Second Homes

Short-term rentals have become increasingly popular in the past few years, thanks to the growth in online rental portals like HomeAway.com and Airbnb.com. Short-term rentals, often second-home and vacation-home

A California homeowner assistance program funded with $2 billion in federal stimulus money is upping the ante to help more struggling homeowners facing foreclosure and unemployment. The four-pronged

Vacation rental investments paid off so well this summer more than one in three vacation rental owners plan to raise the rent for the holiday travel season. Travelers? Book

The cost of education comes with the cost of student housing, but savvy investors can make a real killing on investment properties in the right college towns these

The same market conditions that are making "affordable homes" household words are also creating bargains in the vacation home segment and, right now, the discounts can come with

It's only a good time to buy a vacation rental if you are really cut out for the job. Property prices as low as they've been in a decade,

Right now, the languishing housing market offers some lingering upsides for those who have some investment dollars to burn. Home prices are low, financing is cheap and inventories are

Improved oil well safety protocols and faster disaster response aren't the only lessons to be learned from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Some vacation property owners in the

The Gulf Coast's economically pivotal vacation rental playground faces a value crunch that could cost individual properties as much as $80,000 in lost value, according to the most

They comprise only a small share of homebuyers in the U.S., but more and more foreign buyers are coming to America for the homeownership piece of the dream. More

If you leave your vacation home or second home unoccupied for extended periods, you could have some uninvited guests if you don't take proper precautions. In the Tahoe-Truckee resort