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While Winter Months Are Slow For Buying Lake Real Estate, Sales Are Still Hot

By SecondShelters.com Contributor | December 19, 2023 | Comments Off on While Winter Months Are Slow For Buying Lake Real Estate, Sales Are Still Hot

“The lake real estate market in the U.S. is much larger than most people realize,” says Glenn Phillips, CFO at Lake Homes Realty, in a recent report. The brokerage, based out of Hoover, Alabama, just put out their Winter 2023-24 market report that provides data about thousands of lake real estate markets across the country. The…

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Douglas Elliman | Knight Frank Bring The Isles Group Affiliate Platform to Luxury Real Estate in The Bahamas

By SecondShelters.com Contributor | November 17, 2023 | Comments Off on Douglas Elliman | Knight Frank Bring The Isles Group Affiliate Platform to Luxury Real Estate in The Bahamas

Ready to live on island time? So is this global luxury real estate brand. One of the largest independent brokerages in the country, Douglas Elliman | Knight Frank, has a new affiliate partner for luxury real estate in the Bahamas. This new affiliate platform, beginning with The Isles Group, is the first-of-its-kind affiliation between a…

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Report: Lake Michigan Has The Most Lake Home Listings But Texas Has The Highest Listing Value

By SecondShelters.com Contributor | March 12, 2023 |

From Staff Reports For potential lake home or lot buyers, the options are much better this spring than a year ago. According to the Spring 2023 Lake Real Estate Market Report from Lake Homes Realty, 70,101 lake home and lot listings are currently on the market, totaling $33,739,943,882. These statistics are up from the 59,849…

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Florida Ranks No. 1 as The Most Popular Vacation Destination in The U.S.

By SecondShelters.com Contributor | December 16, 2022 | Comments Off on Florida Ranks No. 1 as The Most Popular Vacation Destination in The U.S.

From Staff Reports When people are looking for a place to get away from it all, Florida is the top state they turn to, according to a new study. The Sunshine State receives, on average, 155,110 searches from vacation-goers every single month. In addition to visitors from other states, more than 10 million overseas tourists…

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As The Economy Faces a Rocky Future, Pandemic Boomtowns Such as Austin Are Losing Value Fast

By SecondShelters.com Contributor | November 29, 2022 | Comments Off on As The Economy Faces a Rocky Future, Pandemic Boomtowns Such as Austin Are Losing Value Fast

Staff Reports During the COVID-19 pandemic, housing prices in the Austin area shot up at an alarming rate as big budgets moved in and bought up what was once firmly middle-class housing. However, with the pandemic in the rear-view mirror and the road ahead littered with potholes, the Austin real estate market is hitting the…

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Dear Santa, I Want a Lake House For Christmas

By SecondShelters.com Contributor | November 14, 2022 | Comments Off on Dear Santa, I Want a Lake House For Christmas

Staff Report Online holiday shopping is in full swing and Dallas residents are right there in the mix. Only, many Dallas-area residents are putting something on their Christmas list that won’t fit under a tree — a lake house. Why not ask Santa for a lake house to celebrate the holidays in 2022 and in the…

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