[UpNorth]

Originally Posted by NYGUY

Sorry, I lost my compass, but isn't Wildwood in the southern end of The Villages? If so, I would imagine Wildwood Utilities are also in the southern end. Therefore The Villages wanted to build Brownwood in the southern end.

Of course it is. But Wildwood determined WHAT PART of Wildwood they had to build Brownwood in. Otherwise, no access to our utilities.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by UpNorth

Don't know if this is true, but a local real estate agent told me that the reason for Brownwood's location is that the town of Wildwood forced the developer to put it there for tax reasons.

A local real estate agent speculating about the location of Brownwood?
I seriously doubt The Developer would do anything that negatively affects house sales in The Villages.

[joldnol]

Brownwood will get bigger as soon as the new Costco and TJ's get built next to it......

[VApeople]

[QUOTE=UpNorth;1198403 It now makes it much harder to sell those houses way over in Fruitland Park.[/QUOTE]

Maybe the very high tax rate in the Fruitland Park section of Lake County has something to do with the slow sales in Pine Ridge.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by VApeople

Maybe the very high tax rate in the Fruitland Park section of Lake County has something to do with the slow sales in Pine Ridge.

Do you live down here now? Regardless, cite your sources for the "slow sales in Pine Ridge".

[NECHFalcon68]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

HoosierPa, interesting idea, a graded incentive, reducing each year for say 5 years could really improve the economics and fill up the store fronts. .

And what do you do/say to those already operating a business in Brownwood?

[justjim]

Dr. I agree 100%. I too have said the same thing. Brownwood does not have the number of homes close by as LSL or Spanish Springs. It does have a major State Highway in Route 44 that Sumter Landing did not have. Only time will tell what could be developed down on 44. Brownwood I think just needs a little more time to reach its potential.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I've said it before that I found it very strange that Brownwood wasn't built halfway between LSL and route 44.

It's about three miles from SS to LSL and about eight miles from LSL to Brownwood. It seems to me that it would have made more sense to locate another town square where it would have taken some of the pressure off of LSL and drew from both sides.

But, these developers seem to know what they're doing. Give it some time and see how it looks in ten years or so.

i would think that is due to colony plaza and additional shopping along 466a

antrim dell shopping mall still to come...

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by VApeople

Maybe the very high tax rate in the Fruitland Park section of Lake County has something to do with the slow sales in Pine Ridge.

Slow sales?


Where do you get your info? I haven't heard anything about slow sales. A little more than four years ago there wasn't ONE home south of 466A.

We had two homes for resale in our village in the last two months. One took five days to sell and the other ten. I don't think anyone is worrying about sales in The Villages.

[HoosierPa]

Originally Posted by NECHFalcon68

And what do you do/say to those already operating a business in Brownwood?

Why should Commercial Real Estate in the Villages be any different than Residential ? When a spec house sits empty / unsold for a certain period of time, it gets reduced time and time again until it sells like ours did

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by VApeople

Maybe the very high tax rate in the Fruitland Park section of Lake County has something to do with the slow sales in Pine Ridge.

Look at the interactive map of new homes sold in the newer areas. Doesn't look to me like there is a problem.





The Villages - Quality Pre-Owned Homes, Home Resales. Our pre-owned homes are located throughout The Villages and represent years of popular home styles.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Look at the interactive map of new homes sold in the newer areas. Doesn't look to me like there is a problem.

The Villages - Quality Pre-Owned Homes, Home Resales. Our pre-owned homes are located throughout The Villages and represent years of popular home styles.

Yes, we look at that website very often. Many of the new homes have had significant price reductions, which is a sign that they are not selling well.

On that website, it does not show how long the resales have been on the market or how much their prices have been reduced. We have been following one nice home in Mallory Square for several months and the price has been reduced a couple times but still no takers.

On Zillow.com, we have seen homes that have been on the market for six months or more.

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by VApeople

Yes, we look at that website very often. Many of the new homes have had significant price reductions, which is a sign that they are not selling well.



On that website, it does not show how long the resales have been on the market or how much their prices have been reduced. We have been following one nice home in Mallory Square for several months and the price has been reduced a couple times but still no takers.



On Zillow.com, we have seen homes that have been on the market for six months or more.

Real estate is local, down to the house itself. May be a very good reason this Mallory Square house isn't selling. Based on experience, the Internet is a good first step. The remaining 42 steps are during the initial and subsequent footstep visits.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by RickeyD

Real estate is local, down to the house itself. May be a very good reason this Mallory Square house isn't selling. Based on experience, the Internet is a good first step. The remaining 42 steps are during the initial and subsequent footstep visits.

Rickey is right.


It is interesting to watch how the homes move here. View lots can sell within a matter of hours. Some homes or lots are not as desirable as others. They might be the last to sell in the area and it seems it has always been the practice to mark them down. In the past sections were developed or built and sold and then another area built and sold. It keeps all of the different building teams and the mess in one area and then they move on.


As for resales not selling fairly quickly here, there is a reason. Too high in price, not clean, stinky, cluttered, extreme decorating or choices that would be hard or expensive to change. People just buy something else.

[600th Photo Sq]

Eventually yes..however..for pure entertainment wise and up there on watching Weirdos.... Spanish Springs was always on the top of my list for people dancing with their pet, or just prancing around in front of the pavillion.

Until....2 months ago..some Moron..was dancing with a Miniature Horse on the Square, yes indeed one of those times I wish I had a camera.

Maybe it's the Brownwood theme...another time some idiot was walking around with a Python wrapped around his neck..this was on a Saturday during Farmers Market..apparently this upstanding citizen is a regular.

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