I can confirm what you saw at 4S ranch. My wife and I visited Evergreen and Maybeck on past Saturday at around 4:00pm.
Both places are packed with about 7-8 peopls in the sales office checking out pricing and talking to the sales agents actively. There are constantly people coming in & out of the model homes. By the way, ‘Residence 3’ at Evergreen looks sharp to me (but the MR & HOA is a killer at 4S). Just my 2 cents.
I am not convinced that this is the bottom. Either way, $800k on a small lot is still not my cup of tea. I’m not a big fan of becoming a mortgage slave of such big loan.