General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Defending Ginn
Toby Tobin, our favorite Florida real estate blogger, picked up our story about the suspension of spending on many of the uncompleted amenities at The Cliffs Communities. In the article, we...
Cost per square foot can be helpful measure of relative value (emphasis on “relative”)
I received an email recently pitching a home for sale in Ocean Ridge Plantation, the multi-golf course community about 45 minutes north of Myrtle Beach and under an hour from Wilmington, NC. With...
Holiday Gift: Southern golfers look forward to warmer temperatures for Christmas
Everything is relative, including weather (especially weather). In the last few weeks, a couple of readers from Chicago have asked me to help them find golf community homes in the southeastern...
Cold weather residents closer to golf course options than Floridians and Carolinians are
I came across a Golf Channel survey published earlier this year that calculated the number of golf courses per square mile state by state. And the winner on the golf course density scale is….Rhode...
Ignore indecipherable housing data
Toby Tobin, an astute Florida-based real estate blogger, has some interesting thoughts about housing data in a post he just published at his web site, GoToby.com. His contention is that it is...
Irish Eyes Not Smiling: Home prices near iconic golf may be worth Americans' look
Those of us distressed over what has happened to our home prices here in the U.S. need only look across “the pond” for even more misery. According to an article inThe price of a home across the...
Cost per square foot one measure of relative value (emphasis on “relative”)
I received an email today pitching a home for sale in Ocean Ridge Plantation, the multi-golf course community about 45 minutes north of Myrtle Beach and under an hour from Wilmington, NC. With four...
Business as Usual? Bankrupt communities open for business…on Internet
The Currahee Club in northern Georgia opened to fanfare in 2003. Its Jim Fazio designed mountain golf course was quickly regaled by golf magazines as one of the best new courses in the nation, and...
Thanks for those who just do it, quietly
I ran the following Thanksgiving message here one year ago. For those who read it then or since, I beg your indulgence. The example may be a year old but I hope you agree that the sentiment is...
Patience Rewarded: Golf club ownership a challenge, but bargain price could ease pain
If you are a well-to-do golfer confident in a turnaround of the economy and the golf course business, there may never be a better time to pick up an interesting golf course at a bargain price. Just...
Golf community homes under $400,000
In a tough economy with so much uncertainty about the next couple of years, few of us are thinking about adding a vacation home to our roster of possessions. But there is a price at which even the most...
Boxgroove founder comments on the dilemmas private golf clubs face
Our November newsletter, which focused on the challenges private golf clubs face in the current economy, caught the attention of McRedmond Morelli, the founder of Boxgroove. Boxgroove cleverly...