Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
I have just started reading a book called "Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias." It is the story of The Villages, the humongous retirement golf community in north central...
Thanks to a home exchange program, I was able to stay for free at a cottage in the charming coastal town of Crail in Scotland, just two miles from a fabulous links course and nine miles from St....
Hopes for any near-term recovery in the housing market are likely to evaporate as this week unfolds. Already, today, we have the National Association of Realtors report that, although existing home...
I will be visiting the following communities in the mountains of western North Carolina during the first week of September: August 31 The Ridges Golf Club, Jonesborough, TN September 1 TBD September...
Old Chatham Golf Club opened just a few years ago. No pool, no tennis, just golf. A reader of this space, a friend from Connecticut, alerted me yesterday that he closed on a piece of property at...
The community of Madison Lakes, with a twisting golf course layout by Michael Young, is just two miles from the downtown area of Madison, GA, one of the best small towns in America. Rant alert! I am...
High-end community developer Bobby Ginn desired a name synonymous with the classiest golf communities in the hemisphere. The Ginn name made its way onto high-profile events from professional golf...
Manchester Country Club presents options on many tees. At the par 4 13th, you can take your drive over the trees (risk) for the possibility of a lob wedge to the green (reward). Or aim down the...
What happens in Vegas may not stay there It appears we may have more than Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial and their ilk to blame for much of the housing crisis. According to today's real estate...
For the best part of two decades, most Americans said, "I'll have what he's having" when Alan Greenspan testified before Congress. Most of us did quite well during Greenspan's chairmanship of the Federal...
My local paper, the Hartford Courant, runs a section a few times a week called "Homing In: The Housing Market in Your Part of Town." It displays quarterly sales and price data for homes in...
If there is anything wrong with the links-style layout at North Hampton Golf Club, it is that homes are often in view just off the fairways, although rarely near the field of play. These are...