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Where To Buy A Vacation Home NOW: Second Home News

By Candy Evans / July 22, 2011 /

Let’s face it: if you had to pick the most suffering, beat-up child in this real estate mess, it would be the second home market. This is probably the worst time ever for the second home market because most areas overbuilt during the boom, priced too high, and are now left with inventory. Getting a…

Aspen Broker to Rich and Famous Says Second Home Market is Looking Up

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2011 /

Steven Shane had a twisted holiday this year. The Aspen, Colo., real estate broker, who graduated from selling snowboards to multi-million dollar ski chalets, handled one of the most complex deals of his real estate career over the holidays. End of the year, the rich go shopping for real estate. The sale of a simple duplex turned into a six-sided…

Your Worst Vacation Home Nightmare: 160 Homes Destroyed in Possum Kingdom Lake

By Candy Evans / April 21, 2011 /

The team of federal firefighters and officials from several U.S. agencies has joined local forces to battle that North Texas blaze that has burned nearly 150,000 acres over in Possum Kingdom, about 70 miles west of Fort Worth. About 160 homes have been destroyed since the fire started a week ago, according to authorities. The…

More Free Tickets to the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Home Tour Next Weekend!

By Candy Evans / March 29, 2011 /

All the second homes in Destin, Port Aransas or Pebble Beach could not pull me away from next Saturday’s Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society‘s Spring home tour. That’s April 2, 2011, from 10 am – 4 pm. The owners of six gloriously historic and architecturally significant Park Cities homes will toss open their doors…

The Best Places in America for Second Homes

By Candy Evans / March 8, 2011 /

Barrons is bragging how they called it: the second home market has bottomed, and the rich are out swooping up the bargains. Prices of high-end second homes have sunk, some as low as 40%. And Barrons lists the top second home markets in the US. Sea Island, Georgia was rated number one. Next comes Maui,…