Archive for the ‘Country Living’ Category

Who is buying land now? – Baby Boomers (Part 4): The fourth and final part of our segment about Baby Boomers and their land buying preferences focuses on their general trend to gravitate toward the country. Why is there a surge of interest to move outside the big city? Boomers are moving to rural areas to experience the beauty, peace and serenity of the country. Unlike [...]; Posted in Building a House, Buying Land, Buying a House, Country Living, Why Buy Land in Texas |
Who is buying land now? – Baby Boomers (Part 3): In Part 3 of our posts about Baby Boomers and their desire to buy land, we’ll look close at how land help build a solid investment portfolio. Baby Boomers will continue to drive a portion of their investment portfolio into real estate, specifically raw land, fueling the demand for land like never before. For example, [...]; Posted in Buying Land, Buying a House, Country Living, Family Opportunity, Investment |
The State of the Land Market – Part 3: Today’s post will conclude the series about the current state of the land market, taken from an article written by Robert King. This particular entry focuses on the types of land that people are buying right now, and what land investors should be looking for. Happy land hunting! What general trends exist in the land [...]; Posted in "Green Living" in Texas, Buying Lakefront Property, Buying Land, Country Living, Family Opportunity, Hill Country, How to Buy Land, Investment, Recreational Land, Why Buy Land in Texas |
Texaplex Land Buying: Yesterday’s post was about why Texas is thriving while so many other states are struggling. The three key factors were simple. Texas is: 1. A Great Place to Live 2. A Great Place to Work 3. A Great Place to Invest Dave Winans has put together this excellent video that goes into more detail about why Texas is such [...]; Posted in Buying Land, Buying a House, Country Living, Family Opportunity, Investment, Texas Economy, Texas Job Growth, Why Buy Land in Texas |
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 |
What is A Master Planned Community?: Living in a planned community is not a new idea. In fact, planned communities date back as far as the earliest American cities. Buying land in a planned community is not only a wise investment, it’s a great way to leave a lasting legacy for generations to come. According to Wikipedia, master-planned community is a “new [...]; Posted in Buying Land, Country Living, Family Opportunity, How to Buy Land, Investment, Why Buy Land in Texas |
Land’s Lasting Legacy: This desire to carve out your own place in the world has been driving the land market in South Texas for several years now because part of appeal is simply the fun that can be had with family and friends on your own land. Brokers throughout the country are seeing a growing demand for [...]; Posted in Buying Land, Country Living, Family Opportunity, Investment, South Texas, Why Buy Land in Texas |
Land’s Romantic Appeal: It is certain that the romantic pull of rural land runs deep. Plenty of buyers in the Lone Star state can attest to that, as their insatiable demand for large acreage land is driving the price of Texas land to all-time highs. Owning land has always been the American dream. I read a recent [...]; Posted in Buying Land, Country Living, Family Opportunity, Hill Country, Recreational Land, Why Buy Land in Texas |
10 Reasons to Buy Land at Saddle Creek Forest: Why buy land at Saddle Creek Forest in Magnolia, Texas? Here are the top 10 reasons to buy land at Saddle Creek Forest. Be sure to watch our video below. Large acreage wooded homesites with room to spread out Big mix of trees with thick foliage Lot type diversity offers many options for building your custom home Houston area [...]; Posted in Acreage for Sale, Building a House, Country Living, Family Opportunity, Hill Country, North Texas, South Texas, Texas Job Growth |
Home Mortgage Rates at 52 Year Lows: Mortgage rates dropped to a 52-year low today and are not expected to drop much further which means that lot loans and construction loans are also at all-time lows. The good news for the housing market this week combined with these incredible low rates makes it the absolute perfect time to buy land now. According to [...]; Posted in Country Living, Texas Economy |