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Old 07-29-2013, 01:00 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by freakinsaprikin View Post
No of course not, but there is a reason why houses in Lake communities are generally worth more than similar houses in communities around it that don't have lakes.
Isn't this a major con for lake communities. It costs more to buy into a lake community so if you arent' going to use the lake you are paying interest on something that you don't need.

I think that when I was looking it was about 25k more for similar houses in lake comunities. In the end I chose lower cost for a similar house and proximity to fish creek over a lake. 25k at 3.5% is $875 per year plus your $250 lake fee is up to 1125 for the cost of a lake.

So taking two identical communities one with a lake and one without you have to get $1125 per year of more value out of the lake for that community to be better. So having a lake is not OBJECTIVELY better than not having one.
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