Originally Posted by TrudyM (Post 635165)

From what I have been reading there are pocket markets that have low inventory and high demand that are back in bidding war stage. Everything has gone up a little where I am but houses with view over 3750 sq ft and especially moorage are going nuts. A house down on the water from me was listed a year ago for $950,000 they put it back on the market for $975,000 it just sold for $1,150,000. But normal peoples houses like mine at 2300 sq ft even with view are just bearly getting back to normal not 2006 prices but maybe 2004. I only have 4 bedrooms and no theater or wine room or three car garage. The people who have what my dad use to call REAL money now that the stock market is back up are moving back into realestate. Maybe this is true for people who saw there retirement funds take a hit and finally come back they say hey now I have to buy a lot in the villages while I can.

Sorry I ramble on

Originally Posted by 2BNTV (Post 635169)

:agree:

I did make a general statement in that if I elaborated, some markets will be better than the average but I still say the housing market is starting to recover. Going nuts is another story. Those who have waited to sell their homes should see a general rise in prices.

Originally Posted by gmcneill (Post 634979)

I agree...not taking advantage of anyone.

It is the buyer's choice to buy or not to buy.

If enough buyers decide not to buy, then it's the seller's choice to either hold the price until someone buys or drop the price.

It's a pretty basic concept. And neither the buyer nor the seller are forced to make a decision.

btw: There is a designer lot on Bureau Path in Gilchrist Unit 211 that has a price of $250k. That's a quarter of a million dollars for the dirt only.

That wouldn't work for me, but it will eventually work for someone else.

Originally Posted by villagerjack (Post 635225)

A friend asked us to look for a 3BR, golf course elevated CYV 1600 s/f or more. Ther are none with the villages pre-owned. Is ther a link for MLS?

Originally Posted by villagerjack (Post 635225)

A friend asked us to look for a 3BR, golf course elevated CYV 1600 s/f or more. Ther are none with the villages pre-owned. Is ther a link for MLS?

Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 635216)

Do you know the lot size?

Originally Posted by l2ridehd (Post 635015)

So $585K on an executive golf course, no pool, no room to put a pool because the cart path is just outside the lanai. Sure does prove that prices are rising.

Originally Posted by Mack184 (Post 635356)

I think it also validates P.T. Barnum.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 635386)

Could well be.

A lot of us could be idiots for buying a patch of what used to be useless sandy farm land in a state full of sinkholes,snakes, bugs, alligators, and more lightning strikes than any place else in the country and buying small lots that cost more than those in surrounding communities and far from the beach and in a community dominated by very opinionated old Repub......I mean folks of a certain political persuasion and pooping dogs and people who drive like maniacs..

Works for me!!!