Residential Property News & Events
- SMALL TOWN STANDS UP TO BIG BUSINESS
- Gunter City Council, under leadership of Mayor Mark A. Millar and with backing of the whole city, say an emphatic “No!” to concrete batch plant near the town’s entrance. Well-funded opponent shot down by residents and city leaders looking to protect and preserve community.
- Gunter council votes against annexing land to build concrete plant
- Most seats in the Gunter Community Center were filled 20
minutes before the start of Monday's City Council meeting with many of
their occupants using as fans signs that declared "love Gunter, vote
no."
Citizens from Gunter and the surrounding community were there to express their views against the annexation of property that would be used to build a concrete and asphalt plant on the city's outskirts. - Hill Country Community Partners with Local Builders and Vendors to Cut Costs of Building a New Home
- Havenwood at Hunters Crossing Joins Forces with Local Businesses to Offer Massive Savings on New Home Construction Near New Braunfels, TX.
- Bluegreen Communities Highlights 2009 Accomplishments: Looks Forward to 2010
- Bluegreen Communities, the nation’s premier developer of master-planned communities, is reflecting back on a great 2009, and looks forward to a strong 2010.
- TimeshareForLand.com Lets Timeshare Owners Convert Equity Into Land
- Bluegreen Communities announces new site allowing timeshare owners to convert their timeshare vacation equity into land.
- Sustainable Homes, Inc. and Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard offer free seminar on DIY Energy Savings
- Sustainable Homes, Inc will offer a free seminar on DIY Energy Savings on Saturday, January 9, 10AM at the Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard in New Braunfels. To register for the seminar call 830.537.5290, 210.843.9066, or visit: sustainablehomesoftexas.com
- The Bridges Texas Opens First-Class Equestrian Complex
- Equestrian complex, just north of Dallas, Texas features boarding stables, indoor and outdoor arenas, paddocks and more than 10 acres of horse riding trails.
- Future Water Needs Through Rainwater Harvesting
- Sustainable Homes, Inc. and Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard offer free seminar on Meeting Future Water Needs Through Rainwater Harvesting.
Sustainable Homes, Inc. and Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard will be presenting a free seminar on Meeting Future Water Needs Through Rainwater Harvesting on August 15, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. in the Vintage Oaks Clubhouse at Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard. The seminar is free and open to the public. Space is limited to the 1st 50 registrants.
To register for this free event and learn more about upcoming seminar topics, visit http://www.vintageoakstexas.com/building-green/ or call 210-867-0800. - Solar Energy Applications in Residential Construction
- New Braunfels, TX - June 30, 2009 - Sustainable Homes, Inc. and Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard will be presenting a free seminar on Solar Energy Applications in Residential Construction on Saturday, July 11 at 10:00 A.M. in the community information center at Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard. The program will focus on how solar energy works, the types of solar systems available, application of solar in residential construction, tax credits, and available rebates. The presenters will be Mike Scott of Sustainable Homes and Dustin Aubrey of Novastar Energy, a San Antonio-based installer of solar energy systems. The session will also include a tour of a grid-tied solar powered home.
- Bluegreen Communities Supports Comal County Schools
- Bluegreen Communities Supports Comal County Schools, Youth Organizations and Residents. Bluegreen is committed to providing ongoing support to the non-profit
organizations, school districts, and emergency services that are vital
to the continued growth of these local communities and all of Comal
County.
- The Best And Worst Cities For Recession Recovery
- The Best And Worst Cities For Recession Recovery. The three most important things in real estate: location, location, location. Poised for swift recovery are many Texas cities, such as Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and McAllen. These areas did not see the massive real estate bubble that formed in states like California, Nevada and Florida. The economy is diverse, with heavy growth coming from education and health care in recent years.
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- Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard Hosts Free Seminar on
Landscaping with Native Plants June 13
WHAT: Building Green Seminar - “Landscaping with Native Plants”
WHO: Co-hosts Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard and Sustainable Homes of Texas.
Keynote speaker Debbie Reid, Arborist of City of San Antonio, certified by the International Society of Arboriculture
WHEN: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard, 1110 Vintage Way, New Braunfels, TX, 78132
COST: Free and open to the public - space is limited to first 50 registrants - Bluegreen Communities Launches Real Estate Web Site Showcasing Land for Sale in Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee
- New site utilizes the latest social media, content management and multimedia technologies to help land buyers find the perfect homesite
- Vintage Oaks Host Free Building Sustainable Seminar
- WHAT: Building Green Seminar on “Building Sustainable”
WHO: Co-hosts Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard and Sustainable Homes of Texas
Keynote speaker Darrel McMaster, Certified Building Green Professional™
WHEN: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard, 1110 Vintage Way, New Braunfels, TX, 78132
COST: Free and open to the public - space is limited to first 50 registrants - Now's the right time for going green
- Yes, it is a very good time to start a green home-construction project, based on several factors: Land prices are cheaper, the number of certified green contractors out there is growing and green is going mainstream as global warming and energy issues are on the front burner. Additionally, federal tax incentives for some new-home construction elements have recently tripled following the recent passage of the stimulus package.
