Lake Homes

Yes, The Economy Sucks Bad Air But… Vacation Homes Sure Are Getting Cheap

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2011 /

If you want to look at a market that makes residential real estate even in say, Detroit look good, look at second homes. Last year, the median price of a vacation home in the U.S. fell 11%. Compare that to what the National Association of Realtors tells us the ordinary primary residence did — fell 5 percent …

The Temp in Hayden, Idaho is 63 Degrees With a High of 80: Second Home Nirvana

By Candy Evans / August 4, 2011 /

Now here’s a home to cool you off. You’ll be wearing a sweater up here tonight and totally chilling on beautiful, crystal clear Lake Hayden. (You are about 45 miles east of Spokane, but who cares?) This amazing home has 142′ of deepwater frontage on one of the largest lots in an area known as English…

More Lake Cypress Springs: Make Your Second Home a Lake House

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

Love me a Honda: Auto dealer extraordinaire Rusty Wallis and his family in front of their dock at Lake Cypress Springs.

What Five Million Buys on Lake Cypress Springs: 50 Acres, 4 Slips, 1000 Feet Shoreline: Dallas Second Home News

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

Now here’s a spread! A 50 acre waterfront estate includes not one or two but three lakefront homes that total 10,700+ sqft of living space, with a total of 10+ bedrooms/baths, a library, complete gym, media room, 2 boathouses with 4 slips total, 3 garages with enough spaces to park 11 vehicles, a private beach, 1000 linear ft…

A Lake Home for Your Second Home: Fun at Lake Cypress Springs

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

We just returned from a spectacular weekend with friends Gary and Laurie Tipton at their beautiful home, “Tip’s Lodge” on Lake Cypress Springs.  I want a lake house. Full disclosure: I’m looking at Beacon Hill, too, on Cedar Creek Lake. It’s a little closer in, and the developer is creating one of the most magnificent lake…