[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by TrudyM

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

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.

[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

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.

I think you are right or at least I hope so. Listing this summer. We need to get out of the rain.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by gmcneill

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.

Do you know the lot size?

[villagerjack]

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?

[billethkid]

It is not unusual for golf course lots in TV to have $150-$200,000 premiums.
Nobody is being had. The market dictates the price.
As TV approaches build out we will see even more increases in any lot determined to be premium lot for what ever reason.

There are lots in TV on the shores of Lake Sumter that have had "premiums" of over $600,000.....for the lot!

By the way all of this is nothing but good news for existing residents. Future residents will pay whatever the market dictates, that they can afford....just like the past 100 or so years past.

btk

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by villagerjack

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?

Here is one I found. Golf course view, three bedroom. not sure of sq. ft. Nope...I looked only 1400 and it's pending. Tried to help.

Properties of The Villages

[herbaru]

To see MLS listings there are many realtor websites that you can do searches on. Here are two.
Sally Love and Cindy Wise sell homes in The Villages, Florida
The Villages florida
Also search for villages for sale by owner.

Originally Posted by villagerjack

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?

[gmcneill]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Do you know the lot size?

I have no specific measurements.

The eyeball basics: located on an outside curve; decent width and very deep; primarily an eastern exposure; the backyard boundary is not straight lined...more like an arrow head, with one segment abutting a villas wall, and the other segment open to views of a small pond, Hole 5 green and Hole 6 tee box of the Evans Prairie Killdeer championship course (no cart path behind), a smallish water preserve, and a medium distant view of part of the larger preserve on the south side of Pinellas.

The last time I checked, there was a vacant lot on the far end of Bureau from the above for a price of $222k.

[rmcpklinefelter]

Anyone who can afford it, good for them! Happy for all of us as don't you think it helps all of our home values in a way? Golf course and water views are grand and we all can enjoy them from our carts/cars.

[Mack184]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

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.

I think it also validates P.T. Barnum.

[Cisco Kid]

If these prices keep going up it looks like I will have to be a squatter in someones front yard when I retire.
Or live out of my golf cart with my dogs.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Mack184

I think it also validates P.T. Barnum.

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!!!

[cgalloway6]

It isn't just the lots - the designer homes just had another bump. The Gardenia went up $1,700 from last month's price, about 7% increase in the last year.

[Sleeper]

Lots with open space behind, golf course or water are very limited here...in this section -Unit 225 - Village of Pinellas I just quickly counted...~120+ lots and less then 20 are large golf front. Supply and Demand rules again.

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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!!!

. . .and people who have committed the cardinal sin of becoming OLD