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The Villages home sales have dropped in a big way (from 400 new homes per month to 260 month). What used to be affordable is now out of range for many retirees.

Home folks are ok down there.

[Sunnyflorida]

Housing prices HAVE to go up in Florida. The people coming down are clueless and you have to build more secure structures. All these mobiles and cheap snowbird housing needs to go. Of course you can buy a smaller house on less land than you can afford and put the savings into safety gear. Despite what some ignorant people say you can prepare and dramatically reduce the damage and improve survivability. I got a direct hit from Charley and the well built homes held up and the cheapies got destroyed.