The Wall Street Journal did a front page story last week called Market for Vacation Homes Is On the Rise.  It begins: “Sales in many vacation communities across the U.S. soared last year to levels not seen since boom times, driven by deep discounts, cash purchases and rising stock portfolios.” The article goes on to [...]

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If you live near Smith Mountain Lake chances are you love the water. An obvious attraction for water lovers are boats. That leads me to mention the Southwest Virginia Boat Show which will be happening very shortly! On Feb. 25th through the 27th at the Roanoke Civic Center you can catch sight of every boat [...]

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Many, many buyers we worked with from 2003 to 2006 lamented their lost opportunity to buy waterfront property in the good old days of the late 90s through about 2001.  That was before Smith Mountain Lake was discovered by affluent people all over the East and mortgage money flowed like water over the Niagara spillway. [...]

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