The link that you provided requires the user to do a search to find very little information regarding Bond Payments. It certainly doesn't quantify the Amounts of Payments and the Amount of the Bonds. Another response below quantified Bonds as high as $72,000, which is the amount a Buyer of a home owes, in ADDITION to the home's purchase price. The Villages is Transparent about the amount of the Bond that a Buyer is assuming when selling new homes. So Buyers need to consider the amount of Bond that they are responsible for whenever purchasing a home in The Villages since they are responsible for paying that debt, which they are assuming.

You need to remember that forum posts without reference to documentation are just OPINIONS.

I didn't post the link, but perhaps this will help:

Finance - The Villages Community Development Districts

You can navigate to the CDD and property location, then it will show a full schedule in detail.

Bought new in 2022 and my bond is $1,129 per year.

Sure do miss your drone videos. Hope they’ll come back eventually.

Found the reference, turns out it's a different type of bond, not a development bond. It's actually an anti-development bond that gives the city the right to purchase unused parcels and preserve them, thus preventing over-development. It was approved by the voters and will cost homeowners an average of $21 per year.

An endless confusion. The bond, you are paying for home support stuff like roads. One way of the other you pay for this as taxes, and or in the price of the home. Sounds like you have a mortgage on your home. The bank can tell you the interest you pay on the bond it is our ours was higher than the interest on the mortgage. You will be told, if you pay it off you will not recover the cost. Not sure that is true. Buying a resale. The SALES PERSON will tell a new buyer that the AC is new or whatever. They try not to open up the bond can of worms. My view. If, you pay 500 for a home and the bond is 30, you paid 530 for the home and the 30 you pay a higher interest on it..
Finances, it always depends. Contrary to my PLAN, we do not itemize so interest is not deductible. Typically as in a mortgage you pay the interest first and then the principal; MATH CONFUSION. If, you pay the interest first and you then decide to pay it off the real interrst you've paid is higher than what you are told-if you ask.

People tend to think so much per year kind of thing. It is based on what the house was priced at new. A more expensive home will have a higher bond.

Excellent, clear, succinct answer, bravo !

All posts here are OPINION. Wise to confirm anything you read. A cop gives you a ticket-but whatever pseudo name on talk of the villages said it was legal will not help.

Exactly, too many people comparing apples and steaks. A 1/1 is in no way comparable to a 3/2 or 4/3. The bond is less because the home is less. Seems to me those purchasing more expensive homes with higher bonds know the details and can afford it. Good for them and our community. It’s like a person driving a Honda CRV complaining about the cost of an oil change on a Ferrari they don’t own.

Bond is not based on price of home. A more expensive home may have a higher bond but not necessarily. Easy example: all homes in an area pay the same bond amount though it’s very likely that some of those homes cost more than others.

Sort of true but not. If, you want to, you can pick a house address and find who owns it what it is worth, if there is a mortgage and perhaps the name of their dog. PRIVACY is an illusion.

Confirmed as wrong.

Not quite the way math works. In my opinion, a 30 year loan at 7% interest and a $1000 yearly payment would have an original bond somewhere near $12000 to $13000. MY math may be faulty but remember that the Interest is included in that $1000 yearly payment.