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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Safe to Play: How to Gauge the Health of a Country Club
I have been reading lately about many golf courses that are being threatened with development. This is personal to me in that the golf course where I learned to play the game in New Jersey was...
Business Insider: Best cities for Bargain Homes
It is a brutal reality of real estate pricing that the desirability of a particular area generally determines price. It makes sense; if many people want to live in a certain place, demand goes up. If...
The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants
Ya Gotta Have Heart; I Almost Didn’t. To anyone searching this site for new material the last couple of weeks, my apologies. But I have a pretty good excuse. I had unscheduled quadruple bypass...
Thinking of Buying a Golf Home in the Next Two Years?
In many of the top golf communities in the Southeastern U.S., prices rose in 2016. In some places the increases were more than 10%, in others in the five percent range. For a variety of reasons,...
Thinking of Buying a Golf Home in the Next Two Years?
In many of the top golf communities in the Southeastern U.S., prices rose in 2016. In some places the increases were more than 10%, in others in the five percent range. For a variety of reasons,...
No Time Like the Right Time to List Your Home
I read articles over the weekend that reminded me of a couple of items that should be on homeowners’ minds as the get ready to put their homes on the market (and, perhaps, move to a warmer climate)....
The consumer view of whether now is the right time to buy
When it comes to the right time to buy a home, I trust the consumer’s point of view every bit as much as the so-called housing experts. After all, the consumer has skin in the game. That is why a...
Can Home-Free Golf Courses Last?
Golf courses that thread their way through housing developments have always come under criticism from serious reviewers –- as well as many of the rest of us -- who see homes beside golf courses as...
Hitting the Links: Interesting News Items of Recent Days
The following items caught our eye in the last few days (click on each link to access article): Cliffs community to feature new mixed-used space for public. Parish the Thought: Golf Course in...
Staying Put: Americans not moving, but migration South still strong
The number of people relocating inside the U.S. fell to its lowest level ever in the last year, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data. The number was 11.2 percent. The South saw 901,000...
Intrinsic Home Values Hide Important Numbers
The respected financial weekly, Barron’s magazine, published an article this past weekend about real estate markets in the U.S. that are undervalued. The implication is that those who live in those...
Voters Bid No Trump Near Donald’s Golf Clubs
From sea to shining sea, President-elect Donald J. Trump has his name emblazoned on the clubhouses and scorecards of a dozen golf courses in the U.S. By reputation, they are impeccably conditioned and...