Posted by jose bagge on May 01, 2008 at 04:19:00 from (12.161.55.2):
In Reply to: Fighting Developers posted by Stumpalump on April 30, 2008 at 20:27:30:
In Northern Va, this is all about the money. Developers can do more with the land than the current owners because they grease the wheels of the zoning boards. A farmer may fight a year to put a home for his son on a 5 acre parcel- quit out of frustration and sell to a developer, and a year later you'll see 5 houses on the same peice of dirt. They'll offer a few infrastucture improvements ( some curbs, some sidewalks, a turn lane into the little subdivision) but what they really offer is 20 or 30 grand per house to the county that will get built into the price of the homes- 100 grand or more that the farmer would never be able to come up with ( nor should have to!)
It's all karma, though- their sitting on an 18 month inventory of homes right now, losing their shirts.
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