[graciegirl]

The Villages is the fastest growing planned community in the country.

Baby Boomers are retiring at the rate of ten thousand a day and will continue doing so for the next 16 years. Florida is now the third most populous state after California and Texas and I think this brutal cold weather will make many more people think about retiring here.

People who moan about how big The Villages is getting should remember that folks will move to this area anyway and they might as well be in this well run community than adjacent to us and having the problems around us of a not well run community.

The few people who will say nay are the realtors that cannot sell new homes here and those who do not like to see the success of large companies.

Me and mine............we like it.

Carry on Morses. God Bless the royals.

[Kazmi]

Yeah TV and carry on Morses!

[Aloha1]

Keep Calm and Keep Building!

[Marathon Man]

Growth is good. It's good in business, and it's good in a community. Without growth, decline can easily happen.

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

The Villages is the fastest growing planned community in the country.

Baby Boomers are retiring at the rate of ten thousand a day and will continue doing so for the next 16 years. Florida is now the third most populous state after California and Texas and I think this brutal cold weather will make many more people think about retiring here.

People who moan about how big The Villages is getting should remember that folks will move to this area anyway and they might as well be in this well run community than adjacent to us and having the problems around us of a not well run community.

The few people who will say nay are the realtors that cannot sell new homes here and those who do not like to see the success of large companies.

Me and mine............we like it.

Carry on Morses. God Bless the royals.

What Gracie said!!! BTW...glad you're back from your stay at the hospital. So sorry you had that experience (ambulance ride etc)! I also agree with you re: good care there but that's another thread!!!

[Topspinmo]

Good, maybe I'll get good deal up north and break even on my purchase down here

[twoplanekid]

Historical annual home closings and historical annual average sales prices (home and lot) in The
Villages are as follows: updated

Year Homes Sold (Home and Lot) Average Sale Price
1986 511 *
1987 543 *
1988 517 *
1989 542 $ 74,000
1990 502 79,000
1991 430 81,000
1992 562 87,000
1993 567 93,000
1994 686 98,000
1995 700 106,000
1996 753 115,000
1997 1,054 119,000
1998 1,321 129,000
1999 1,544 139,000
2000 1,776 151,000
2001 2,074 156,000
2002 2,260 163,000
2003 3,329 168,000
2004 3,955 204,000
2005 4,263 232,000
2006 3,935 257,000
2007 2,403 251,000
2008 2,236 231,000
2009 2,115 229,000
2010 2,208 231,000
2011 2,307 241,000
2012 2,850 244,000
2013 3,419 271,000
2014 2,601 304,000
2015 2,294 *
2016 1,966 *
2017 2,231 *

The RCLCO report for 2017 -> The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2017

[rtharner]

Informative stats. Thanks!

[manaboutown]

Thank you for the sales information. That is truly an impressive record.

The baby boomers were born from 1946 through 1964; the peak birth years were in the middle of that range and those particular folks are now in their sixties thus it should be prime time to sell houses in TV and other 55 and over communities.

[villagetinker]

If you ESTIMATE $60,000 per home for the first 3 years, and 330,000 to 350,000 for the last 3 years, the total value of the NEW homes is over $12,000,000,000, yes 12 BILLION dollars.

[Chatbrat]

We are not # 1--the Morses are--thank them for doing a great job and keeping up the improvements

[kcrazorbackfan]

Just keep the infrastructure up and build a couple of more championship courses.

[kaseydog]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Just keep the infrastructure up and build a couple of more championship courses.

lets not forget hospitals & other health care needs to support all this growth

[capecoralbill]

Originally Posted by kaseydog

lets not forget hospitals & other health care needs to support all this growth

T

The hospitals and medical facilities here are a disgrace, and they all carry the Morse name.......I mean the ""VILLAGES"" name as licensed by the Morse family.
Instead of planting petunas and building golf courses, they should pump some money into the hospital here.

[Dan9871]

Originally Posted by capecoralbill

T

they should pump some money into the hospital here.

The Villages Hospital is not operated or managed by the Morse's or The Villages. Central Florida Health manages the hospital and leases the just the building and the name from The Villages.

Central Florida Health also manages Lessburg hospital and is doubling the size of the ER in Leesburg in response to the growth at the southern end of The Villages. Central Florida Health is also building a stand alone ER in the Brownwood area of The Villages. Central Florida Health also has the land for and is considering building another hospital in the Brownwood area.

The Villages is building a day surgery center and attached hotel in the Brownwood area. The have also expanded The Villages Health specialty center to Brownwood.

So things are happening to improve the medical facilities in The Villages.

BTW we've had nothing but great service from both The Villages and Leesburg hospitals. The ER's do backup at times but that's an issue partly due to needing more facilities... and looks like that is starting to happen.