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Understanding Home Construction Loans and Story Loans: If you plan to build a home in one of our master planned communities, and if you plan on financing the construction of a home on the land, you will need to shop around for a home construction loan. Home construction loans are typically referred to as “story loans” because the lender will want to [...]; Posted in Building a Custom Home |
Central Texas Land Makes Hill Country Living a Reality: When it comes to scenic settings and a laid back lifestyle, few places can match the Texas Hill Country. Now, there is Central Texas Land for sale that makes Hill Country living a reality. Several planned communities make owning Central Texas land in the Hill Country very affordable, while at the same time delivering all [...]; Posted in Acreage for Sale, Building a Custom Home, Buying Lakefront Property, Buying Land, Family Opportunity, Golf Course Living, Hill Country, Lakefront Living |
First-time Buyers – The Industry from a Generation Y Perspective – Part 4: First-time home buyers should be excited about the amazing values that are available right now. So let’s talk about THE BEST places to start your search. Where are the Best Land Values? All of the best bargains were found in Louisiana and Texas with Dallas being the most undervalued big city, by 30%, according to CNNMoney.com. But the [...]; Posted in "Green Living" in Texas, Building a Custom Home, Building a House, Buying a House, Family Opportunity, Investment, North Texas |
First-time Buyers – The Industry from a Generation Y Perspective – Part 3: Now that we’ve discussed some of the motivations for Generation Y to become first-time home buyers, there is still one huge question left to ask – “WHERE?” Where to Buy Land The Dallas-Fort Worth area came off best in the latest forecast of future home values. North Texas metro areas were ranked as the least likely [...]; Posted in "Green Living" in Texas, Building a Custom Home, Building a House, Buying a House, Investment, North Texas |
Who is buying land now? – Wealthy Individuals: After posting four articles about Baby Boomers and their inclination to buy land, we’ll now begin looking at other groups who are jumping on the land bandwagon and capitalizing on what an excellent investment land can be. Smaller investors understand the importance of portfolio diversity, and are finding more opportunities to branch out. In addition [...]; Posted in Building a Custom Home, Building a House, Buying Land, Investment |
Who is buying land now? – Baby Boomers (Part 1): As we continue to discuss who is buying land these days, the next group we’ll focus on is the Baby Boomers, or as they should perhaps be called, the “Land Boomers”. The reverberations from the Baby Boom are continuing to be felt. Nearly 80 million Baby Boomers are edging ever closer to retirement. In fact, about [...]; Posted in Acreage for Sale, Building a Custom Home, Building a House, Buying Land, Buying a House, Investment |
Vacation-home Sales Down; Land Values Up: Here’s an interesting article by Curtis Seltzer with some interesting facts about vacation homes, land and why now may be a good time to invest. In Texas, most of these numbers and facts are even more accentuated. Both sales and selling prices of vacation homes fell in 2008, according to member survey data from the National [...]; Posted in Building a Custom Home, Buying Lakefront Property, Buying Land, Country Living, Family Opportunity, Golf Course Living, Hill Country, Investment, Lakefront Living, Recreational Land |
Two Bluegreen Horse Communities Recognized by Horseback Magazine: Horseback Magazine recently recognized the 9 Best Horse Communities and two of Bluegreen Communities’ properties made the list. Saddle Creek Forest in Magnolia, Texas and King Oaks in Bryan College Station, Texas are considered among the very best in Horseback’s vast circulation area. Below is an excerpt from the article, Buying the Perfect Pasture for [...]; Posted in "Green Living" in Texas, Acreage for Sale, Building a Custom Home, Building a House, How to Buy Land, Investment, Miscellaneous, Recreational Land, South Texas, Why Buy Land in Texas |