Wildwood
 

Wildwood was a dump before the Villages came to town. The Wildwood of 2002 was nothing like it is today.

Permits vs sales, I doubt very much that there were over 3,000 new homes actually sold in 2021 and 2022. I have the little booklets that they send out every quarter with the number of both new and used homes sold somewhere. If I find them or maybe someone else reading this will have them they will show the true numbers. I don't recall them ever selling 10 new homes per day .

OP, if you look at local maps you will see that The Developer was pretty much land locked to the north, east and west for large pieces of land that would make sense to invest and build on. Large pieces of Land to the south was available and at a price The Developer was willing to pay.

So with homes not selling and an inventory growing they submitted for 3,000 additional permits?

Or they are just amassing a pile of permits they intend to use someday?

Or there is another area in the county growing faster than the Villages that we don’t know about?

Number of homes in recent CDDs with at least CDD15 still under construction:
CDD 11: 2,055
CDD 12: 6,202
CDD 13: 8,062
CDD 14: 3,209
CDD 15: 3,700

23,000+ homes in 10 years is close to a 2,300/yr average. With a couple of slow years or homes that are not yet in a CDD, a 3,000 year or two is conceivable.

Yep, but the juicy tax revenue is hard to pass up....

Wildwood is still a dump, aside from the section along Powell south of 466A and the section of 466A between Powell and BV. Driving along 301 does not make me want to spend time in town.

I remember my first visit to TV in mid-2008 (pre Brownwood, of course) coming through the outskirts of Wildwood on the Villages Shuttle from MCO. Looking out of the window in the fading light I thought I was in deepest bayou country, with all of the small, wooden homes nestled amongst the trees.

True, but I should have clarified if I'm putting in as a single I usually have no problem this time of year, but if I'm in a group doing 4 or more the tee time system does use you play history as a factor in the courses you get.

Thanks everyone for responding.

I was just wondering if those that live in the north along the edges of TV could expect any sort of TV expansion or possibly a few new smaller neighborhoods.

Cause other districts north are built out and sold to districts (but what developers want they usually get) Highways/railroad tracks block east 301 and 441 west.

What? They just put in new parking garage in down town wildwood. Across 301, how like dodge that traffic crossing street? :a040:

There is plenty of land already purchased south of 44, why bother ever going north again?

A ridiculous statement, that's false on its face.

The market has decided that pre-owned homes are typically worth more than new, similar homes. TV doesn't get to control that, the market does and they've spoken.

Anyone who suggests the homes being built in the newer areas, compare with TV homes that were built 20 years ago, doesn't know anything about real estate.

As the Developer moved south, quality, amenities, convenience, atmosphere and aesthetics, also went south.

Except
 

Except the AC units are brand new, the roofs have zero years on them, all the appliances are new, you are closer to the more active squares and the amenities are all brand new. In addition, there is great golf and you are much closer to the Orlando airport.

There's no place for The Villages to build up there. The properties are all already owned and occupied by other developments, including trailer parks with 99-year land leases, other manufactured home communities where there are dozens of homeowners who also own the properties, StoneCrest and Spruce Creek. Across the street from The Villages on 42, a developer has already built single family homes in front of other housing developments, some of which were just finished and put up for sale this year.