- Bluegreen Communities Introduces “Value Assurance Guarantee” for Texas Land Buyers through March
- PLANO, TX – March 12, 2009 – Bluegreen Communities®, a division of Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE: BXG) and one of the nation’s premier master-planned community developers, has announced a “Value Assurance Guarantee” promotion that offers land buyers in Texas the ultimate protection of their land purchases.
- Vintage Oaks “Tour and Taste” Features Homes and Wines on the Texas Hill Country Wine Trail
- March 21 Event Showcases Unique Vineyard Community
NEW BRAUNFELS, TX – March 12, 2009 – Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard, a Bluegreen Community®, announced the debut of “Tour and Taste”, an exciting event that combines model home tours with premier wine tasting in the heart of the Texas Hill Country Wine Trail. - Demand for undeveloped rural land is growing, creating a new niche for rural and urban brokers alike.
- For some, the notion of selling swampland might seem like little more than a running real estate gag.
But don't joke about it with an increasing number of rural real estate professionals. They've turned a growing demand for recreational land, some parcels of which include swamps, into a profitable full-time business. - N.C., Texas top states for business climate
- Texas, North Carolina and Georgia have the best business climates among the 50 states, according to a recent survey of executives by Development Counsellors International.
- Top 10 Cities to Buy a Home
- Financially, at least, the best places to buy houses are those where buying costs less than renting, tax incentives are attractive, and there's an opportunity to build equity.
- Texas real estate slump a boon for buyers from Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico - More than a century and a half after Mexico lost Texas to the United States, Virgilio Garza wants a piece of it back.
A "Texas for Sale" sign and cowgirls in boots and white hats greeted Garza at the Convex center in Monterrey this month. A Monterrey developer and investor, Garza was in search of foreclosed US property to buy.
- America's Recession-Proof Cities
Nationally, home prices are falling, unemployment is on the rise and the economy is expected to grow slowly--or even contract--in the first half of the year.
But some cities are doing just fine.
- America's Recession-Proof Cities
Nationally, home prices are falling, unemployment is on the rise and the economy is expected to grow slowly--or even contract--in the first half of the year.
But some cities are doing just fine.
- Builders to San Antonio: This is good housing market.
- The national housing market looks pretty bleak and frankly, San Antonio builders have had enough already.
- Second Home Market Remains Bright
- n the midst of all the gloom and doom on the housing front, one remarkably-bright statistic has just been announced: Last week the National Association of Realtors reported that 12 percent of all existing home sales last year were not primary residences, they were instead vacation homes.
- What's the value of a view? A house is a house is a house -- until it's on a mountaintop looking over the ocean. Here, experts
- How do sellers decide what to charge for the shack on the hill versus the identical house it looks down on?
- Build your dream house now! It's the best time in years to take your blueprint off the drawing board and construct it for real.
- (Money Magazine) -- With home values tumbling and the mortgage market still in crisis, you'd think that Billie and Rodney Wylde would shelve their plans to build their North Carolina dream home - at least until the market stabilizes.
- Dallas housing market: nation's most stable
- With news of the Federal Reserve rate cut, anxieties about a declining housing market and a possible recession are spreading across the country. The good news for Dallasites is that the Dallas housing market is the strongest of any major city in the United States.
- A stable Texas market
Real estate is a mess nationally.
Perhaps you've heard.But in Texas, things look much tidier.- International buyers head for the Texas coast
- AUSTIN, Texas: On Mustang Island off the coast of Texas, touted as the "last frontier" in the state's coastal real estate, developers of a waterfront project called Cinnamon Shores expect to sell more than 15 percent of the houses to international buyers.
- Looming Boom. Texas Through 2030
- The Lone Star State is being "discovered" by the rest of the country because of its affordable housing, lower cost of living and cost of business, greater employment opportunities and appealing lifestyle. Events and circumstances point toward a Texas-sized boom between 2005 and 2030.
- San Antonio again gets nods as city to invest in
Some publications are touting San Antonio as an investors' mecca for commercial and residential real estate because of South Texas' job growth, warm weather and relatively low home prices.
In August, the city was No. 6 on Forbes.com's list of best U.S. housing markets. In November, San Antonio topped the list of best real estate investment cities from NuWire Investors. And last month, HomeVestors placed San Antonio seventh on its list of best places for real estate investing.
- A look back at San Antonio's new-home market
The effects of a banner year for new homes in 2006 created an unloading of homes in 2007's real estate market.
Because so many homes were started last year, San Antonio faced an oversupply of homes, giving buyers the chance to score some major discounts. With all the new homes ready from last year, home builders cut back their pace in 2007 and are expected to keep up their slower pace into 2008.
