Five of my closed Lotus Palm sales recorded the exact same 4,605 square feet. They sold between $1.85 million and $2.22 million, a $370,000 spread on identical recorded size. That gap is the clearest evidence I can show you that in GL Homes communities, the choices made at the design center and on the lot map, not the square footage, decide what a home is worth years later. After building with GL Homes myself and closing 19 sales across Lotus Palm and Lotus Edge, here is what actually holds value at resale.
By Ryan Jabbour. Every figure below comes from my publicly recorded closings, source-linked on my Lotus Palm and Lotus Edge agent pages.
The Lot Outlasts Everything
Finishes can be redone. The lot cannot. Lake exposure, privacy, orientation and position relative to the clubhouse are permanent, and resale buyers price them ruthlessly. That $370,000 same-size spread in Lotus Palm was driven substantially by lot and position. When I advise a new-construction buyer, the lot premium question always comes first: which premiums the builder charges will resale buyers actually repay, and which ones will they not. Not every premium survives the resale test.
Structural Options Beat Cosmetic Upgrades
My record sale at 8527 Ganton Drive closed at $2.64 million, the highest Lotus Palm closing of 2026, and its four-car garage was a genuine driver of buyer demand. A garage bay, an extra bedroom and bath, a club room: these are decisions that cannot realistically be added later, and buyers pay for them. Compare that with expensive cosmetic packages. I have sold homes where design-center finishes returned far less than they cost, because the resale buyer planned to change them anyway. The rule I give every client: spend on structure at contract, be skeptical of any design-center line item that a future owner could replicate after closing for less.
Small Homes, Big Per-Foot Numbers
20086 Hirono Lane in Lotus Palm closed at $1.99 million with roughly 2,573 square feet. That is about $773 per square foot, the highest per-foot result in my Lotus Palm record, on the smallest home in it. Correct positioning and the right configuration beat raw size. The same lesson showed up in Lotus Edge, where two of my closings happened the same day within $3,200 of each other even though one home had nearly 2,000 more square feet. The smaller home earned roughly $713 per foot against $439. If you are choosing between a bigger box and a better-configured one, the market has already voted.
What Resale Buyers Notice at Showings
Selling these homes is a feedback loop most new-construction buyers never get. What I watch resale buyers react to, over and over: the backyard and pool situation, natural light and orientation, garage capacity, the primary suite layout, and whether the home feels done or feels like a project. What they rarely reward: upgrades they cannot see, and finish choices that were fashionable for one year. An 18-day sale like my 8124 Crystal Downs closing happens when a home was configured the way the market actually wants.
Build Like the Future Seller
Every option decision looks different when you ask one question: what will the buyer of this home pay for this choice in five years? That is the lens I bring, because I am simultaneously the agent selling the resales of homes whose construction decisions were made years ago. It applies today in Lotus Edge, where builder inventory still exists, and it will apply at Agave Boca the day GL Homes opens sales. If you are about to make six-figure option decisions, borrow the feedback loop first. Call or text me at (561) 599-3917, or read the full evidence file in my GL Homes sales record and the GL Homes communities hub.
Ryan Jabbour, The Jabbour Group at Keller Williams Realty Boca Raton. Florida license 3490105. Figures reflect publicly recorded closings accessed August 11, 2026. Not affiliated with GL Homes.