Long Cove on Cedar Creek Lake: Clearly the Most Remarkable Vacation Home Spot in North Texas for Old Fashioned FUN

By Candy Evans | August 30, 2013 |

Don McNarama does real estate developments, and he does them right. He is the investor responsible for Dallas’ well-known CityPlace, which includes the West Village urban developments. West Village has become a virtual synonym for successful urban commercial real estate development. If I had a dime for every time a developer said to me, “we are building…

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Love of Water Runs Deep: WaterFront Living Costs 63% More Than Living on the Land: WSJ

By Candy Evans | August 27, 2013 |

We probably know it deep in our gut, but luxury vacation homes built on the water cost 63% more, on average, than similar properties that are land-locked. This from a global property consultant, Knight Frank, who scrutinized the ten most popular second home destinations around the world. And if they have to cover naked beaches…

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Great News for Sun Valley/Ketchum: Pre-Fire Evacuation Statuses Lifted

By Candy Evans | August 24, 2013 | Comments Off on Great News for Sun Valley/Ketchum: Pre-Fire Evacuation Statuses Lifted

I was in Denver last year when the Waldo Canyon fires were burning, and at least 650 homes — maybe more — burned. That’s why I was closely watching, this week, the Beaver Creek, Idaho fires that were threatening Sun Valley. The Ketchum ski community has been trying to make a real estate come-back, fire…

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Golfer Jim Furyk is Selling His Empire Pass Ski Condo For Almost $2.4 M

By Joanna England | August 23, 2013 | Comments Off on Golfer Jim Furyk is Selling His Empire Pass Ski Condo For Almost $2.4 M

Word comes from Ben Fisher of Summit Sotheby’s International Realty that Jim Furyk, one of the best golfers in the world and the one with the most distinctive swing, is selling his Deer Valley ski condo for a tidy $2.399 million. The 2,100-square-foot condo is inside the exclusive Flagstaff at Empire Pass, the newest building…

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3RD HOME Expands Affiliate Portfolio with Addition of Three Premiere Residence Clubs, Including Costa Baja

By Candy Evans | August 20, 2013 |

This is great news — I am a big fan of 3rd Home, and an even bigger fan now to hear who all is joining the vacation home party: Tucker’s Point Club in Bermuda, The Deer Valley Club and– Costa Baja in La Paz, Mexico, one of my favorite Cabo area getaways. In fact, I…

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The Largest Second Home Development in the Western Hemisphere Closer to Completion: Baha Mar, the Bahamas

By Candy Evans | August 2, 2013 |

It’s the most talked about second home resort in the western world, located on a shimmering Bahamian beach dubbed the new French Riviera. Baha Mar is a $3.5 BILLION mega-resort under construction now in Nassau, The Bahamas. Thousands of construction crews are working around the clock, working so diligently they add one full story to the…

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