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4 Reasons to Buy a Second Home in Mendocino, California

By Mary Cate Long | January 26, 2022 |

You never can go wrong with a sophisticated wine weekend in Napa Valley. But if you’re looking to walk a bit on the wild side (or simply looking to accommodate a more affordable budget!), Mendocino is the way to go. About a three hour drive north of San Francisco, Mendocino stretches from the dramatic coastal…

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Dream or “Nightmare?” A Famous Movie House Hits the Market In Time For Halloween

By Elaine Raffel | October 28, 2021 | Comments Off on Dream or “Nightmare?” A Famous Movie House Hits the Market In Time For Halloween

the newly-listed 1428 N. Genesee Avenue—aka the house where tormented teen Nancy Thompson lived in the 1984 classic “ A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

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New Jersey Historic Home Predates American Revolution

By Bethany Erickson | March 8, 2020 | Comments Off on New Jersey Historic Home Predates American Revolution

It’s not often that you come across a home that saw the birth of the United States, but this week’s historical shelter is a New Jersey property that has watched America grow from a collection of colonies, through the Revolution, to a 50-state country with a couple hundred (and change) years under its belt.  Saddle…

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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 Are The Vacation Home Hot Spots?

By Bethany Erickson | October 19, 2019 | Comments Off on Where Are The Vacation Home Hot Spots?

New England has the lock on the states with the most vacation homes, with Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire topping a list of states with the most second homes compiled by IPX1031. Maine, where 19 percent of the homes are second homes, came in first, with Vermont (at 17 percent) and New Hampshire (12 percent),…

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Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity, One-of-a-Kind Home

By Bethany Erickson | October 13, 2019 | Comments Off on Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity, One-of-a-Kind Home

It’s been described as a light box nestled in the woods, but the so-called “Cube House” in Plymouth, Michigan, can also be considered one-of-a-kind, and owning it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Tivadar Balogh was born in Detroit to Hungarian immigrants, and after a stint in the Navy during World War II, graduated with a degree in…

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