I agree want it sold for in the pass has nothing to do with market value now. IMO the market is flooded right now and prices are lower than few years ago. Unless it's great location and price it will set for awhile.

Zillion google earth view not working on my computers, quite working few weeks ago. Anybody else experiencing this?

I strongly disagree. If you are talking about homes in The Villages. STRONGLY. DISAGREE.

And respectfully too.

Might want to look at Lyle's historical sale prices..........values have been going up.

The economy is predicted to remain strong thru 2018, as should housing prices. Beyond 2018, it's a guess........but we are due for a change in the cycle (nationally).

Hmmm Zillow shows 332 homes for sale in The Villages with 50 FSBOs and 282 listed by Realtors and a few foreclosures. The info they give on each home is easily verified, price/tax history, previous listings etc.

In so many words, you just repeated my point.

like a home make an offer. as long as you don' t lowball it could be a starting point.

I am not so sure about their being more savvy. It is surprising how many folks, young and old, out there who are not aware of websites such as Zillow, Trulia, realtor.com, etc.

We sold our house in Melbourne just one hour after we posted it in Zillow for only one dollar. His wife happened to be Internet-savvy and accidentally came across Zillow.

One great thing about Zillow is that it shows property taxes paid each year and gives the price when sold the last time.

No offense intended, but the houses in The Villages in same price ranges look pretty much alike. It is impossible (at least for me) to tell what the Villages look like. I do not know if For Sale signs are allowed. If not, then realtors are a must.

The best way to start looking is to attend open houses to get a feel for the village, neighborhood, and price.

The Villages are very much alike, but generally speaking they are older as they go Northeast with the exception of areas added on near 466 about seven years ago. (Bridgeport at Laurel Valley and the Haciendas at Mission Hills) Now there is a new area being built near Nancy Lopez Golf course.


There are areas that do not allow any yard art without permission from the Architectural Board and they are South of 466. There is one village, Harmeswood, North of 466 off Buena Vista that has very very large lots. There are clusters of a few two story homes. There was a suit brought by some people about eight years ago and those areas have different ways of handling things than the rest of the Villages.

The Villages is a CDD. A Community Development District and a census designated destination and it is not run like a city with a mayor etc. The Villagers do NOT make the decisions. Many like that very much and some do not. It is clean as a whistle and has very low crime and as I say, it is hugely successful. The fastest growing area of it's size in all of the United States according to Forbes Magazine.

NO. I don't sell property and I have never met the Morses. But I would like to. I would hug them.

Various websites to search for a home

MLS and Realtor.com - These are homes listed by a Realtor working for a licensed brokerage. These home owners will pay a 6% commission, half to listing agency and half to the buyers agency. But now there are companies that will charge you from $100 to $500 to list your property on MLS and Realtor.com, you as a seller pay only 3% commission to buyers agency. Obviously Realtors don't like this.

Zillow- Here you can see both FSBOs and MLS listings. Listing your home on Zillow costs you nothing and you can offer Realtors a commission or choose to only deal direct with buyers. Savvy buyers can check out FSBOs without an agent and negotiate a discount by dealing directly. Very easy to set up contracts and escrow with a reputable Title company.

VLS - This is The Villages site for resales of homes in the Villages. These also include a 6% commission, I think they only charge 5% if home sells quickly.

There are many others like Redfin, Trulia, FSBO.com etc that allow owners to list their homes for sale.

As a buyer, I like to look at all of them.

If you are looking to buy a house here listen to the negatives...there are a lot. Try to ignore those that drank the Kool-aid years ago.

Nothing wrong with TV if you are willing to accept it is a city now and will have tye problems associated with it

From this we can conclude you have never purchased a very desirable property that had multiple offers at or above the asking price.

We offered 20,000 above the asking price in one place...and lost.

We paid the full price for our current house because when we went to the open house, there was a lot of traffic, and we overheard several people talking about making offers on this house.

We sold one house at the full asking price.

The famed real estate columnist Robert Bruss said that if the house sells in less than 3 weeks, it is underpriced. Three weeks, it is priced just right. If over three weeks, it is overpriced. The longer it takes, the more overpriced it is. Of course, this is when the market is normal.

Our realtor told us that you had the best shot in the first ten days a house is on the market. We did all of the things she suggested and we had three offers and a bidding war at nine days and it sold above the asking price. This is our home in Ohio that we left when we moved here.