realtor acts just like any other realtor in Florida. Listing contract terms and conditions are flexible and negotiable; sales contracts terms and conditions are very negotiable. If I listed my home, I would definitely list with one of the many MLS realtors.

I think outlaw hit the nail right on the head. Realtors work for you. Villages Sales agents work for The Villages.

I'll second that. :thumbup:

In reality they both work for their own best self interest. Trust no one, check everything.