A New York moving company has developed what it claims is the first moving service specifically designed for the rich. FlatRate Moving, a recipient of a Forbes Enterprise Award and multiple Best of CitySearch awards, is introducing an Elite line of services, which it says is a direct response to a growing demand for a [...]
National Public Radio this week featured a story on its popular program, "All Things Considered" on the strength on the luxury housing market. Our own Rick Goodwin was interviewed for the piece, which features Los Angeles and Coldwell Banker’s Joyce Rey. It includes stats on the high-end’s success in Chicago, Miami, New York San [...]
Just read an article in Inman News about an announcement yesterday from Realogy (the parent company of Coldwell Banker, CENTURY 21, ERA and Sotheby’s International Realty). The real estate is slashing its newspaper advertising budget and investing more online. A sign of the times, I suppose. Read the Bloomberg report here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aQlmRbnXcu8A&refer=home
Middleton, Wisconsin! Never heard of it? Perhaps that’s the point. Money Magazine and CNNMoney.com purposely ranked the top 100 “smaller places” to live. You can link to the story through The Wall Street Journal here: www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/openhouse/20070718-kim.html?refresh=on
Also in the Journal report: A link to a New York Times article touting the continued strength of the luxury [...]
Ever heard of Agentopolis.com? Well, whether you’ve heard of it or not, if you’re a real estate agent or broker, you’re probably on it already. The site, which bills itself as the "Home to Over 1 Million Real Estate Agents," is designed to allow consumers to find a real estate agent in a certain area. [...]
Looking for that perfect place for a second home or a vacation retreat? Living Southern Style & Ideal Destinations magazines recently featured their Top 100 resort and retirement amenity communities in the U.S.
Publisher Michael Hackeling says, “The Top 100 communities share specific criteria. Each offers at least three of these major amenities: golf, tennis, swimming, [...]
The Institute for Luxury home Marketing publishes a great monthly online magazine called Luxury Insights. The July issue includes an informative piece on London’s record-setting real estate and a wonderful story about the Top 10 Trends in Luxury Residences for 2007. The trend story includes custom wine cellars in its list of hot trends, with [...]
The dynamic Las Vegas luxury real estate market offers opportunities for buyers and sellers, according to Beasley & DeVarreau Sotheby’s International Realty. The firm’s soon-to-be-released semi-annual analysis of the Las Vegas real estate market shows that the market has slowed, but is already adjusting. Sales are down 27 percent, but prices are also down 2.5 [...]
With the listing this week of a $165 million mansion in Beverly Hills, “It’s only a matter of time” until a home is actually sold for $100 million or more, says Unique Homes publisher Rick Goodwin in today’s Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/local/la-fi-hearst10jul10,1,6445683.story
Unique Homes will be one of the sponsors at the 2007 Annual Luxury Real Estate Membership Conference for Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate (LuxuryRealEstate.com). The conference will take place Sept. 29 through Oct. 2 at the historic Hotel Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia. For information, visit http://www.luxuryrealestate.com/conference
