second homes

Is Dallas Becoming a Second Home Haven for Foreigners?

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2011 /

Not as much as Miami, where 60% of home sales now are pure, cold cash, much of it foreign.

Second and Vacation Homes: Coldwell Banker Survey Says One Home is Never Enough With Baby Boomers — And It’s Way Cheaper than a Divorce!

By Candy Evans / October 13, 2011 /

(Above) John Raymond’s Cheese at Calistoga Ranch There has been a lot of chatter out that the Baby Boomers might be the last generation to embrace home ownership. Well, a new study now says what I have long suspected: with Baby Boomers, one is never enough. The Millenials and offspring of the Baby Boomers tend…

Enjoy This Second Home While You “Ship-Watch” in Newport, Rhode Island

By Candy Evans / September 19, 2011 /

Newport, R.I. If you’re going to have a second home, why not have it in the land once known as the “summering White House”? History, water, proximity to Providence 30 miles away plus all those mansions — Newport is where the mansion concept may have been conceived. I’ve heard it’s a reviving second home paradise. This…

Jigsaw Ranch: Family Compound on 80 Acres a Mere $48,500,000 — Second Home Nirvana Found Near Aspen, Colorado

By Candy Evans / September 19, 2011 /

I know we just broke the 70 day plus cycle of 100 degree plus days in Dallas but really, it’s time to start thinking about ski season. Jack frost is just around the corner and so much more bearable when you have your own private ski house. Or, in this case, $48,500,000 Aspen estate. Jigsaw…

Nantucket

By Candy Evans / September 16, 2011 /

In 2006 Forbes reported that Nantucket had the highest median property value of any Massachusetts zip code. Prices are softer now on this island with the nation’s highest concentration of pre-Civil War structures, which is often loaded with Texans escaping the heat. A second home buyer wants the sight, sound and scent of the ocean…