Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
I spent most of today sitting in an easy chair watching the tall pines and maple trees in our rain soaked Connecticut backyard for signs they might topple toward the house. Not even close. Tropical...
Earlier this week, I wrote about battening down the hatches at our condo in Pawleys Island, SC, in expectation of Hurricane Irene. Mother Nature, of course, marches to her own beat, and yesterday...
Local Market Monitor, a respected real estate forecasting service, has lowered prices for its individual real estate market reports from $99 to $65 each. Readers of this blog site receive an...
The McConnell Golf Group, the Raleigh-based firm that has built quickly a portfolio of some of the best private golf courses in the Carolinas, is having its PGA tour debut this weekend. The purchase...
My friend and itinerant golf partner, Bob Harris, and I spent the last two days playing golf in extreme heat in the Carolinas. Greens suffer mightily during hot and dry spells, but at least one...
“If you have the money and plan on staying put for the long term, now may be a good time to buy” a vacation home, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. As supporting evidence,...
According to sources, the acquisitive multiple-golf-course owner John McConnell is at it again: As soon as a week from now, his organizationTPC Wakefield will be McConnell course #8 of a targeted nine. ...
by Ingo Winzer Yes, the economy keeps improving; but yes, it's only doing that slowly. Retail sales in May were up 8 percent over last year. But 2 percent was due to higher gasoline prices, and...
It has been almost 4 ½ years since we launched the Golf Community Reviews web site, and although we never set specific readership goals, we have quietly raised a glass as we reached a few...
The greatest impediment to the sale of golf community homes in the southeastern U.S. is not an issue of inventory, foreclosures, or even the well-publicized financial difficulties of some former...
It was not surprising that some of the biggest crowds at this weekend’s Travelers Championship near Hartford, CT, gathered around the shortest par 4 on the PGA tour -– and planted themselves there for a...
Where have you gone Tiger Woods? A golf nation turns its lonely eyes to…kids. I write this as I watch the Travelers Championship at the Tournament Players Course just south of Hartford, CT. Unless you...