- Buying into a welcoming community takes some homework
Many home buyers believe that moving to a suburban community with upscale houses will give them a warm, welcoming neighborhood.
But Mark Nash, a real estate broker and writer, says there's no automatic correlation between the income level of a community and the affability of its residents: A city neighborhood could prove friendlier than a suburban one, or vice versa.
- Come to San Antonio, invest in real estate
- San Antonio may be the place to be if you're in to real estate investing.
- There Are Buyers For U.S. Homes: Canadians. Emboldened By Surging Loonie And Weak U.S. Market, Canadians Snap Up American Real E
- Two hours after his flight landed in Phoenix, Calgary resident Doug Farley already was cruising the city's vast stuccoed suburbs in search of the one attraction Canadians cannot seem to get enough of these days: cheap homes.
- Housing Markets That Are Still Thriving.
- The best-performing housing market in the country during the third quarter was picturesque Wenatchee, a city of more than 35,000 that is the seat of Chelan County, Wash. Prices in the Wenatchee metro area increased by 15.7 percent year over year, according to RealtyTrac.
- Ten Rising-in-Value Real Estate Markets
- Home prices nationwide posted their biggest drop in 16 years last month, according to the National Association of Realtors.
But someone forgot to tell the folks in Salt Lake City. There, the median home sale price jumped 21% in the second quarter this year, versus the same period last year.
- Top 10 Places to Invest in 2007
- Despite the housing crunch sweeping the United States, there are many cities that are viable for investment. Recently, NuWire analyzed data from 98 cities nationwide in order to determine the top 10 places to invest in the U.S.
- Vintage Oaks: Sumptous Living & Strong Sales.
- The following is an interview I had the pleasure of doing with Barry Denton of the Bluegreen Corporation, regarding the Vintage Oaks subdivision which is one of the largest developments in the Hill Country in the New Braunfels area on Texas 46, just east of Highway 3009.
- Don’t believe everything you read about real estate
- Real estate has been getting a lot of bad press recently. In fact, it's hard to pick up a big-city or national newspaper and not find some negative headline about how bad things have gotten. But Texas is different. Very different, as it turns out. Let's not lose sight of two important facts.
First, although too many subprime loans were approved for homebuyers with poor credit, the truth is that most of those people are still living in the homes and making payments. If the foreclosure rate is 10%, then 90% of the homes are still occupied.
Second, now is still a good time to buy a home in Texas.
- Best Places For Real Estate Deals
Home sales have sunk to their lowest levels since 2001. Investors are jumping ship, foreclosures are mounting and lenders are exercising caution.
Still, there are areas of the county where it makes sense for some to buy. That's because, in a market slump, sellers eager to unload their homes often accept less money from buyers. New construction also slows. Both bode well for buyers hoping to score a deal--if the market in which they are buying is expected to experience increased sales.
- New Rules of Real Estate
- The housing market may be melting down, but Business 2.0 worked with Moody's Economy.com to identify the top cities that have just about hit rock bottom - and offer opportunities for savvy investors to get in while the getting's good.
- New Braunfels: Working on a Master Plan
- It's a town known for attracting hordes of tubers, loyal Germans and water park enthusiasts. But in recent years, New Braunfels also has been attracting hordes of new residents.
- A Cultured Retreat in the Shadow of the Seven Sisters:Eclectic & creative, Black Mountain attracts with beauty & culture.
- IN 1933, a radical arts academy opened in a remote valley about 15 miles east of Asheville, N.C. Simply called Black Mountain College, after the town where it was built, the school was founded by John A. Rice, a maverick educator who sought to create a sort of paradise for painting, architecture, sculpture and the liberal arts in the heart of Depression-era Appalachia.
- New Bluegreen Community Near St. Simons Island, Ga. Expected to Commence Sales in Second Quarter 2007
- BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2007--Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE: BXG), a leading provider of Colorful Places to Live and Play(R), today provided additional details regarding its previously announced purchase of 350 acres of land a quarter-mile from its Sanctuary Cove community located near St. Simons Island, Ga. The purchase of this new parcel is expected to allow Bluegreen(R) to offer 294 homesites in this scenic community in the coastal marshes of southeastern Georgia.
- Bluegreen Corporation Acquires 240 Acres of Land to Expand Chapel Ridge Golf Community
- BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2006--Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE: BXG), a leading provider of Colorful Places to Live and Play(R), today announced the purchase of an additional 240 acres of land adjacent to its Chapel Ridge community located near Chapel Hill, N.C. Sales of homesites in this community are expected to begin in March 2007 and generate estimated life-of-project sales of approximately $24.2 million over an anticipated two-year sell-out period, based on the Company's assessment of current estimated retail prices and the expected number of homesites to be offered.
- Bluegreen Corporation Reports 2005 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results; Acquires 1,579-Acre Property to Develop Bluegr
- BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2006--Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE: BXG), a leading provider of leisure products and lifestyle choices, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005 (see attached tables).
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