I am sure the rules are different and very refreshing from the "outside world". And boy does the whole process work well...as anyone can see.

People can request an agent if they have had friends recommend one, but new people coming to look are assigned one and the amazing thing is that you are asked what your interests are and he/she takes you to see them here in The Villages. Unless you ask to see homes they will not suggest you see homes. I think that is what sold me and several friends, it isn't heavy breathing, drag around to homes selling by the agents. The place sells itself. They will not call you back unless you ask them to call you back. I was SO impressed. There is no difficulty selling new homes here.

possibly you didn't read the saga that unfolded by the previous posters..

Home buying is not always sunshine and roses

I have read it and read it and I still don't understand it.

I have heard of a lot of people complaining they didn't close on the day they were scheduled and had to pay a fine, but usually that means their loan people dropped the ball. I don't see any reason for anyone to lie as to where the owners went to live, to assisted living or to their daughters. I don't understand what papers were missing.

I can see that the OP is upset but I don't still understand what happened.

I have read this forum diligently for many years and have a lot of folks I care about and know over the time I have lived here and most are really happy with The Villages agents. I think there is a lot of sour grapes among the local MLS agents for not being included into The Villages business.

But I wouldn't give money away either if I were the Morses.

What you said is the real key. We need to know the rest of the story -- i.e., the entire story. There could be half a dozen explanations to this scenario and I have a feeling there is much more information that hasn't been included.

We shouldn't be so quick to crucify the Realtor or feel so sorry for the seller, based on an extrapolated piece of information that you just know is only part of what really happened.

Well. That's how it was,..... And many others have said the same. We have to believe it is under the direction of the developer to not behave in the typical manner that people are used to from real estate people.

What you may not know is this. It took two hours to sell the view lots in our Village. Bridgeport at Laurel Valley. When we were looking for our first house and found one we liked. An hour later it sold to someone else. The real estate business here is unprecedented and this is not my first rodeo. We have had several homes built and also bought several new ones in our life time. They do NOT negotiate in any way on any new home and do not allow anything but a conventional loan.