Villages of Royal Palm reports sale of 11 homes during first half of 2012, up almost 100 percent over same period last year

PORT ORANGE, Fla. --- Sales of new homes at the Villages of Royal Palm in Port Orange are up almost 100 percent thus far this year.

Winston Schwartz, president of Winston-James Development, Inc., which is developing the Villages of Royal Palm, reports sales of 11 new luxury homes at the Villages of Royal Palm from January through June.

Schwartz said sales totaled more than $3 million.

“The real estate market is steadily improving and the moratorium on impact fees has allowed us to pass on over $8,500 in savings to home buyers,” Schwartz said.

The Villages of Royal Palm currently has five new ready-to-move-in homes available priced from the $160s.