Maybe the insurance issue is a huge factor, it is for me. I saw a home in the villages, 500 square feet smaller than mine in Michigan and the insurance is $1,000 a year higher than here. Replacing a roof every 12 years is not necessary. High bond and taxes seem high. These are a couple items holding me back. Had a week stay in October in the Villages and had a great time, we would like to buy there but looks like it's getting a bit expensive.
Hello! The Villages IS more expensive than it was in years previous. Properties are MUCH less expensive if they are only adjacent to The Villages, and don't have access to Villages facilities. The sense of safety here may become ever more valuable in the years ahead.
@@davidisinflorida agreed. I was a Realtor and property investor based out of Michigan, but I have also owned properties throughout the FL. We moved down here full time in May and bought a temporary home just adjacent to the Villages. We can cross the street in our golf cart and be right on the multi-modal. We live in a newly constructed 4 bedroom stucco home that would cost north of $550k in the Villages (on a similar lot) and is worth about $360k where it sits now. We have a 16 year old now, but are actively looking to buy our forever home INSIDE the villages, going to over 200 open houses since we have moved here. Personally, I think prices are WAY out of whack, like 10-20% in some places. When you have homes sitting on the market for 6-8 months with no activity, the price is way too high. All this while we are seeing massive upticks in construction both inside and outside of the villages. How much can the market sustain before we have a MAJOR collapse?
@johnkatrich2954 It's hard to describe, it just FEELS safe here. The public is allowed in the town squares, and to shop, and drink and dine, but use of the amenities is tightly controlled.
@@johnkatrich2954 In the fall my wife and I rented a home near Spanish Springs in the Villages. As we traveled by car on Morse Blvd, There is a security gate at 466, it seems like anyone can use this as a short cut to 27/441, so why have a gate there? As for feeling safe, we felt very comfortable everywhere we went by car or golf cart. We enjoyed the live bands at all the Squares, we saw no trouble, but a police presence would be nice for those looking for trouble.
Previous videos had both pending per square foot and sold per square foot. The numbers may be wildly different. If a house is listed for $450,000 and goes pending but actually sells for $400,000 the numbers are different. I ‘ve noticed the past two weeks the sold per square foot slide has been missing. It’s a great video, but one of the most interesting figures is missing.
Hey, it comes down to three things one the price of the units in the monthly maintenance fees HOA all that type of stuff two medical there's really no medical up there for retirees as far as that goes and three the people up there are just nasty the RUclipsrs and other people say oh no but if you go up there and you just even have dinner at a restaurant or lunch at a restaurant around there people aren't Pleasant and we get that from a lot of people that go up there I've heard it a lot of times in a bonus thing is it's just the traffic
Hello! The monthly fee gives you access to all the amenities, so not that expensive when you consider all the benefits. Medical provider quality, I have heard both good and bad. I imagine it depends on the individual doctor. Rude people are everywhere. The number of residents here means there will always be some who are unpleasant.
Thanks David😊
Hello James!!
Great video. I saw the pending per square foot, what was the sold per square foot?
Hello!
For the week ending 1/6/2025 Sold per Foot was $151.00
@davidisinflorida love your videos, look forward to them every Tuesday morning. Keep up the great content!!
WEP or GPO does not affect me but I’m am glad to see Bipartisan support on this and President Biden signing it into law
Maybe the insurance issue is a huge factor, it is for me. I saw a home in the villages, 500 square feet smaller than mine in Michigan and the insurance is $1,000 a year higher than here. Replacing a roof every 12 years is not necessary. High bond and taxes seem high. These are a couple items holding me back. Had a week stay in October in the Villages and had a great time, we would like to buy there but looks like it's getting a bit expensive.
Hello!
The Villages IS more expensive than it was in years previous. Properties are MUCH less expensive if they are only adjacent to The Villages, and don't have access to Villages facilities.
The sense of safety here may become ever more valuable in the years ahead.
@@davidisinflorida agreed. I was a Realtor and property investor based out of Michigan, but I have also owned properties throughout the FL. We moved down here full time in May and bought a temporary home just adjacent to the Villages. We can cross the street in our golf cart and be right on the multi-modal. We live in a newly constructed 4 bedroom stucco home that would cost north of $550k in the Villages (on a similar lot) and is worth about $360k where it sits now. We have a 16 year old now, but are actively looking to buy our forever home INSIDE the villages, going to over 200 open houses since we have moved here. Personally, I think prices are WAY out of whack, like 10-20% in some places. When you have homes sitting on the market for 6-8 months with no activity, the price is way too high. All this while we are seeing massive upticks in construction both inside and outside of the villages. How much can the market sustain before we have a MAJOR collapse?
@@davidisinfloridawhat sense of safety? It’s wide open to the public and everyone is not law abiding.
@johnkatrich2954 It's hard to describe, it just FEELS safe here. The public is allowed in the town squares, and to shop, and drink and dine, but use of the amenities is tightly controlled.
@@johnkatrich2954 In the fall my wife and I rented a home near Spanish Springs in the Villages. As we traveled by car on Morse Blvd, There is a security gate at 466, it seems like anyone can use this as a short cut to 27/441, so why have a gate there? As for feeling safe, we felt very comfortable everywhere we went by car or golf cart. We enjoyed the live bands at all the Squares, we saw no trouble, but a police presence would be nice for those looking for trouble.
lol the same as the pending
Howzit Rob!
Previous videos had both pending per square foot and sold per square foot. The numbers may be wildly different. If a house is listed for $450,000 and goes pending but actually sells for $400,000 the numbers are different. I ‘ve noticed the past two weeks the sold per square foot slide has been missing. It’s a great video, but one of the most interesting figures is missing.
Hello!
I will be sure to include the "sold per foot" data going forward.
For the week ending 1/6/2025 Sold per Foot was $151.00
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Hey, it comes down to three things one the price of the units in the monthly maintenance fees HOA all that type of stuff two medical there's really no medical up there for retirees as far as that goes and three the people up there are just nasty the RUclipsrs and other people say oh no but if you go up there and you just even have dinner at a restaurant or lunch at a restaurant around there people aren't Pleasant and we get that from a lot of people that go up there I've heard it a lot of times in a bonus thing is it's just the traffic
Hello!
The monthly fee gives you access to all the amenities, so not that expensive when you consider all the benefits.
Medical provider quality, I have heard both good and bad. I imagine it depends on the individual doctor.
Rude people are everywhere. The number of residents here means there will always be some who are unpleasant.