National News Stories Affecting Second Homes

States With the Most Rooms Per Home: Everything’s Bigger in Texas and UTAH?

By Candy Evans / June 5, 2011 /

Yes, Utah, the Mormon state, home of multiple wives and big families — kidding. (Sort of.) According to recent information released by the U.S. Census Bureau, as reported by U-Haul, Utah properties have the most rooms per home, on average, followed by Texas. The Census Bureau surveyed 915 metropolitan and micropolitan areas and found out…

Taxes and Second Homes: Will Buying a Second Home Help Lower My Income Taxes?

By Candy Evans / April 19, 2011 /

God, I wish I could say yes, but more likely, just maybe. Or how about, fat chance? I checked with my wonderful CPA firm, Judd, Thomas Smith & Company, who says you may still deduct mortgage interest on a second home and also property taxes but watch it: that alternative minimum tax, a complicated Congressional…

Foreclosures Down Across the Nation, Too, But it Still Is Not Miller Time

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2011 /

My colleagues over at AOL say we are not alone with our positive foreclosure numbers, as filings across the country have dropped, though Texas still got lumped in with the new bad boys of real estate: Nevada, Illinois, Ohio, Colorado, Florida. (Why weren’t California and Arizona on that list?) But the story is not about…

Second Homes Real Estate Update: Mid Century Trailer Had Texas Touch: Brown Armadillos!

By Candy Evans / March 14, 2011 /

Update: My friend Samantha tells me more about her grandparents’ amazing Kingston, NY home: “The kitchen is a box off of that living room they showed (below). It has the ugliest wallpaper ever (brown armadillos – I think) with very outdated cabinets. The washer and dryer are in the kitchen as well. I am positive…

Second Home House Porn: Mid Century Mod Trailer in the Sky, Not a Money Pit

By Candy Evans / March 11, 2011 /

This home is in Kingston, New York, in the Hudson River Valley, and was just written up in the New York Times. I’m writing about it because a) it is a second home for a NYC couple and b) it was built in 1958 by the grandparents of a friend who grew up in the…

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