General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
CEO plays poorly on, off course
Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally took a beating yesterday in the Detroit Free Pressand elsewhere for having putted while Ford burns. Five days before Ford announced a mind-boggling loss of $12.7...
Quote of the day: David, just shut up and things may get better
"When we get the figures for the spring, I expect to see a discernible improvement in both sales and prices." -- David Lereah, chief hypemaster (er, economist) for the National Association of...
Richardson (maybe) over Dodd by less than a stroke, over Giuliani by four; add to our list and we'll
Former minor league baseball player Bill Richardson may be the best golfer in the running for President in 2008, according to the few handicaps for Presidential wannabes that we could find published...
Southeast led the nation in increased rounds last year
Despite a reduction in the number of rounds played in Myrtle Beach, SC, last year, the southeast U.S. led the nation in play compared with 2005, according to the National Golf Foundation"s "Regional...
Find your best place: Two online resources are fun, but lack nuance
FindYourSpot.com and BestPlaces.net purport to help you find the retirement or second-home location that best suits your preferences. These are good resources as far as they go, which is to say they go...
Golf becomes desired amenity again; prices flat as inventories rise; other notes from Live South
We reported in yesterday's post about the vibe at the Live South show in Greenwich, CT (the show ends at 5 p.m. today, Sunday). Here are a few additional notes we took during our tour of the show:...
Almost 60 communities represented at Live South show
On a large buffet table, everything looks good if you are hungry. But you just don’t have the time or stomach to taste everything. You take a piece of this, a piece of that and move on. So it is...
What 3,000 square feet and a golf view is going for
We have done a quick survey of a few homes for sale in some of the best golf communities nationwide. For an apples-to-apples comparison, we looked at houses of about 2,500 to 3,000 square feet with...
Quote of the Day: Hard knocks for those who chased "easy" money
“If hordes of inexperienced [real estate] agents are scrapping for business…that can only lead to a ‘race to the bottom in fees.’” -- Christopher Galler, SVP of Minnesota Assn. of Realtors, Wall...
Love grows: Most romantic towns for retirees
According to Dr. Warren Bland, one of the most-quoted authorities on retirement destinations, some cities have more “romantic” qualities than others. In an article in the Feb. 2 issue of “Retirement...
Golf weather or not
Here's where they are playing golf today, and where they are not: You are playing today if you live in… Panama City, FL Partly sunny, Hi 64 degrees Savannah, GA Partly cloudy, 60 Aiken, SC Mostly...
Quote of the Day: Connecticut's migratory snowbirds
"We're seeing people who have worked their whole lives in Connecticut and earned a lot of money taking their pension plans and their savings [to the South]." -- Ron van Winkle, Economist for the City...