Buyers of country property always ask, “What’s the right money to pay?” They often seek an answer in three ways. One approach is to assume that the...
Buying Land
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Appraisers are being punched up in the courts and the press for not always providing honest real-estate valuations. What’s going on? What exactly do...
Here’s the story in most American cities—existing-home sales are down, pending home sales down, new home sales down and average home prices down...
Most Americans stay where they are in retirement. Of the 420,000 relocators who cross state lines each year, most look to small towns, small cities...
If a recession is coming, is rural land a good place to have your money? The answer does not depend on what your definition of “is” is. But there’s...
As I write this column, it’s a sleety, slushy, miserable wintry day on my Virginia farm. It’s bone-chilly and depressing. The Inuits, I’ve read, have...
January is America’s month of endless football cliches. "Coach, how are you going to win the Super Bowl?” “Well, first, our front four has to beat...
Many city-bound Americans see themselves eventually owning an older house in the country. It may be a second home or a retirement spot. It has...
Woods provide shade, lumber, mistletoe and toilet paper. They even make oxygen and store carbon. Name one beach that does anything more than gives...