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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Your editor defends community golf courses
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...
Developers had nice day on Wall Sreet
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...
Blood in the water: Housing starts at decade-long low
The U.S. Commerce Department reported this morning that the 1.38 million new homes and apartments built in July was the lowest figure since January 1997, down almost 21 percent from a year ago. The...
Money magazine's former "best places" still rate
The central focus of the golf course and resort community at Keswick near Charlottesville, VA, is the imposing, 100-year-old mansion. Money magazine features its new list of "Best Places to Live" in the...
Couple living Florida community horror story
With a nod to Yogi Berra, yesterday I had one of those moments of déjà vu all over again (Yogi Berra, for our European readers, is a former baseball player known for such malaprops as, "No one goes to...
Break Point: The value of private club membership in the intangibles
I am headed out to my local club in Connecticut, Hop Meadow, in a few minutes to play my first round of golf there in two months. I've spent the last eight weeks in coastal South Carolina. After my...
The last two years...
In researching golf courses and the communities that surround them, I have been fortunate to play more than 1,350 holes of golf over the last two years. To ensure my objectivity, and lest anyone...
National Association of Realtors economists continue to deny reality
National Association of Realtors economists can never pass a dung heap without sticking a flower in it. NAR Senior Economist Lawrence Yun did it again yesterday. After a rare bit of no-shill honesty...
Tiger to burn bright in Carolinas?
According to an AP report covered at the USA Today web site and by our friends at GolfVacationInsider, Tiger Woods is likely to design his first course in the U.S. for The Cliffs Communities, the...
Two years of observations
I've spent the better part of the last two years visiting nearly 80 golf course communities and a handful of private clubs not directly affiliated with any housing development. To remain as...
Random Shots
The developers of Pawleys Plantation provided Jack Nicklaus with a place to stay and a beautiful view while he supervised construction of the golf course in 1988. The House for Jack Built No, that's...