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hjablowme919 t1_irbkkib wrote

I read this story and immediately looked at home prices in this community. My question: Are the homes that expensive because of their location? Like are similar homes in neighboring communities going for that much, or are the homes that expensive because of all the sustainable solutions incorporated into the design of the community?

Note: I think all new developments should be built following this model, and tailored for the local environment.

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tb16nh t1_ircgm9l wrote

I live here. We bought in Sept last year just before things seemingly “peaked” which in my opinion in our community, seemed to happen around March/April when we closed (new construction). The pricing here remains inflated still versus when we bought and wildly more expensive than just 2 years ago or so which I think the same could be said everywhere.

With that said, it is very much supply and demand still in the community. We are at a little over 2,000 homes I believe and for the longest time, demand was vastly outpacing supply (again like the rest of the country). However, things are starting to even out a bit here as evident by some price cuts and pushy sales tactics that certainly didn’t exist a year ago. I do think though that the amount of publicity in the last week following the storm will probably keep prices from bottoming out though.

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hjablowme919 t1_ircpxxs wrote

I looked at saw two homes for sale in Babcock, both were over $750,000 and were listed at 2400 square feet.

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hjablowme919 t1_ircwshf wrote

Thanks man.

No offense, but as cool as this place sounds, I would never move to Florida. Years ago, when Disney was first building Celebration, Florida I almost bought a home. Now, Florida has become way too crazy for me. Too much pro-Trump there. I have some friends who moved to the Tampa and West Palm Beach areas back in the 90s and they are like "I thought I'd stay here forever, but now I don't know." They are all close to 60 like me. Kids are out of the house, or almost out, and they really don't want to pack up and move at this age.

Even before Florida became Trump-Land, it was a little too crazy for me.

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hjablowme919 t1_ire9iql wrote

I hear you.

A friend of mine moved to Pompano Beach during COVID and decided to stay there. He was like "This place isn't so bad". Then a few weeks later he told me guy in the house next to him put up a big "FUCK BIDEN" sign in his front yard. He's like "I have to drive past it every day. What kind of person puts that sign up?"

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