Second Home Trends

Fayetteville Has Second Homes for Every Budget

By Bethany Erickson | February 2, 2017 | Comments Off on Fayetteville Has Second Homes for Every Budget

Love mountains, but also love shopping? Love Austin, but hate the traffic? Haaaaaaaave you met Fayetteville, Ark.? Now, I must confess a great deal of bias — Fayetteville is my old stomping grounds, and whenever we get a chance, we head there for R&R. In fact, we were there over Christmas vacation, and had the…

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Where Do People in Dallas Get Vacation Homes?

By Candy Evans | July 23, 2016 |

Breckenridge, Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico, which I have always called a bedroom community of Dallas, South Padre; Galveston and the Gulf Coast of Florida: Alys Beach, Watercolor, Seaside and Rosemary Beach. Panama City Beach was 8.3% of all Dallas originated searches. This according to a report from the folks at Trulia, who checked into which…

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Need to Escape? Gorgeous Greenbrier Vacation Home Goes For Less Than a Million

By Candy Evans | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on Need to Escape? Gorgeous Greenbrier Vacation Home Goes For Less Than a Million

While flipping the filets yesterday, while it was pouring rain, I was aghast that I had left you with the impression that only a gadzillionaire could afford a vacation home at The Greenbrier. In fact, the Greenbrier Sporting Club is one of the best values in vacation home properties. I showed you a $5 million…

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High-Rise Aloha! Buying a Condo in Hawaii is a Big Decision

By Jon Anderson | February 24, 2015 | Comments Off on High-Rise Aloha! Buying a Condo in Hawaii is a Big Decision

It’s 34 degrees, windy and icy in Dallas with snow on the way. It’s 83 and sunny in Hawaii. Enough said, right? For a few years after graduating college, I spent Christmas and New Year’s in London – to escape, versus be with, family.  While I continue to love London, it only took a few…

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Weather Watch Farm, A Classic Connecticut Country Estate

By Deidre Woollard | January 19, 2015 | Comments Off on Weather Watch Farm, A Classic Connecticut Country Estate

These days we tend to think of second homes as being located as a plane flight or at least a several-hour car ride from the primary residence, but it wasn’t always this way. In the days before cars, a smaller distance might provide all the respite necessary. Case in point: Weather Watch Farm, a country…

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At Home on The Page: Couple Crafts Compendiums Chronicling Exceptional Estates

By Joanna England | December 18, 2014 | Comments Off on At Home on The Page: Couple Crafts Compendiums Chronicling Exceptional Estates

It’s true that buying a piece of land is like a long-term relationship. The buildings on it may change, as well as the owners, and after many years you are left with something beautiful but different. Haven’t you ever wanted to capture the history and essence of a home or ranch at one point in…

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