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1 posted on 04/01/2007 11:29:03 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan

I pray the land is never developed.


2 posted on 04/01/2007 11:53:27 PM PDT by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: BJungNan
I hope the land is not developed. Builders and Developers care nothing about the communities they develop. All they see is money. Tremendously overpriced and poorly constructed homes are popping up as fast as the illegal labor they've hired can build them.

I recently spoke with a former finance/personal accountant who worked for one of the major home builders in my area. I asked her what kind of profit does a typical home builder realize on the sale of one of his homes. She responded "around 30%". I said, "so, on a $200,000 home a builder could expect to make $50k-$60k?". She responded "yep".

My problem isn't profit but rather the matchbox size of these homes and the fact that some many are built with inferior materials. Then you have the unusable floor plans. They need redesigning from the moment you move in, I am left with no love for the average builder. It's clear to me that they are only in it for the money as evidenced by the exuberantly unwarranted and over inflated prices they want for these homes. They could not care less.
3 posted on 04/02/2007 5:54:11 AM PDT by Arcy
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