Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
The respected S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index reported this morning that home prices in the 2nd quarter dropped 3.2 percent from the same period a year ago. It brought the index to its lowest...
As a teenager in the early 1960s, I read Nevil Shute's chilling apocalyptic novel "On the Beach." I've never forgotten the climactic scene of the condemned people of coastal Australia standing at...
A sample of homes on the course for sale in Wilmington, North Carolina The following homes are in the $400,000 to $1 million range in golf course communities in Wilmington, NC (we have added one downtown...
Membership in Cedar Creek's open-to-the-public Arthur Hills course and club is a bargain, at membership fees below $2,000. Foreclosures not an issue yet in golf communities Although some doomsday...
No matter where your next home is located, someday you or your heirs will sell it (unless you do something in your lifetime that warrants a museum after you are gone). "Flow" will be important in...
My son Tim and I played in the Parent/Child Championship at our home club, Hop Meadow, in Connecticut this past Saturday. This was the last time we will compete in the 13 to 17 year old category as...
Architect Ed Seay dies at 69 Ed Seay passed away last week at the age of 69 after a long battle with cancer. The golf course architect was probably best known for his collaborations with Arnold...
Until today, I would not have thought eBay would be a good place to list a house for sale. But after talking with Paul Lussier, I may just change my mind. Yesterday, after listing my HomeOnTheCourse community...
Over an archway in our kitchen, my wife has nailed a strip of wood that bears the inscription "Simplify. Simplify. Simplify." Yeah, right. With two teenagers and a lovable but super-sensitive dog,...
The following is a brief scan of foreclosure properties in golf course communities in the southeastern U.S. Their listing here is not an endorsement of any kind but rather is offered to give a sense...
I've played some golf courses in residential communities that had greed written all over them. The houses alongside the fairways were close to the course, as well as close to each other, so much so...
A few golf course community developers bucked the stock market and new home construction trends yesterday, registering sizable gains in share prices on a day when, despite extreme volatility, the...