Category Archives: Second Homes

Home Sales ARE UP

October 27, 2008 – 6:48 pm

Are you getting in on the deals?
U.S. Economy: New-Home Sales Increased in September
By Bob Willis
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Sales of new houses in the U.S. were unexpectedly rising before credit markets froze this month, having rebounded from a 17-year low thanks to a drop in prices.
Purchases increased 2.7 percent in September to an annual […]

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Real Estate Rebound Ahead?

October 27, 2008 – 6:47 pm

From The Daily InterLake.com in Montana
There’s no doubt that selling real estate in the Flathead Valley has been a challenge this year, but Cal Scott sees a glimmer of hope in the September sales statistics compiled by the Northwest Montana Association of Realtors.
“It looks like we may be coming out of” the worst of the […]

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World View on Second Homes

October 16, 2008 – 5:24 pm

The internet is a tremendous connector. In just 29 days I leave for a journey around the world in 8 days! My first stop in Dublin, from where I will drive to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales “the town with the longest name in the world” then on to the town of my family’s namesake: “Waunfawr”. My grandfather […]

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Rethink, Re-tool, Sell…

October 10, 2008 – 1:06 pm

PIERCE GROUP ALLIANCE OFFERS LIFELINE TO AILING
CONDO HOTEL LENDERS AND DEVELOPERS
PICKENS, SC (October 9) – Pierce Group, LLC and Vacation Finance today
announced the formation of a strategic alliance to provide comprehensive conversion
services to distressed developers and lending institutions with unsold condominium and
condo hotel inventory.  With expertise in fractional ownership finance, marketing, sales
and operations, the alliance […]

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Travel Girl - Vacation Economist Column

September 25, 2008 – 6:57 pm

Coming out next week will be my new column in the Travel Girl magazine www.TravelGirlinc.com
This comment is posted on the Travel Girl website about the economy right now:
A MESSAGE FROM TRAVELGIRL’S VACATION ECONOMIST BOB WAUN,
“Its un American to be negative and fearful. We should not look to Government to fix what we ourselves can change, […]

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