Like the outdoors? Appreciate a buzzy food scene? Want to get your foot in the door in a quickly growing market? Buying a second home in Bozeman, Montana, may be the move. A Booming Destination Bozeman has consistently been named one of the fastest-growing cities of its size. While prices have already trended upward considerably, […]
Read MoreStart spreading the news … New York real estate is so expensive many are opting to remain renters in the city they work in during the week, and instead plunk down their case for a more affordable second home for weekending, a recent report from CNN Business found. “Starting with a second home can be […]
Read MoreVacation rental management platform Vacasa announced that it acquired Wyndham Vacation Rentals from Wyndham Destinations for $162 million, financed through a combination of $156 million cash and $10 million in Vacasa equity. Never heard of Vacasa? The company has been making inroads in the vacation home market since 2009, focusing on short-term rental management and, […]
Read MoreThanks 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 […]
Read MoreNew 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), […]
Read MoreIf you have the scratch, the U.S. second home market is your oyster. If you’re looking for something less pricey, however, you may have to look at spots a lot less popular than say, Nantucket, a new report from the National Association of Realtors revealed. Vacation home sales rose 10 percent from 2015 to 2018, […]
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