General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Oh blah dee, Oh blah dah
They say it's my birthday. Today is the big 6-0, so I am taking the day off (no golf though, it is pouring in Connecticut). Over the next few days, I'll have something to say about a few coastal...
Weak dollar drives strong numbers to real estate web sites
I wrote here some months ago that developers and others interested in propping up sales in the current weak market would do well to focus overseas, where most currencies are strong against the weak...
Dreams deferred, dreams denied*
Jacksonville, FL, median home prices are down more than 10% in the last year. Prices for homes in the golf and boating community of Queens Harbour begin in the $400s. Professor Robert Shiller, he of...
Some cities made for walkin', some not
You can have yourself a good walk on the fairways of Silver Lakes Golf Club, near Gadsden, AL. The 7th, a par 5, features all R.T. Jones design elements packed into one hole. Prevention magazine...
Upscale barracks for Arnie's Army
Two advertisements for golf communities fell out of my copy of USA Today yesterday morning. The more effective of the two was for Brights Creek, a sprawling 5,000-acre community not far from Lake Lure...
Dishing the dirt: Developments competing with their own residents to sell lots
One of the ironies of the current housing market is that some big golf communities are in a selling competition with their own customers. The hundreds of home sites on the market in some...
An alternative to golf on a lovely spring day
For just $8, I had a perfect seat behind home plate and the protective screen at Coastal Federal Field in Myrtle Beach. I looked squarely into the face of true retirement yesterday, and it was good. ...
Betting on the boomers
It is true that the numbers of golf rounds played in recent years is down. And every day, it seems, another golf course is put up for sale or plowed over to make way for more profitable condo...
Unplanned communities provide reasonable alternatives
The community adjacent to the Lexington Golf Club features homes from about $300,000 up to $700,000. At back left, behind the 7th green, a three-bedroom home with views down the fairway and to the...
Just another manic Monday
I write this at 7 a.m. EDT before I head out for about nine miles of walking the ups and downs of Lexington Golf Club in Lexington, VA. The 36-hole event (see article below) I'll follow features a...
Within reason, you can tell me where to go
Leaders at the one-day 36 hole collegiate event at Lexington Golf Club on Monday had better not take the finishing hole for granted. It is uphill and tricky, and disaster awaits if you miss the...
Friday Roundup
This hurricane season is brought to you by the letter O. Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting a dangerous hurricane season along the gulf and east coasts of the U.S. this coming...