71.9 F
The Villages
Saturday, December 9, 2023

Bridgeport at Lake Sumter home sells for $1.55 million

Another waterfront home in the Village of Bridgeport at Lake Sumter has sold for over $1.5 million, netting a $600,000 profit over its previous sales price.

623 Ternberry Forest Drive in Bridgeport of Lake Sumter
623 Ternberry Forest Drive in Bridgeport of Lake Sumter (Photo: Google)

Located at 623 Ternberry Forest Drive, the 0.576-acre lot faces Lake Sumter and features a 3,220-square-foot home.

According to Sumter County property records, the home was built in 2006 and was originally sold for $787,000.

623 Ternberry Forest Drive in Lake Sumter
623 Ternberry Forest Drive in Bridgeport at Lake Sumter (Photo: Google)

Nearly eight years later in February 2014, the home was purchased for $950,000.

This past July, the home was sold for $1,550,000, according to Sumter property records.

The property is one of several with waterfront homes that have sold for large profits in the Village of Bridgeport at Lake Sumter this year.

In July, a waterfront home on Blease Loop sold for $1.75 million.

Another waterfront home at on Russell Loop sold for $1.85 million in August.

Another home on Russell Loop sold for $950,000 in June around seven years after it was purchased for $505,000.

Are they even considering the traffic that new development will bring?

A Village of Sanibel resident, in a Letter to the Editor, wonders if the officials who approve apartment complexes and housing developments ever stop and consider the traffic they will bring.

Walmart can follow lead of 7-Eleven and ‘accidentally’ kill trees

A Mangrove Villas resident has a suggestion for Walmart, which is hoping to win approval for the removal of historic trees on a property where a new store is to be constructed.

Second-hand smoke intolerable at town squares

A Village of Citrus Grove resident, in a Letter to the Editor, contends that second-hand smoke is becoming intolerable at the town squares.

Everybody is running stop signs

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Summerhill resident contends that no one is stopping at stop signs in The Villages.

Trump should be praised for all he has done!

A reader from Brevard believes former President Trump should be praised for all he has done. Read her Letter to the Editor.