Vacation Home Trends

Buyers Flee To Emerald Coast For Post-COVID Reprieve

By Amy Puchaty | July 31, 2020 |

For buyers who work remote, the Emerald Coast is not only a welcome spot to rent or vacation. It’s the place to buy. Just ask James Watts, the hotshot Emerald Coast Realtor who is seeing a major uptick in showings, sales, and activity. “Basically things are very active on the real estate front,” says Watts. “Many…

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Where Do People in Dallas Get Vacation Homes?

By Candy Evans | July 23, 2016 |

Breckenridge, Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico, which I have always called a bedroom community of Dallas, South Padre; Galveston and the Gulf Coast of Florida: Alys Beach, Watercolor, Seaside and Rosemary Beach. Panama City Beach was 8.3% of all Dallas originated searches. This according to a report from the folks at Trulia, who checked into which…

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How Doris Jacobs, Juli Harrison, Kyle Crews and I Ditched the Dallas Rain for the Greenbrier Sporting Club: Our Vacation Home Story

By Candy Evans | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on How Doris Jacobs, Juli Harrison, Kyle Crews and I Ditched the Dallas Rain for the Greenbrier Sporting Club: Our Vacation Home Story

It was about this time last year that Kyle Crews, Juli Harrison, and Doris Jacobs all of Allie Beth Allman, and I hopped a plane to Charlestown, West Virginia to visit the one of the most beautiful, breath-taking and affordable vacation home spots in the nation: the Greenbrier Sporting Club. Why I am telling you…

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Need to Escape? Gorgeous Greenbrier Vacation Home Goes For Less Than a Million

By Candy Evans | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on Need to Escape? Gorgeous Greenbrier Vacation Home Goes For Less Than a Million

While flipping the filets yesterday, while it was pouring rain, I was aghast that I had left you with the impression that only a gadzillionaire could afford a vacation home at The Greenbrier. In fact, the Greenbrier Sporting Club is one of the best values in vacation home properties. I showed you a $5 million…

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Weather Watch Farm, A Classic Connecticut Country Estate

By Deidre Woollard | January 19, 2015 | Comments Off on Weather Watch Farm, A Classic Connecticut Country Estate

These days we tend to think of second homes as being located as a plane flight or at least a several-hour car ride from the primary residence, but it wasn’t always this way. In the days before cars, a smaller distance might provide all the respite necessary. Case in point: Weather Watch Farm, a country…

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