Past Articles

Supply Limited, Demand Eternal, Graveyards Fill Up

Publication: The Boston Globe
Author: Peter Schworm
Date: October 1, 2009

Article Excerpt:

With its majestic dunes and shimmering sunsets, Provincetown is a ceaseless draw for vacationers and summertime residents. So it may be little surprise that the outer-Cape retreat also ranks as a coveted final resting place, where retirees have snatched up plots at the town cemetery like [...]

Taking Care of Business, One Woman's Blog About Her Final Arrangements

Renee Winnipeg from Manitoba, Canada shares on her blog “Circling My Head” her experience while visiting a funeral home and selecting some of her final arrangements. She breaks down the costs of her funeral in the article, and talks about her feelings about the event.

“This is my third time going as I went in May [...]

Grave Solutions - Listing Service

About Grave Solutions

Grave Solutions is the premiere source for cemetery property and products, and the nations only Multi-Listing Type Program for all cemetery property. For sale by owner, for sale through brokerage, and for sale by cemeteries. Our company is dedicated to providing the consumer every economic opportunity available in the purchase of cemetery and [...]

Free Cemetery Space Being Offered In North Texas

Publication: CBS 11 / TXA 21
Date: September 29, 2009

Article Excerpt:

You’ve likely heard offers for a free month’s rent or a free night’s stay at a hotel, but what about a free final resting place? That’s right, free burial plots are being offered in North Texas.

So you’re flipping through the morning paper looking for coupons and [...]

Bargain Burial Plots Found Online

Publication: CBS 5 San Fransisco
Author: Sue Kwon
Date: September 30, 2009

Article Excerpt:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ― Most real estate lost value during the recession, but the land in cemeteries increased in value. Burial plots are for sale in big numbers on EBay, Craigslist, and other internet websites.

Ty Billings has a bunch for sale in Concord. Buy [...]

Sell or Buy a Cemetery Plot on eBay?

Sell your Cemetery Plot on Ebay

Individuals and businesses have been using Ebay’s online auctions as a source to buy and sell a variety of goods and services since it’s founding in the mid 90′s. Millions of collectibles, decor, appliances, computers, furnishings, equipment, vehicles have been sold and more are listed every day.

But how about [...]

Hamptons Burial: The Plots to Die For Are Fully Booked

Publication: The New York Times
Author: Blaine Harden
Date: January 31, 1999

Article Excerpt:

Death has begun to imitate life out here on the East End of Long Island, where the rich, the gifted and the beautiful gather each summer to calibrate status. The most fashionable place to be dead in the Hamptons is fully booked.

Reservations to rub shoulders [...]

Burial Plots for Sale and Other Morbid Trends

Publication: MSN Money
Author: Karen Datko
Date: August 25, 2009

Article Excerpt:

Even death can’t take a holiday from the great recession. Consider:

More people are selling family burial plots to cover living expenses (unlike the Beverly Hills woman who auctioned off a crypt above that of Marilyn Monroe — see below).

More people are dying broke and are cremated or [...]