Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
The lot prices adjacent to the holes at the Avalon Golf Club outside Knoxville, TN, were so reasonably priced that temptation almost got the better of me. I have been oh so tempted to invest in...
Home prices in the Austin, TX, area are expected to be fairly stable over the coming five years, good news for owners adjacent to the River Place Country Club. Economists who track the housing...
Real estate voyeur that I am, I was excited to see lists of top selling agents and teams for 2006 in an advertising section of today's Wall Street Journal (along with half-page pats on the back from...
Does the following report sound familiar? "Slower home sales have driven residential developers to sell the amenities they once counted on to hasten land sales and raise prices - their golf...
I was asked the other day if it made more sense to be one of the first to buy in a new community or to wait for things to take hold. In my answer, I deferred to the buyer's personality: If you have...
In 1990, a time when the Japanese yen was quite strong compared with the U.S. dollar, Japanese businessmen began buying up iconic U.S. properties such as Rockefeller Center and, yikes, Pebble Beach...
After I reported here a few days ago about some people's dopey proclivities to wring every last dollar out of their homes [see "Life Imitates Art..." ], the Wall Street Journal's helpful columnist...
A dust up between a builder and condo owner near our home in Greater Hartford, CT, reminds us that few things in real estate should be taken for granted. According to the Hartford Courant's...
I have stopped being jealous of folks with beachfront property I can't afford. I am starting to feel sorry for them. We reported here that the 18th green at Wild Dunes' Ocean Course, which we played...
The National Association of Realtors predicts that, in 2008, existing-home prices will rise 1.3 percent and new home prices will rise 1.0 percent... -- from Choose the Right Place, a newsletter...
There is a great scene in Woody Allen's American classic movie Annie Hall where Alvie Singer, the conflicted character played by Mr. Allen, is standing in a movie line. Just behind him is a...
The unique real estate web site Zillow.com is now almost two years old. After some initial baby steps, the site is becoming more useful for those serious about selling or buying a home, plus the...