Weekend and vacation homes near Penn State University

Weekend and vacation homes near Penn State University (www.psu.edu) are always in demand.  Penn State alumni, hoping to re-kindle the spirit of their undergrad days or with a keen interest in Penn State sports, including Penn State football and basketball, are the primary buyers of weekend and getaway homes near Penn State University.

Buyers of weekend and vacation homes near Penn State can be assigned to several different categories including:

1.                  Those alumni that want to be as close to the Penn State campus as possible

2.                  Those alumni that enjoy the great outdoors and want to combine their weekends between Penn State athletics and all the amenities that the Central Pa outdoors has to offer.

In today's post we will focus on weekend and vacation homes near Penn State University that are close to the campus.  We will discuss point number 2 in a follow-up post.

For many alumni, it is all about Penn State football http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/psu-m-footbl-body.html weekends and trips to the Nittany Lion Inn and the Berkey Creamery 

(http://www.creamery.psu.edu/) for a bit of Peachey Paterno ice cream.  You folks have a few choices in weekend and vacation homes too.  You can try to find a home in College Heights or a downtown condo but because of demand and price most buyers of weekend and vacation homes at Penn State look to an area just north of Beaver Stadium that offers condo's, garden homes, and single family homes built by S & A Homes in State College, PA.

Appropriately named, Homecoming Ridge is located less than 2 miles to the stadium and on the CATA bus route and is a part of The Village of Penn State.  http://www.sahomebuilder.com/communitymulti.asp?comnum=247

 Amenities include maintenance free living, new construction condo's, and a club house with swimming pool and fitness center.  Prices start at just under $200,000 and there are homes ready for immediate delivery in time for the first Penn State Football game of 2009.  About half of all buyers in Homecoming Ridge are Penn State alumni that buy homes as second homes for weekend getaways.

For more information give me a call or tune in to Tim Rogers Coaches Corner radio show Saturday mornings on 970 AM WBLF radio from 9:00 to