Housing starts, existing-home sales, new-home sales and home prices are all on the rise, indicating that real estate markets nationwide may be coming out their slump. Going Up Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal covered the upswing in “Home Prices Rise Across the U.S.” by Nick Timiraos and Kelly Evans. Findings (click here — subscription required) [...]
Rafael Nadal, recently ranked as the world’s number one in men’s tennis, has purchased a home in the residential complex of Playa Nueva Romana, in the Dominican Republic, promoted by Bahia Principe. The residential complex, located in one of the most exclusive areas of the Caribbean, will have 1,200 luxury homes, a marina, a five-star [...]
WindMark Beach, Northwest Florida’s newest, largest luxury beach community stretching some four miles along the Gulf of Mexico, is gearing up to draw second-home buyers, thanks to new, competitively priced luxury model homes designed by the nation’s top architects, a new casual, gourmet restaurant serving modern Southern cuisine, eclectic boutique shopping, and luxury loft homes [...]
The McMonigle Group—the nation’s top-selling real estate group—launched the 90 Day Certain Sale Program as a solution for a stagnant real estate market earlier this year. Now, buyers and sellers in the U.S. and Mexico are utilizing the 90 Day Certain Sale Program to circulate their inventories. The 90 Day Certain Sale Program was created [...]
KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII – July 15, 2009 – Concierge Auctions will conduct a luxury real estate auction on August 10 of two expansive homes overlooking the Pacific Ocean, located in the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai on Hawaii’s Big Island, the company announced. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with Hualalai Realty. No minimum bid is [...]
It’s hard to top the penthouse at the Plaza, with its 100-year-old history, ambience of an older New York and a location on Fifth Avenue facing Central Park. In these times, it’s even harder to contemplate having the net wealth to be able to purchase the Plaza’s penthouse for $53.5 million early last year only [...]
Luxuryrealestate.com has announced Matt Smith, internationally renowned communications facilitator and improvisational theater expert, will be the keynote speaker for its annual fall conference, which is being held in Vail, Colo., from September 13 to September 16. Smith will be facilitating “Unmasking Potential” training on September 14. The session will focus on the challenge of effective [...]
Northeast Leads The Way As All Four U.S. Census Regions Report Gains DENVER, CO—July 14, 2009—Integrated Asset Services®, LLC (IAS®) (www.iasreo.com), a leader in default management and residential collateral valuations, today released its IAS360™ House Price Index (HPI). Based on the timeliest and most granular data available in the industry, the benchmark index for national [...]
Proxio launches search for most connected real estate professionals Palo Alto, California – July 8, 2009 – Proxio, the first international MLS and global referral network, today announces the launch of the first annual Proxio Most Visible Professionals (MVP) in Real Estate Challenge™. Held in conjunction with Inman News, the Proxio MVP Challenge sets out [...]
When a couple’s marital assets are valued between $6 and $12 billion, one might assume that a mere $100 million estate would not become the subject of a major dispute. However, Elena Rybolovlev, who (with her husband and Russian billionaire fertilizer mogul Dmitri Rybolovlev) purchased Donald Trump’s Palm Beach oceanfront estate for $95 million in [...]
