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Can Home-Free Golf Courses Last?
Golf courses that thread their way through housing developments have always come under criticism from serious reviewers –- as well as many of the rest of us -- who see homes beside golf courses as...
Hitting the Links: Interesting News Items of Recent Days
The following items caught our eye in the last few days (click on each link to access article): Cliffs community to feature new mixed-used space for public. Parish the Thought: Golf Course in...
Staying Put: Americans not moving, but migration South still strong
The number of people relocating inside the U.S. fell to its lowest level ever in the last year, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data. The number was 11.2 percent. The South saw 901,000...
Intrinsic Home Values Hide Important Numbers
The respected financial weekly, Barron’s magazine, published an article this past weekend about real estate markets in the U.S. that are undervalued. The implication is that those who live in those...
Voters Bid No Trump Near Donald’s Golf Clubs
From sea to shining sea, President-elect Donald J. Trump has his name emblazoned on the clubhouses and scorecards of a dozen golf courses in the U.S. By reputation, they are impeccably conditioned and...
Home On The Course Newsletter Coming Tomorrow
The latest edition of Home on the Course, our free monthly newsletter, is set to mail to subscribers tomorrow. In the November issue, we try to make sense of the various private club memberships...
Southern Comfort Even for Democrats
In the run up to the most contentious Presidential election in our lifetimes, I recently interviewed developers and residents in a few golf communities in Southeast. I asked if the fractious nature...
Anger Management and the 2016 Election
I have published this blog for nearly 10 years, and we are going through the third Presidential election during that time. It never occurred to me to comment on an election in this space, other than...
Home On The Course Election Special Is Out
In this most contentious of Presidential elections, one might be inclined to think that the clubhouse bars, dining rooms and golf courses in Southern golf communities are the scenes of pitched...
Saucon Valley Good As Expected
For most of the 50+ years I have been playing golf, I’ve known about and wanted to play at least one of the three golf courses at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, PA. I attended college an hour...
Hurricane Matthew Breaks The Mold
Cleanup from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Matthew last week is well under way. Water and tree damage to golf communities from Miami, FL, to New Bern, NC remain, but golf courses are...
Getting Schooled: A Most Unique Golf Course
Someday, soon I hope, I will activate a web site I have owned for a few years called “Off The Beaten Cart Path.” Although it sounds representative of golf courses at significant distance from major...