[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by daves

real estate is strange to say the least. It does not matter unless it is in writing. The contract will surely list it as a display home and the buyer will or should get a discount.
Like so many things, you need to decide to buy it or not and at what price. The market is hot. Prices are up everywhere not just in the villages.

Some people want to choose the counter top, floors etc. We chose a home that was completed on speculation. We, i am pleased with the choices they made. Time and stress for the wife to decide flooring, appliances etc etc etc would take years and then after it was all done she would change her mind.

had a wife like that once upon a time. In desperation i would never allow any delivery of anything without her inspecting the items inside the truck itself because she would always find something wrong to ship it back anyway. Anyway, sent her to find wilson.

[Luggage]

Whatever the discount they're all overpriced by 50% when you figure the real cost of construction is still about a hundred and a quarter per foot

[Fastskiguy]

It's an exciting time here in Linden....new neighbors!

Joe

[Dlbonivich]

I. My 25 years experience as a realtor selling new and resale construction. Model homes usually sell for more. but have many extras. Close out homes in a neighborhood sell for a little less. The builder wants to close the neighborhood buyers have moved on to a new section. The builder goes through the model and fixes everything. It usually is a good deal. It is sold as new construction.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

Daves... reductions that much are NOT what happens here. Maybe from up North, yes.....but not here

Well, they just did, on the homes we're talking about in Linden... So there's that...

[pgettinger01]

The house price is determined by demand. The Villages prices houses start high. If they do not sell they decrease the price. The house prices are up about 25%-30% from a year ago.

[PoolBrews]

When we bought our new home 4 years ago, it was reduced $20K. It was one of the last in our Village, and they wanted to close out sales so the developer could move on. This happens in nearly every Village once you get down to the last few home.

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by dawnab

I noticed there were price reductions on homes for sale on TV home finder site for Village of Linden. Anything going on there?

Wait until May or June, then the prices are really discounted.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by nn0wheremann

Wait until May or June, then the prices are really discounted.

They were still going up last May/June...

[joelfmi]

Originally Posted by Robbie0723

The model homes owned by The Villages went up for sale, some completely furnished, all have contracts in work now, some had up to 20 backup offers....

a lot of smoke and mirrors.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by Luggage

Whatever the discount they're all overpriced by 50% when you figure the real cost of construction is still about a hundred and a quarter per foot

When determining the selling price of a home (or anything for that matter), the price of inputs like construction costs, materials, labor, etc do not even enter the equation.

Prices are determined by the "market". Only about 20 percent of Americans understand the basics of supply & demand in setting prices.

When you sold your home, did you consider your original cost, upgrades, financing costs, etc? No. You only considered how much you could get NOW, which is determined, usually, by comparable sales.

[rogerk]

I suspect they were just trying to close out an area.

[Nell57]

Originally Posted by nn0wheremann

Wait until May or June, then the prices are really discounted.

Well…not really. My friend sold homes here for many years.
. He always said that all the foot traffic is Jan Feb Mar.
But the serious buyers come back in May June and July.