As envisioned by Watson and Georgia-based developer Stan Thomas, Universal Boulevard Orlando will offer visitors a look at “old Florida” and its natural past.
Standing in a field between the Lockheed Martin Co. plant and Orange County’s new convention center annex, developer Marc Watson is laying out his vision for the 1,800 acres around him.
He sees [...]
Horn Lake planning commissioners approved a proposed $2 billion resort-style development planned for the old Circle G ranch Tuesday. The property was known as the honeymoon getaway for Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
As approved the development will feature approximately 15, 25-story buildings, a golf course, a 200,000 square foot civic center and other entertainment theaters
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Rising home values may be making some homeowners wealthy, but lofty prices are creating a financial strain on many Americans stretching to buy a home.
Roughly one in eight of U.S. households now devote at least half of their income to housing costs, says a study by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
Link: USATODAY.com – [...]
The housing market in California may look like a textbook case of superheated “irrational exuberance,” but then how does one explain Spain? Home prices there have risen 130 percent since 1997, twice the run-up in the United States.
These days, house price vertigo is more than a local or national condition. It’s a worldwide [...]
The phenomenal real-estate boom of the past five years is
sweeping through the vacation-home market. Lured by relatively low interest
rates and the promise of big resale value, investors and regular vacationers
alike are snapping up second homes — or, in some cases, third or fourth homes.
And though rising interest rates could cool things [...]
Boomers are likely to continue working, either part time or full time, as consultants or by setting up their own companies, surveys show. They want a “flexible” workplace that lets them take extended sabbaticals, then work intensely for shorter periods of time.
They do know they don’t want to keep working like dogs, as they’ve [...]
“We are excited about The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Vail(R) and the new public portal to Vail Mountain. The residential project looks as if it should be a lucrative real estate development effort, and this new fifth base village portal to Vail Mountain with Vail’s 16th high-speed lift will benefit Vail skiers and snowboarders,” said Adam Aron, [...]
Read moreHomebuilder stocks have been on a tear, with housing and real estate prices soaring in many parts of the country, but Joel Rassman doesn’t think the industry faces a speculative bubble.
Many analysts think higher interest rates and a slowing job market may
bring an abrupt end to the celebration, which could mean trouble for many [...]
Spa Finder Invites Spa-Goers to “Live at the Spa” … Literally; Leading Spa Marketing Company Showcases New Breed of “Spa Lifestyle Real Estate Communities” to Largest Consolidated Audience of Spa Consumers
Link: Spa Lifestyle Real Estate at Spa Finder.
At the simplest level, destination clubs offer members luxury vacations in very
exclusive, high quality resort homes without the hassle of owning them. And
these homes are a far cry from rustic cabins with hand-me-down furniture in the
woods and musty beach houses blocks from the ocean.
Link: RealEstateJournal | Second Homes
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