[Ragman]

Originally Posted by Spectreron

Just click on "Search Homes" on TheVillages.com and they're all there. You can see the new, pre-owned, or both at once and you can still search by price, model, etc. The site is actually easier to use than the previous version IMHO.

[maryanna630]

Boy, I think this is a very poorly designed site. It is uneccesarily complex doesn't navigate easily and thephotos are not good. I wonder what they are thinking?

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by Spectreron

Just click on "Search Homes" on TheVillages.com and they're all there. You can see the new, pre-owned, or both at once and you can still search by price, model, etc. The site is actually easier to use than the previous version IMHO.

The only problem I had was through my own failure to notice the "Search Homes" link on the home page. I took a path less traveled to the same "search" page through a lower link on the same homepage! I had to take a nap after all that traveling!

[tv2016]

It's terrible. There used to be a link to newly listed pre-sales, now there is not. I hope they add it back.

There is still a link to newly released new homes. Hmmm... Coincidence? I think not.

[LB]

This new way to see preowned homes is the stoopidist thing We have seen in a while.It is unusable the way we have always used it. We must all complain to the realty company! LB

[Topspinmo]

Maybe they are pushing the new homes and driving all the pre-owned homes sales to local agents or Zillow. Which when I am ready to search Looks like I'll Skip this now useless format for pre-owned homes.. Either way I do it the 1/4 to half million homes pop right up. Zillow easier anyway, shows where they at in the villages that are available for sale you just click on the red house in the village you want to look at.

[BS Beef]

Originally Posted by Spectreron

Just click on "Search Homes" on TheVillages.com and they're all there. You can see the new, pre-owned, or both at once and you can still search by price, model, etc. The site is actually easier to use than the previous version IMHO.

I'm not seeing what you're talking about. Did you use the old site? I was far more clear and much easier to navigate.

I saw the post on Zillow, never thought of that. But it's a great option

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by Spectreron

Just click on "Search Homes" on TheVillages.com and they're all there. You can see the new, pre-owned, or both at once and you can still search by price, model, etc. The site is actually easier to use than the previous version IMHO.

Agree. While the link could be more intuitive for people who are searching only for pre-owned, from "Search Home" you actually get much more information about pre-owned homes than you did before. Two big improvements, to me:

• You can finally filter pre-owned homes by garage size, as you've always had been able to do with new.
• The new site tells you the model (e.g., Gardenia, At Ease, etc.), while the previous site only provided that information if you filtered your search by model.

If they make the initial link to make it finding all pre-owns more intuitive, the new site, to me, is a great improvement.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I don't like it at all. I like to go through the home sot see if there is something that I might be interested in. My brother might also be interested in moving here and I like to look at homes for him.
In fact, this is how I bought my house. I was living overseas and went on the website. I contacted sales and gave them a list of about ten houses that I wanted to see. I came here for a week and an agent brought me around and showed me the houses that I listed. He actually showed me one more home after we looked at the ones that I had already decided to look at and I bought that one.
I wonder why they did this. It makes no sense.

[asianthree]

i have used the website for many years...i could go online hit new preowned..and in minutes see what was listed...pictures were clear.in and out.....yes the new site does tell you the model...but if i wanted to spend 15 minutes to look at the preowned just listed i would use an mls...just saying

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by asianthree

i have used the website for many years...i could go online hit new preowned..and in minutes see what was listed...pictures were clear.in and out.....yes the new site does tell you the model...but if i wanted to spend 15 minutes to look at the preowned just listed i would use an mls...just saying

I don't think that Properties of the Villages works with MLS.

[ilovetv]

Actually, I think this will work well with practice.

I see some key things in using the menu on the left side.

- When the page loads, be sure to first choose "Pre-Owned" under "Search" expanded.

- Pre-owned ones then come up unfiltered. Choose filtering criteria in the left-side menu, by home type, series, price range, etc. **Expand the filtering criteria header by clicking the minus sign beside it.

- Choose Village near the bottom to filter by village. It's made easier with the box to type in the name of the village you're interested in, instead of scrolling thru the long list.

Practice helps.... I think it's important to "Refresh" the search criteria you've chosen, using the Refresh button at the top of the criteria.

[ducati1974]

To the people who are liking the new site: what you are missing is that they used to have one button to see NEW PRE-OWNED LISTINGS only. Now you have to weed thru all the pre-owned listings to find which ones are new. Extremely tedious! The way we found our house was to only check the new pre-owned listings each day and not get confused with what we've already seen.

[twinklesweep]

Originally Posted by gerryann

It will cause folks to go to outside realtor instead of using villages to sell (or buy). Obviously, TV is trying to sell new over the preowned. It's too difficult to get to where you want to view with this new search engine.

I suspect that this is exactly what will happen, if the old website isn't brought back, the one on which those who are interested can focus only on pre-owned.

[ricthemic]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

Actually, I think this will work well with practice.

I see some key things in using the menu on the left side.

- When the page loads, be sure to first choose "Pre-Owned" under "Search" expanded.

- Pre-owned ones then come up unfiltered. Choose filtering criteria in the left-side menu, by home type, series, price range, etc. **Expand the filtering criteria header by clicking the minus sign beside it.

- Choose Village near the bottom to filter by village. It's made easier with the box to type in the name of the village you're interested in, instead of scrolling thru the long list.

Practice helps.... I think it's important to "Refresh" the search criteria you've chosen, using the Refresh button at the top of the criteria.

No way, the old way was simple and easy. Search all listing by only the villages you are interested in. How do you think the village re-sales reps like this? And there are a lot of them that do mostly resales. I would advise them to get their realty mls license.