Vacation Home purchases up 29.7%

Vacation Home Sales

Vacation home ownership on the rise

Vacation home sales surged last year.  According to the 2014 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey by the NAR, vacation home sales rose 29.7% from the previous year.

For many baby boomers, owning that vacation home is making more and more sense as their home values have increased and their stock portfolios have almost recovered fully from the Great Recession of the late 1990s.   Lawrence Yun, chief economist, said

 “This reflects the 28 percent of recreational property buyers who said they purchased to diversify investments or saw a good investment opportunity.”

You can see in the article we published last week that demonstrates that this age bracket and higher income earners still believe that real estate is the best long term investment.

25% Boomers will likely buy a vacation home  

And another study by BHG revealed that 25% baby boomers are likely to purchase a second home, like a beach house or some other vacation home to use during retirement and to provide a family retreat for their children and grandchildren.  Also many boomers are considering renting out these vacation homes for an additional income until they move into the homes themselves a few years down the road.

Here are some key numbers in these recent studies: 

• Vacation home sales rose from 553,000 to 717,000 properties last year.  This represents a 29.7% increase.
• The median price of these vacation homes increased 12.5% ($150,000 to $168,700)
  

  Vacation home sales surge

• Vacation home purchases represented 13% of all homes purchases last year. (up from 11% the previous year)
• Forty-one percent of vacation homes purchased last year were in the South, 28 percent in the West, 18 percent in the Northeast and 14 percent in the Midwest.
• 25% of baby boomers are planning to buy a 2nd home or vacation in the near future.
• Vacation homes are still 1/3 below their peak prices in 2006, so there is still much more room for appreciation.

Don’t let another year to go by . . . 

Don’t let another year to go by

If your family is thinking to purchase your second home in the Myrtle Beach area, now may be the perfect time. Prices are still great and still lower than the cost of building right now.  If you decide to rent the property until you’re ready to occupy  it full time, the rental market in Myrtle Beach area is very strong. Many of our clients, are renting their homes now to vacationers, using their home during the weeks the vacation home is not rented, then planning on moving in it a few years from now. There are also great tax benefits to owning a vacation home.  And you can still get a great mortgage interest rates that would enable you acquire this home while it still economically feasible.

At Dreamlife Realty, we specialize in helping families acquire their perfect Myrtle Beach vacation home to create memories, establish traditions, and share with the ones they love.

Contact us today so we can help you make this dream come true for your family too!

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What Dreamlife Clients are Saying

Richard Hedrick

Jeana was extremely helpful every step of the way from the offer to the closing. Jeana was the perfect agent for me. She was very helpful and accommodating to my questions and concerns. Did a wonderful job when I failed to line up a home inspection and was able to help facilitate it with out interrupting the ...

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Debra ShawGolf Colony

Our agent Deborah did an exceptional job for us. She made the whole process easy and fast!

Lisa StewartOcean Forest Villas

We had the greatest experience working with Deborah Rhyne purchasing our vacation condo. She was very knowledgeable about the property we purchased and their HOA. She gave us bank, insurance, attorney and home inspector references. She also referred someone we could get furniture from since our condo was purchased unfurnished. This experience was far better than when ...

Tammy Freeman

Jeana was amazing always easy to reach and communicate with she was on top of making sure everything was a smooth process for us living out of state we were concerned but did not need to be we are very satisfied with the way she handled everything!

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Laurel NiemanDeefield LInks

We absolutely loved Donna. She was friendly, efficient, and very knowledgeable. She helped us both with our search and all the closing issues which were completely foreign to us!  She was a pleasure to work with

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Ted Nadolny

Jeanna was quick to research and respond to our questions,was very thoughtful of our requirements when showing us properties so that we didn't waste time seeing properties we wouldn't want and she made us feel like family. She is a hard working, competent professional.

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Betty ReynoldsGolf Glen Villas

By all means,if you want a carefree experience in purchasing a home, please note, Tom McLane makes this process a very pleasant and exciting adventure. All our needs were met. Always available for any of my questions or concerns. I can't say enough great things about Tom. I was totally new in this area and he ...

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Stacy BaumgardnerBarefoot Resort, North Myrtle Beach

I was very fortunate to find Wendy Howard as my realtor. She went above and beyond to help me find what I was looking for. She was very sensitive to my needs and was very easy to talk to. Wendy always returned phone calls very quickly and I never felt line I was putting her out. ...

Brenda Jones

Jeana was amazing. She was a jewel! She listened to what I was looking for in a vacation home and located many amazing properties for me to view. She never rushed or pressured me. She made me feel like a special client even though I am sure my price point was low end. Also, an issue arose ...

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Vincent FerraraWaterway Landing

Trying to find a capable agent wasn't as easy as it might seem. Deborah always returned emais or calls and had the information i was looking for. and if she didn't have it, she got it. once again, i was very pleased with her professionalism.

Jim & Betty RyanSummer Place, Cherry Grove

Wendy was a great agent and was very patient. She was always there for us.

Larry PogacnikArrowhead

Realtor Tom McLane was very knowledge and found us exactly what we were looking for.

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Delia Kangian

Jeana was very knowledgeable and experienced. The most important thing for me was that once we made the contact with her, she didn't harass us about making the sale. We knew we would, but wanted to do it at our own pace and she respected that.

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George MosholderHampton Greens at Deerfield

Tom McLane treated us with respect and honesty every step of our journey. He went above and beyond what was expected and he always made us feel as though we were his most important client. We ALWAYS felt that Dreamlife Realty was looking out for us and we never doubted that we being treated like ...

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Terry McManus

Finding and purchasing property at North Myrtle Beach can be difficult and confusing. Jeana did a fantastic job helping me find and purchase the perfect vacation/investment condo and couldn't imagine doing it without Jeana Burstein's assistance. Jeana made a complicated process simple and fun.

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Carol RechMargate Tower, Kingston Plantation

We are so happy to be new homeowners in MB and many thanks to Ben for helping us live our DreamLife! He was very professional, prepared, knowledgeable and efficient.

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Dennis ConnellyThe Havens at Barefoot Resort

Wendy was excellent with her constant effort to stay in touch and find a property to fit our needs

Sheila NealTilghman Beach & Racket

Deborah is a jewel. She has been very helpful throughout the whole process, from the time I started looking until after I purchased a condo which was almost two years. She never treated me as just making a sale.

Nancy TimmermanWaterway Landing

I enjoyed working with Deborah Rhyne very much. I felt she was honest with me and I really trusted her. She really seemed to understand my wants and needs. When the time comes that I need a real estate agent, I will certainly call her.

Allison BencieSurfside Beach

Wendy went out of her way to meet us early In the morning and even brought an amended contract to us when we were furniture shopping and leaving early in the morning for Maryland.

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