[AnnieDotz]

Originally Posted by PennyAnn

The Villages are not a very good way to go.... they lead buyers over to Villages new properties while your listing gets stale.
MLS all the way. We listed ours with Tammy Freilich of Re/Max and she was great. Professional. Sold our 2/2 cyv in one week.

We went with REMAX -Mark Sevegny. He is a former contractor and was able to help with issues dealing with the home we were selling and the home we bought. Outside realtors are very motivated. The Villages have a clunky website and Stearing potential buyers to newly built homes. We sold our home in three days.

[Gunny2403]

Ok , I’m a buyer. Who/where do I go?

[sallyg]

Kent Merchant at Realty Executives did a great job for us. Good luck.

[mikeritz53]

Originally Posted by drstevens

Plan to sell 2B/2B courtyard villa near Mallory Country Club and trying to decide between a Villages' Realtor or Multiple listing agent. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.

Keep in mind the only way an Out of Area Buyer can find a VLS listed home is knowing about the Villages website. Most Buyers are out of area and they are more familiar with the Zillows. Realtor.com. Homes.com, etc. and since only MLS listed homes appear on those sites as well as hundreds of others, the Villages listed home will not be seen.

[drstevens]

Are you interested in 2B/2B CYV near Mallory Country club? If PM me.
Thanks.

[arbajeda]

IMO, people in Florida looking to move to The Villages (the largest single state for new Villagers) would use MLS. Other state residents would be more inclined to use The Villages real estate because they have little access to MLS companies. And the overwhelming majority of new Villagers come from outside Florida. You will hear stories from both sides, one that sold in a week and one that has been listed for months. It all comes down to someone who likes your house and the terms. The Villages real estate will get you more exposure to potential buyers.

[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by John_W

That has been discussed many times on TOTV. After ten years of reading posts about the subject, I personally would go with an MLS outside agency. You find out the MLS primary job is to sell resale homes. A Villages Agent primary job is to sell new homes and resales second.

I had neighbor a couple of years ago wanted to list their villa for $279K, TV agent said he wouldn't take it for more than $259K, they want to get a low price so they don't have to work it as much. He called an MLS agent and they listed for $279K and had multiple offers in the first week.

Here are some past threads.

Buying Pre-owned from Properties of the Villages

FSBO Flat Fee Service?

MLS or The Villages to sell a house

The Villages Real estate sales people

John when we put our home up for sale in Oct of 2018 our realator priced our home at $310,000. they said the home market would be slow in Nov. & Dec. because of the holidays. When we did get an offer from our realator it was $269,000. that was $41,000. less than they original price they said it was worth, we counter offer in the 280,000. range & they took it. Don’t take me wrong we were happy. The same new model home (designer) was selling for $297,000. I’m not complaining we made money but just agreeing with what you said! PS: Just in case someone says our original price was higher than the new price, the new price home wasn’t in a place where people were dying to live, it’s location, location, location!
I totally agree, John!

[msilagy]

Since TV realty dropped their commission fee to 5% for sales they now match the MLS realtor fee of 5%. The villages gets a lot more traffic. MLS realtors unfortunately do not. With things "even" now as far as commissions go I would chose the Villages to sell my property. I am assuming that the villages was losing sales to MLS because their fee was formerly 6%. I compared the listings at that time and MLS had a lot more for sale listings in comparison to the present time. Good Luck!

[edbmac]

Originally Posted by drstevens

Plan to sell 2B/2B courtyard villa near Mallory Country Club and trying to decide between a Villages' Realtor or Multiple listing agent. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.

We just sold our Courtyard Villa in McClure thru ReMax (Kim Aschman) on CR44. The home had been listed by the Villages Real Estate for 4 months and we had very little
activity and no offers (although there was someone who wanted to make an offer at the end of our contract but couldn't get out of their lease).
We listed it with ReMax and had an open house on the 15th of Dec. and an offer on the 16th. We did come to an agreement and are scheduled to close on the 15th of Jan.
Kim did a great job for us. And ReMax did bring multiple potential buyers quickly. Based on our experience, I would encourage you to go MLS.

[massachusettskid]

My opinion is check with the Villages. If you are looking for an agent I suggest Beth Pope. She was my salesperson when I purchased last March.

She was very knowledgeable on both new and resales. She also was very good on the history of the villages and where I lived in Massachusetts she kept great communications with me updating me of new listings. Very personable sales person.

I recommend her to friends back home who maybe looking for information on The Villages

[dkaufnelson]

I suggest listing it yourself on Zillow first. I sold one home and bought two others all on Zillow and had great luck all without paying realtor fees.really have to declutter your home and remove all personal items. Get beautiful photos and read articles on the internet about how to sell your own home so you make sure the home is ready and the potential buyers are secure with financing. You can download free legal Florida contracts online and find local closing companies without using any lawyers but you must do your due diligence to make sure everything is proper and legal. Research prices for similar homes and price your home fairly and it will sell. You can always go with a realtor if it doesn't sell by yourself but I highly recommend trying Zillow first if you do your preparation as mentioned above. Good luck

[Dlbonivich]

How can you know how many resale homes The Villages agents sell? The only way to tell is for them to tell you. Actually MLS agents know that the numbers are about equal every year. It is not easy to count the Villages sold homes. You have to look at tax records. Andrea Bonivich, Sellstate Superior Realty

[gabby1010]

Do yourself a big favor and go with an outside realtor. Speaking from experience. Went with a village realtor and suffered through 6 months with no offer. Put it with Vicki Iverson with Sally Love Realty and had a contract in 2 weeks. MLS is the way to go

[LMBNY]

Maybe a dumb question... On the Villages realty site, what does it mean when a home is CERTIFIED? I see some homes have this classification, but can't find what it means. Thanks!

[LianneMigiano]

Pricing the home in line with others-very-much-like-it will sell the home, as long as the upkeep has been consistently done and it has been updated over the years. The best realtor on earth cannot do anything to sell an overpriced
or dated home priced as if it were equal to new condition.