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I don't have any problem at all confirming sales price. The reason it's non-disclosure is to keep nosy Californians from confirming our sales prices.
Sounds like keeping public from getting real estate information to confirm or make purchase decisions.
The problem is our MLS buddies will call a blended home 'stick built' or "ranch" whatever. They never mention being part one and part the other. It's often impossible to ID one from the MLS. In fact, if the tags have been converted to real property they are likely to call it a traditional or ranch home even when clearly a manufactured house.
Key to my thought process. This home is near the land. In fact, backs up to the lake flood level easement...but isn't "lakeside" per se. Rural subdivision, septic and city water. Almost all the houses there are MHs or a few are stick built and none are blended. They are one or the other and the stick built is bringing $100K MORE.
Same. On a philosophical level - it's difficult to be forced to comply with all the standards we are held to - when the folks we get our info from seem to have very few standards at all (and I'm not talking about personal standards). I typically have to search for blended homes via the 'siding' filter.
Speaking of siding... Lennar recently bought out a local builder that was part owned by the son of an appraiser. So, their new homes are the same price, only instead of brick siding and vinyl trim, the new ones under construction are all vinyl siding... I bet there are other issues. They are not competing with anyone else in town except Horton...and what kind of competition is that?
A TON of that quality home is being built north of Dallas along the US 75 corridor. Borderline Q5 homes - but new construction. And, of course, it's all because of the housing affordability crisis.
