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~ NEW COMMUNITIES Newsletter ~
Vol. 15, No. 776 December 18, 2012 Circ. 26,400
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Brier Creek, NC: Part of the winning Toll Brothers portfolio.

Today’s Headlines

* Golf & Travel Deals
* Today’s New Real Estate Deals
* Community News & Updates
* Special Community Events
* Best Real Estate & Travel Deals…

* New on the GCH Blog – Specialty of the House: Spicy Fall Tomato Sauce
* Recently Added Golf & WaterView Communities
* Watch for our next issue on Friday, December 21st!
* Look for the 2012 GCH Annual Index, coming Dec 28th!

Good Morning! Skating and smores–that’s what you get with Reynolds Plantation Winter Package. And quality is what you get at a Toll Brothers luxury community, according to Institutional Investor. See below for more good deals, holiday events and special pricing on homes for sale.––David Lott, Founder/Publisher

TODAY’S NEW REAL ESTATE DEALS

Hampton Lake, SC: Reduced price for lakefront home w/boatslip,

> Hampton Lake, Bluffton SC is spotlighting a reduced-price lakefront home at 40 Sweet Marsh Court. Price is $499,000. This 3-BR/3-BA, 2,602-sf home includes a bulkhead and boatslip. It’s ideal for entertaining friends with a screened porch and firepit and is further enhanced by its long lake views down to a nature preserve.

In the kitchen is a gas cooktop on a center island plus GE Profile appliances and granite countertops. Home office with built-ins and bonus room with full bath complete this high-value design. Send me more information about Hampton Lake!

> Balsam Mountain Preserve, NC is showing a brand-new 3-BR, 3.5-BA home with 2,856 sf of wonderfully designed space for $1,290,500. This residence at 53 Cold Deck Way is tucked into a 1.4-acre wooded site that’s bordered on three sides by protected conservation land.

Its open and flowing design allows the family room, dining room, and kitchen to blend seamlessly into one inviting space. Indoor and outdoor fireplaces create comfortable settings from which to enjoy long mountain views and dramatic sunsets. Send me more information about Balsam Mountain Preserve!

GOLF & TRAVEL DEALS

Reynolds Plantation, GA: Package includes skating & smores.

> Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, GA presents its Fire & Ice Package, starting at $329 per night and available through Feb. 24, 2013. Your package include overnight accommodations in a resort view room at the community’s Ritz-Carlton Lodge.

Added perks include $100 food and beverage credit, unlimited ice skating, valet parking for one vehicle and signature smores night time turndown. Package is subject to availability and cannot be combined with any other offer. Send me more information about Reynolds Plantation!

NEW ON THE GCH BLOG

Spicy Tomato Sauce from Chef Robert Wysong.

> Colleton River Plantation, Hilton Head Island, SC Chef Robert Wysong warms the hearts and appetites of the members at Colleton River Plantation with his ‘Spicy Fall Tomato Sauce.’ Read more and get the recipe.

SPECIAL COMMUNITY EVENTS

> Wyboo Plantation, Manning SC continues its Holiday Season series of great events with a Christmas Concert by the 282nd Division U.S. Army Band. The festivities take place tonight, Feb. 18, at Weldon Auditorium.

Previous events in this series at Wyboo include a Christmas Parade with caroling, a visit from Santa Claus and a performance of The Nutcracker. Send me more information about Wyboo Plantation!

Frederica, GA: Good home & homesite sales for 2012.

> Frederica, St. Simon’s Island GA is reporting that the sales year of 2012 saw closings on 14 homesite purchases along with two pending homesite contracts.

In addition, there were four new-home sales in the community. Frederica members have demonstrated their confidence via eight new homes under construction and four more in the planning stages.

Currently you can view homesites ranging in size from one to four-plus acres and priced from $275,000 to $2.7 million. Send me more information about Frederica!

> Sunset Dunes, PEI, Canada is pleased to report that MoneySense magazine has named Prince Edward Island as one of the Top 11 least expensive places in the world to retire.

This recognition puts P.E.I. among impressive company, including Costa Rica, Belize, Italy, Uruguay, France, Argentina, Vietnam, Panama, Thailand and Ecuador. According to the magazine, people can retire in any of those aforementioned locations for less than $30,000 a year.

MoneySense Magazine also says that Charlottetown, only 35 minutes from Sunset Dunes, is one of Top Ten retirement cities in the world. Send me more information about Sunset Dunes!

> Brier Creek Country Club, Raleigh, NC and Frenchman’s Reserve, Palm Beach Gardens, FL are among the premier golf communities under the Toll Brothers banner that congratulate the company and several of its executives on their selection to Institutional Investor magazine’s 2013 All-America Executive Team.

Toll Brothers was The Most Honored Company in the Home Building and Building Products sector and ranked 17th overall among the 1,928 companies receiving votes in this year’s survey. Send me more information about Frenchman’s Reserve! Send me more information about Brier Creek Country Club!

Best Real Estate & Travel Deals Shorts…

Daniel Island, SC: home is near park and preserve.

> Daniel Island, Charleston, SC’s 4-BR/3.5-BA home at 122 Shipwright Street for $599,300. Located down the street from the neighborhood park and within walking distance of a larger park and nature preserve with picnic areas, this Lowcountry-style home features a spacious family room. Send me more info…

> Balsam Mountain Preserve, NC’s brand-new 3-BR, 3.5-BA home by the award-winning architect Al Platt lists for $795,000. This residence at 240 Down The Hill Way enjoys eastern exposure and stream sounds from nearby Dark Ridge Creek. Send me more info…

> Pristine Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands‘s a Fly ‘n Buy Discovery package for qualified buyers. You and a guest will receive 3-nights’ complimentary accommodations and a free round of golf on its award-winning Pete Dye course, the Black Pearl. Purchase at Pristine Bay and get reimbursed for your airfare. Send me more info…

RECENTLY ADDED TO WATERVIEWHOME

MEXICO

> Estrella del Mar, Mazatlan
816-acre gated community, Robert Trent Jones Jr., golf, 3.5 miles of beach, oceanfront condos from $199,000

RECENTLY ADDED TO GOLFCOURSEHOME

FLORIDA

> Fiddler’s Creek, Naples
Private community, ‘Community of the Year,’ 4,000 acres, 54,000-sf club & amenity complex, beach club & marina, homes from the $200,000s

BAY ISLANDS

> Pristine Bay, Roatan
Oceanfront Caribbean community, Pete Dye golf, dining, villas from $438,000, fractional ownership from $69,900

FLORIDA

> On Top of the World Communities, Ocala
55+ Community, Gated, central FL location, 36 holes of golf, indoor/outdoor pools, fitness center, Health and Recreation Center, homes from $169,920

> Venice Golf & Country Club, Venice
Gated community, Ted McAnlis golf, aquatics complex, dining, active social calendar, homes from $250,000

MEXICO

> Estrella del Mar, Mazatlan
Oceanfront community, private Pacific Ocean beach, Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf, condos, homesites from $150,000

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