Real Estate Market News

Where To Buy A Vacation Home NOW: Second Home News

By Candy Evans | July 22, 2011 |

Let’s face it: if you had to pick the most suffering, beat-up child in this real estate mess, it would be the second home market. This is probably the worst time ever for the second home market because most areas overbuilt during the boom, priced too high, and are now left with inventory. Getting a…

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We’ve Got Company: The Design Guide + SecondShelters = Party

By Candy Evans | July 21, 2011 | Comments Off on We’ve Got Company: The Design Guide + SecondShelters = Party

We like to have fun over here on SecondShelters, and we REALLY like company. (Who likes to prattle around in a house all by themselves?) So now, we’ve REALLY got company, a whole bunch of the very best designers in Texas who read and utilize the very best source for design. The Design Guide and Secondshelters are…

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Squatting at the Beach: Can You Use Adverse Possession to Claim Ownership of a Vacation Home?

By Candy Evans | July 21, 2011 |

Kenneth Robinson has himself a $300K plus home and swimming pool over in Flower Mound. I’m thinking, forget Flower Mound (no offense, love it). I’m thinking Cinnamon Shores, Gulf Shores, the Florida panhandle… beach homes, mountain homes and more. This home at Cinnamon Shores is begging for me to squat there! Seriously, these are the…

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The World May Well be the Best Vacation Home… in The World

By Candy Evans | July 19, 2011 |

The World is a condominium at sea for the uber rich. A 644-foot ship — wait, make that giant private yacht — with 165 apartment units, it roams the seas visiting exotic ports 365 days a year. The World is a world unto itself, filled with restaurants, nightclubs, shops, spa, pools, gyms, masseuses and theaters on board —…

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Living Here Costs Tiger Woods $5.4 Million a Year: Is He Looking To Downsize?

By Candy Evans | July 18, 2011 | Comments Off on Living Here Costs Tiger Woods $5.4 Million a Year: Is He Looking To Downsize?

How would you like to dish out more than half a million a month just to pay for and maintain your home? Welcome to the world of Tiger Woods. Word on the pro golf circuit is that Tiger Woods may be hurting for money. That divorce was not cheap, he’s not exactly winning at golf these days,…

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Aspen Broker to Rich and Famous Says Second Home Market is Looking Up

By Candy Evans | July 14, 2011 |

Steven Shane had a twisted holiday this year. The Aspen, Colo., real estate broker, who graduated from selling snowboards to multi-million dollar ski chalets, handled one of the most complex deals of his real estate career over the holidays. End of the year, the rich go shopping for real estate. The sale of a simple duplex turned into a six-sided…

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