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Barnstable Sea Goddess, Plus West Bay Charmer Up For Grabs

By Amy Puchaty | March 2, 2021 | Comments Off on Barnstable Sea Goddess, Plus West Bay Charmer Up For Grabs

As more people working from home, seaside properties like those in Barnstable, Massachusetts, are becoming more and more appealing. With quick access to beaches and a family-friendly atmosphere, luxury buyers are relocating their entire families and turning second homes into primary residences. In fact, per Smartasset.com the town ranks among the hottest secondary home markets…

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Demand for Vacation Homes Up, says NAR

By Bethany Erickson | November 2, 2019 |

Thanks to deeper pockets and low mortgage rates, more people are buying vacation homes – boosting both demand and price, revealed the National Association of Realtors’ 2019 U.S. Vacation Home Counties Report. The median sales price in vacation home counties increased at a pace of 36 percent in the five years between 2013 and 2018…

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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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Surrender to the Charisma of Cape Cod

By Leah Shafer | June 29, 2015 | Comments Off on Surrender to the Charisma of Cape Cod

Cape Cod has historic roots in American history, one of the earliest places the Pilgrims settled, later becoming a thriving fishing, whaling, and trading area. But the romantic mythos of the Cape took off during John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, much of which was based out of the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port. JFK gave his…

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Why Everyone Leaves Dallas In August, and Where They Go: The Dallas Second Home Report

By Candy Evans | August 14, 2011 |

Do you find it impossible to get anything done in Dallas in August? Let’s face it: everyone in town has taken a hike. And do you blame them? I’d much rather be at the seashore in Maine, on the Gulf Coast at Alys Beach, even down at Cinnamon Shore (which opens a new coffee house next week)…

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