"Splitters" Enters Real Estate Lexicon

A growing number of Americans are being dubbed "splitters," because they divide their time between two homes, says the Christian Science Monitor. The paper quotes a spokesman for the National Association of Realtors as saying, "We think 2006 will be another record for second-home sales." Walter Molony describes the typical vacation-home buyer as "a middle-aged, middle-income baby boomer."