With respect to Oak Hill, it is a dated property with smaller floorplans. Prices will come down a lot more to move these units. I would predict under $100K for some. I think there was one listed over $200K…a joke. You asked quite awhile ago if Oak Hill was a bubble. A number of people with a vested interest in Oak Hill defended the complex (and the prices) but in the end, you were right. Prices are coming down.

Regarding condo-hotels. never was a fan, put them in the same category as timeshare like “scams”, and were a product of the real estate bubble. Is ANYONE starting condo-hotels ANYWHERE anymore? All I here about is unhappy owners, high monthly fees, and of course litigation, litigation, litigation…

People have asked me what builders are good in the area, depending on price point, Miller, Highline, Century Builders, Village Contractors, Devon, and some others. Which builders would I never choose…that is easy, Weiss Homes. Just my opinion.

The Champions Way townhomes are similar to other Highline built communities like Dublin Village, Wexford Place, and Irish Crossings. It will be interesting to see if the builder has improved their product with experience. I understand they are refining plans within the Champions Way community as they build. One example is the laundry room will be a few inches larger in the next buildings to accommodate a side by side washer/dryer rather than a stackable one, and the door to the same laundry room will be moved from the focal point at top of the stairs to a side hallway.

One interesting note is that the three-story townhouse built over a garage has proven demand near Notre Dame. A cursory search in the MLS shows more than 100 sales in the last three Highline communities. All sold above $175,000 and one above $470,000.

It will be worth watching to see how the different styles of homes offered for sale at Eddy Commons are received. Kite has announced plans to build condos wrapping the garage, hotel-condos on the top floors of a full service hotel, flats and courtyard townhomes. Other communities offering similar housing types have had slow sales recently: Condos at Oak Hill have crested in price and are slowy returning into the $140s to $160 price range, hotel-condos at GameDay and Waterford Estates have been literally and figuratively non-starters, and Pendle Woods offers high end single story homes but still has quite a few buildable lots.