Dick Betts REALTOR® The Villages, Florida

What made me Google “Strange New Year’s Traditions” I have no idea but there goes 10 minutes of my life I will never get back.  On the other hand, it did give me a topic to write about today!Broken Plates in DenmarkBroken dishes at your front door, it seems people save unused dishes the entire ye...

The third article in the series on New Year’s Eve activities in The Villages, Florida.  Back to where it all began Spanish Springs Town Square where the longest performing in my opinion tightest band will be providing the NYE entertainment Rocky and The Rollers.  From Doo Wop to Rock N Roll it wi...

My second article about New Year’s Eve in The Villages, Florida, Brownwood Paddock Square next.  We started at Sawgrass Grove and with the 80’s working our way north through The Villages so what does Brownwood have in store?  Oh, this is a good one, the 60’s until today with The Hooligans British...

No holiday will go unnoticed in The Villages, Florida!  Next up New Year’s Eve and we have four venues to help you celebrate ringing in the new year!  Let’s start in the south end of The Villages and work our way north, Sawgrass Grove has big plans for New Year’s Eve.  Starting at 3:00 pm on New ...

One of the new owners that bought a home without visiting The Villages or even Florida called concerned about these little creatures that kinda look like very small baby alligators, they are all over the place!  This was their first experience with Geckos and we told them they are harmless and go...

Christmas for me is a time to reflect on the years gone by and be thankful for where I am today and the people that I have made the journey with.  My family time in Waynesboro, PA as a small boy walking out of our church at 11:00 pm after candle light service on Christmas Eve and snow falling, wa...

I had a meeting recently with some folks and they picked Willie Jewell’s Old School Bar-B-Q to meet.  Willie Jewell’s is in the southern end of The Villages, Florida just past the turnpike just off of Warm Springs Avenue, an easy drive down Morse or in my case I was close to US 301 so came in tha...

Here we are a few days before Christmas and I got to thinking about how The Villages, Florida has changed retirement.  This holiday season there is so much you could be doing here and living your life to the fullest.  Three Christmas Tree Lighting, Golf Cart Parades, Santacon bar crawls, Holiday ...

Recently I had a situation where I was working with a seller that was bringing his home to market and had a buyer interested in buying the home.  We got to the point of a home inspection when the inspectors expected mold.  A mold test was ordered and sure enough all five samples tested positive f...

I have been following interest rates closely as it has a huge effect on housing as we all know.  Using an example of buyers with a credit score around 800, applying for a 20% down loan the highest we have seen in 2023 was 8.125%.  I just checked with Ronda, my lender I work with closely and today...