Vacation Property

Conservation is The Key To Preserving Texas Land, as This East Texas Ranch Shows

By Dallas Addison / December 17, 2013 /

Ranches, cowboys, horses and cattle are Texas icons—just look at some of our professional sports teams. The Cowboys, Rangers, and Mavericks all harken back to the state’s historic roots. And remember famous “Southfork,” the site of many a double deal in the TV drama Dallas? It’s increasingly surrounded by development (and it’s a whole lot…

Your Vacation Home… and Divorce

By Candy Evans / September 30, 2012 /

I don’t know how many divorcing couples own vacation homes. But I have a feeling it’s not a small number. After all, the latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors show that buyers purchased 502,000 vacation homes last year, an increase of 7 percent from the year before. And I have a theory, actually,…