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Montana Modern: New Homes in Big Sky

By valeriejarvie | January 24, 2017 |

Texans love the fierce, independent spirit, wide-open spaces, and natural beauty of Montana. The fourth-largest state has long been a favored vacation home setting for folks from North Texas, made even better last summer when American Airlines instituted daily nonstop seasonal flights to Bozeman Yellowstone Airport, the gateway to the area known as “Big Sky,”…

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Getting Our Slice of Paradise: 10.5% of Hawaiian Home Sales to Mainlanders were Texans

By Jon Anderson | December 2, 2015 |

According to a new report just published by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism for the State of Hawaii, 27.5 percent of all homes and condos sold in Hawaii since January 2008 were to mainlanders (23.5 percent) and foreign nationals (4 percent). The report cited Texans purchasing 3,435 homes (average rate of 443…

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Five Percent of the Nation’s Housing Units Qualify as Second Homes. But Where The Hec Are They?

By Candy Evans | August 29, 2011 |

VERY interesting story here from the National Association of Home Builders that tells us where most of the second homes in the United States are located. There are 6.9 million housing units that qualify as second homes — that’s about 5% of all the U.S. housing units. There are 26 counties where at least HALF…

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More on Living With the Microsoft Millionaires

By Candy Evans | February 16, 2011 | Comments Off on More on Living With the Microsoft Millionaires

Grilling Geordie Romer about his properties in Leavenworth, Washington. You did n’t think I’d let him get off that easily! Second Shelters: Geordie – here’s what we Texans want to know. How dang hot is it up there come August? Geordie: It certainly can get over 100 degrees here in August, but the average maximum…

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Bristol Palin Buys (Second?) Home in Phoenix Bedroom Community

By Candy Evans | December 28, 2010 |

Bristol Palin, the 20 year old daughter of former vice-presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin, may have just bought a second home in Arizona. The Arizona Republic says she bought a 3900 square foot mini-mansion with five bedrooms, two and a half baths and a three car garage to seek sunshine. Bristol is the…

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