Anybody growing up in the ’50s and ’60s was captivated by Disney’s House of the Future. Now, Disney is unveiling a new house of the future with technology that controls lighting, music, images and heating based on the preferences of individual family members.
Like the original House of the Future the technology amazes but unlike the [...]
There is a new name in the online real estate business —Overstock. The online closeout retailer has added real estate to its site with more than 2 million single family listings in all price brackets in a wide range of locations. A click on a listing brings more details on the property as well as [...]
San Francisco, CA – July 29, 2008 – It’s all in the numbers, and based on recent sales statistics from BrokerMetrics, the Napa Valley offices of Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate are dominating the market share in the million-dollar-plus category of residential real estate for 2008. Pacific Union sales of single family residences is more [...]
Joyce Rey, long regarded one of the country’s most respected and successful real estate professionals is being honored with the American Cancer Society’s “Spirit of Life” award. Rey is being honored along with Nancy Daly-Riordan, the wife of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan.
Rey, who sold the first $1M residential property on the Westside is [...]
Islands seem to be everywhere! And I have to confess since writing Unique Homes feature on buying an island for the May issue I’ve been secretly indulging in some virtual island shopping of my own. I’d always thought of islands as mainly related to coastal or exotic regions but some of the nicest can be [...]
MELROSE, MT— Producers for the DIY (Do It Yourself) Network have chosen Locati Architects (Bozeman, MT) to design The Ultimate Sportsman’s Lodge at Meriwether Ranch. Locati Architects is one of the West’s premier architectural firms and is known throughout the United States for its numerous showpiece homes and lodges. Among many other awards, the firm [...]
July 15, 2008, (PORT ST. JOE, Fla., and BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) – MyHomeIdeas.com, a new home and garden portal from SPC Digital, the digital arm of Time Inc.’s lifestyle subsidiary Southern Progress Corporation, will give away a luxurious Idea House in a sweepstakes that will run from August 1 to September 30, 2008. Individuals can [...]
Chicago’s North Shore began as a place to escape from the city’s heat during the 19th century and has since developed into one of the best places to live in the U.S. due to the thriving sense of community, excellent school systems, availability of luxury housing stock, and proximity to Lake Michigan and Chicago.
Stretching along [...]
Just over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco is Marin County, famous for its natural beauty and progressive sensibilities. One of the most affluent counties in America, Marin is much more than a collection of high-end bedroom communities. Its residents are influential, from Wall Street to Hollywood to Capitol Hill.
Most of Marin County consists [...]
In my 30-plus years in the Las Vegas real estate market, I’ve seen my share of housing trends as the city continued to transform itself. Now that it’s a metropolitan area of more than
2 million people, the dynamics have changed again. Some people are surprised to hear that the past year set a record for [...]
