Beach Homes

Is the Florida Real Estate Market Scraping the Sandy Beach Bottom?

By Candy Evans | February 27, 2011 |

Mary Ann and Fred Davis bought a home in Naples, Florida for $200,000. 2400 square feet and 40% off what it sold for in 2005. The home is in a gated community and they plan to keep it as a second home/family retreat for years, hence no pie-in-the-sky buy and flip notions. I’ve got more…

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Second Homes in New York State About to be on Fire Sale

By Candy Evans | February 15, 2011 |

Having a second home in New York City or state may be more expensive now than ever. For those with places in the city, the state Taxation Department will require state residents who own second homes in New York City to report the number of days they spend in the city, which will likely result…

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Live Near Tiger Woods on Valentine’s Day: Here’s A $65,000,000 Heart

By Candy Evans | February 14, 2011 | Comments Off on Live Near Tiger Woods on Valentine’s Day: Here’s A $65,000,000 Heart

Want to win my heart for Valentine’s Day? Then snap up this little $65 million dollar estate on 8.04 acres on Jupiter Island, not too far from Tiger Wood’s estate.  Ariana Huffington, you should really consider this home as a great investment with your new millions. 9 bedrooms, 13.5 baths, 17,825 square feet. 172′ of…

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What Can You Buy Your Valentine the Night Before Valentine’s Day?

By Candy Evans | February 13, 2011 | Comments Off on What Can You Buy Your Valentine the Night Before Valentine’s Day?

Try a $29 million house, or at least a sneak peak into one of the bedrooms — the only room likely to get any real use in all that square footage. Nothing would turn me on more than a bedroom with sweeping views of the water — in this case, the Atlantic: a 29,000 waterfront…

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Double Taxing? Think Twice About Having a Second Home in New York State:

By Candy Evans | February 13, 2011 |

If you own a second home in New York but don’t work there, you may soon be taxed like those who do, even on income made outside of the state. I love New York City and would be there every other week if I could. But I doubt I’d ever own property there, or could…

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Sean Payton is Moving to North Texas. And Has a Second Home in Florida

By Candy Evans | February 7, 2011 |

More North Texas real estate news. The coach of the New Orleans Saints is not leaving the Saints to join the Cowboys, but he is moving his family to Vaquero, in Westlake,  from New Orleans, according to The Times-Picayune. Sean Peyton apparently has bought (or plans to buy) a home and plans to enroll his…

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