EscapeHomes Announces The Top 10 Emerging Second Home Markets
San Francisco, California - April 18, 2003. EscapeHomes, America's foremost online source for second homes, announces: THE TOP 10 EMERGING SECOND HOME MARKETS In alphabetical order, EscapeHomes' Top 10 Emerging Second Home Markets and the nearest metropolitan areas to each are: Burnside, KY -- Lexington, Frankfurt, KY; Nashville, Knoxville, TN Caribou, ME -- Quebec, Canada Ely, MN -- Duluth, Grand Rapids, MN Island Park, ID -- Bozeman, MT; Jackson, WY Ketchikan, AK -- Juneau, AK; Seattle, WA Lake Martin, AL -- Birmingham, Montgomery, AL; Atlanta, GA St. George, UT -- Las Vegas, NV; Salt Lake City, UT Sisters, OR -- Portland, Eugene, OR Waterville Valley, NH -- Concord, NH; Montpelier, VT; Augusta, ME White Mountain, AZ -- Phoenix, AZ EscapeHomes developed the Top 10 Emerging Second Home Markets list to help keep its visitors abreast of the burgeoning second home market and corresponding emerging sub-markets. Showing up more and more on the radar of second home buyers, emerging second home areas all offer several common denominators second home buyers seek, according to EscapeHomes: affordability, location and security. "The second home-resort-vacation category remains big news. However, research and surveys about this market are slim to none. We've known that these types of sub-markets were coming. You are not going to find this information on residential real estate sites or on chamber of commerce sites." EscapeHomes CEO Clark Thompson EscapeHomes is the Internet's most comprehensive online resource for second homes, timeshares and vacation home rentals. Potential homebuyers can find community profiles and local events of interest, as well as, access a referral network of qualified real estate agents and their property listings. For more information on EscapeHomes visit www.EscapeHomes.com or call 800.937.9090. About EscapeHomes: EscapeHomes is a vacation home portal which matches second home buyers and sellers with segments of the second home industry -- vacation, resort, and timeshare -- both for sale and for rent -- in more than 325 cities nationwide and 20 countries. EscapeHomes was founded in April 1999 and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Press Contact: Amanda Sturges Amanda@EscapeHomes.com