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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Go Southwest young (wo)man
Southwest Airlines offers service to Jacksonville, FL, for those who contemplate a home on Amelia Island and membership at the resort's only private club, Long Point. The latest University of...
About those national housing numbers...
Like politics, housing numbers are local. National numbers about housing starts, sale price trends and unsold homes are interesting, but they really are not relevant for anyone but economists and...
For starters, retirement work can be something to toast
My ever-indulging wife rolled her eyes the other day when I mentioned my latest idea for a "retirement" job. Not to worry, faithful reader: I have no immediate plans to leave my post as editor of...
High/low house price data leaves out southeast...except Florida
The latest year-to-year house price data shows only one town in the southeast, Spartanburg, SC, on either the biggest gainers or biggest losers list, except, of course, for the continuing erosion in...
Housing inventories up in most cities in April
The Wall Street Journal online site has a neat little interactive graphic that compares housing inventories over the last year in major U.S. markets. As you might imagine from all the headlines,...
One reliable sign the housing crisis may be over
I decided some months ago that I would never again waste any thought or electronic ink on David Lareah, the former chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. Mr. Lareah retired to...
Worker visa restrictions could hit course bottom lines, and yours
When I was a teenager almost five decades ago, the prized summer job was out on the golf course, either as a caddy or apprentice landscaper (i.e. picking weeds and raking). The pay was good for a...
In denial: PGA tournament disavows Quail Hollow heritage
Designer George Cobb, whose portfolio of work includes the 6th hole at the Surf Club in Myrtle Beach, deserves proper credit for having put together the original routing at PGA Tour stop Quail...
In denial: PGA tournament disavows Quail Hollow heritage
Designer George Cobb, whose portfolio of work includes the 6th hole at the Surf Club in Myrtle Beach, deserves proper credit for having put together the original routing at PGA Tour stop Quail...
Full Nelson: Former PGA star turned architect emphasizes shot-making at Centennial
Larry Nelson seemed a rather mellow fellow during his playing days on the PGA Tour, before he graduated to the senior circuit. But there is nothing mellow about the 27 holes he designed 10 years ago at...
Surfing ahead of the baby boomer tsunami
You won't find many home sites available at The Landings, near Savannah, but the mature, 4,500-acre community offers scores of homes for sale at prices considerably lower than in recent years. A...
Check in the mail: How to spend that $1,500
$1,500 will buy you gas for two roundtrip car rides between New England and Pawleys Island, SC, and enough left over for four rounds of golf at famed Caledonia. If you are a U.S. citizen and filed...