[ugotme]

I am one of those people.

Came down here looking for a specific home with privacy. Found a great neighborhood (Hillsborough) but not the exact house.

Bought the home and after living in it for several months Mrs. Ugotme and I just knew we wanted our original home.

Long story short - bought that home, moved and in-process of selling the original house.

Timeline: Bought July, 2013. Moved in Nov., 2013. Bought new home March, 2014.

Happy wife - happy life !!!!

[jojo]

For almost every home in our neighborhood that has sold recently, the residents have bought elsewhere in The Villages. Reasons include loss of spouse, a new marriage (he met her in the neighborhood and they bought another new home together), upsizing, and downsizing. Most of those who lost a spouse moved into villas. A friend recently moved from the north side to our area because they participated almost daily in activities at Colony and Seabreeze.

[phil9200]

Having lived in The Villages for over 10 years and sold homes in The Villages I will give you my opinions of why people sell their homes.
1. They miss their children and grandchildren
2. Death of a spouse
3. Want a larger or smaller home
4. For a quick profit

[justjim]

Originally Posted by phil9200

Having lived in The Villages for over 10 years and sold homes in The Villages I will give you my opinions of why people sell their homes.
1. They miss their children and grandchildren
2. Death of a spouse
3. Want a larger or smaller home
4. For a quick profit

Phil: I think you summarize why residents in TV sell their homes.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by R&J in NJ

Hello all,
My spouse and I are seriously considering TV as our retirement destination. We have kept an eye out for resales as well as new homes. We wonder why so many newer homes are put back on the market so soon after purchase. We can only assume the obvious (death of a spouse, etc.) Can anyone shed some light on this? Poor construction, bad neighbors, etc? Thanks in advance.
R&J

A variety of reason's as stated in previous posts. Most villages have moved three times form their first puchased home.

It would be prudent to come for several visits, to live in different area's, so you get the feel of what each village, has to offer.

Everyone will tell you their village is the best!!!!

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by R&J in NJ

Thanks to all who have replied. Your responses make sense and we very glad to hear that no construction issues are the root cause. If most people stay in TV, that is the best reason of all to sell and move into another, more suitable, property. And we are glad to hear that the home retain their value and more when sold.
Again, thank you!

Construction of our homes here in the Villages would be considered average, but with no real problems that I am aware of.

The one thing that has caused problems is the drainage. In most of the lot preparation, the actual part of the lot where the footprint would be, is not graded high enough to create proper run off of water to the swails. Couple that with a fair amount of clay in the subsoil and you have water that sits for a a fair amount of time. In many areas the builders have had to put in French drains to cure the problem, but in some cases, even that hasn't worked.

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by R&J in NJ

Hi Waverunner,
I have seen homes for sales that were purchased just one year ago. Purchasing a home is a big expense and selling it only a year later makes me wonder.

Our villas are 2 years old...there are 314 homes. In the past 2 years about 20 homes have been resold. Death, poor health, wanted waterfront, wanted a 2 car garage, wanted to move back near family. We have one street that is waterfront. 3 have moved from interior lots within our neighborhood to waterfront. One couple has moved twice in the 2 years...all within our neighborhood. The first move netted them about 70,000 and this last that was on the waterfront netted them 100,000. The prices in Mission Hills have sky rocketed in the past 2 years.
Oh, I forgot to mention they have moved 8 times in 10 years ..all here in TV. I guess that is how they make a living... Buy a basic house, put in a few upgrades and the rest is history.

[FredJacobs]

The housing market here is very brisk. I periodically step into the Sales Office to see the number of closings. They seem to average between 40 and 50 closings every 2 days. With that kind of sales market you can see why values (prices) keep going up. I have also heard (unconfirmed rumor) that realtors are buying properties and flipping them for 10-15% profit a year later.

[DianeM]

People sell and move because of one very good reason - they can. It's called free will and we can all do as we please to satisify ourselves.