четверг, 2 мая 2013 г.
McNamara, William and Dorothy Riley and perhaps two dozen other Lakeside residents are trying to sel
"Let's face it, I'm 75 years old. I don't have much longer. The time I do have, I want to spend getting to know my grandchildren," William Riley said of his hopes to sell his home and move back to Albany, N.Y. Riley and his wife moved to Lakeside Crossing several years ago and have decided to move back home since his health is declining, weekend cruises from boston he said on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. But, he points out, the property developer has rules banning for sale signs in the yards of houses. He has resorted to posting the signs in his front window and door, as many other home owners in the community. The housing community is located between U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Horry County. Photo by Janet Blackmon Morgan / jblackmon@thesunnews.com
McNamara, William and Dorothy Riley and perhaps two dozen other Lakeside residents are trying to sell their homes, but at least some have run into a wall that s nearly impossible to get over or around.
The residents don t own the land under their homes and escalating fees for its rent and community amenities which transfer with ownership have made existing homes unable to compete with new homes in the development.
To compound the difficulty, weekend cruises from boston the Rileys and McNamara said, is that Lakeside is offering discounted fees to people who buy new homes. And that, said sellers and their Realtors, makes buyers even less likely to assume fees on existing homes that may be more than $200 more a month than the discounted fees.
McNamara weekend cruises from boston said she had tried to have the community s real estate agents market her home, but after months of inaction, she decided to list with an outside Realtor. She bought the home for $163,000 and it is listed for $145,000. But her fees are $320 a month and so far, no one s been willing to take them on.
He acknowledged that the development has discounted the fees to stimulate sales of new homes, but said that won t last forever. Additionally, he said the development contracted a new builder last year who will deliver new homes for $15,000 to $40,000 less than they were before.
She said the competition of another 55-plus community nearby also works against existing home sales at Lakeside Crossing. The nearby development is offering homes and land for $165,000 and fees of only $65 a month, she said.
Gimenez also said that the sales staff at Lakeside seems unfriendly to outside Realtors, but London tells a different story. weekend cruises from boston He said Lakeside has tried to enlist the help of local Realtors by offering them a share of the broker s fee just for referrals. If the Realtor sends three clients who buy within six months, the fee goes up.
Gimenez said the Lakeside homes that are for sale might have a better chance if outside For Sale signs were allowed. But they can only be displayed from within the house, and many are a small sign taped to the inside of narrow garage door windows that can be missed easily by passersby.
London said most Realtors don t understand Lakeside s market and that s why they find it difficult to sell homes there. He said that the development s average buyer shows up just looking as they re planning for retirement and won t buy for two to seven years.
The Rileys were living weekend cruises from boston in a similar development in upstate New York before they moved to Myrtle Beach. They said that an agent at that development referred them to Lakeside Crossing, where he said his son was working.
But now, William Riley, 74, has emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and after two surgeries for heart problems and two back surgeries, he and Dorothy, 72, want return to New York state to be near family.
He said their home on rented land in the New York development sold in three weeks, and he s frustrated because he believes the sales staff at Lakeside is working against weekend cruises from boston him and others who want to sell existing homes.
London said he s suggested to frustrated sellers that they rent their homes. He said they would have no trouble renting for $1,200 or $1,300 a month. For a percentage of the rent, they can hire a property manager to look after the house when they re living elsewhere.
He also said that while it s tough for residents to sell existing homes, it s not impossible. He said that two existing homes in Lakeside have sold in recent months even though they had monthly fees of $500 or more and were more expensive than the new homes.
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