Agents can take notes, voice memos and photos during home tours, reflecting their clients’ likes and dislikes about a property, through a new innovative application for the iPhone. The TourNarrator iPhone application, developed by a la mode, frees clients from having to take their own notes during home tours. This reduces the need for second [...]
True to its name, The Pinnacle is an extraordinary downtown residence that offers a landmark in sophisticated urban living. This exceptional home is surrounded by breathtaking city, bay and ocean views with finishes in the latest cutting edge-design. The Pinnacle community is complete with a full complement of services. Deliberately conceived, impeccably crafted this exceptional, 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath home showcases top-of-the-line design features throughout.
Award-winning singer and pop culture icon Cher is auctioning off her 6-bedroom, 6-bath and two-half-bath residence in the Hualalai Resort, a luxury community on the North Kona coast of Hawaii’s Big Island. The Balinese-style luxury residence, totaling 8,821 square feet, was completed in December 2009. Inside the gated courtyard reveals a main house with a [...]
The nation’s wealthiest counties reside in the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Fairfax County, Va.; Loudoun County, Va.; and Howard County, Md., based on median household income data from the 2006 census. In Fairfax, that number reaches $100,318 a year; Loudoun households pull down a livable $99,371 a year; Howard residents follow at $92,260, according to [...]
The ultimate retreat for owners to share with family and friends, The African Homesteads, was awarded top honors recently at the International Property Awards ceremony in San Diego. As part of the largest celebration of the residential and commercial property industry worldwide, The African Homesteads won global gold in the most prestigious category, Best International [...]
The CBIA (California Building Industry Association) reports that for the first time since December 2006, the pace of home sales at California new-home communities rose above year-ago levels. October 2009 sales in new-home communities of 10 units or more were 25 percent above October 2008, according to the monthly CBIA/Hanley Wood Market Intelligence New-Home Sales [...]
ZipRealty, a national real estate brokerage, has a Housing Inventory Index that reports the homes listed for sale in the 27 major U.S. metropolitan areas every month. According to a recent study done by them, the number of home listings nationwide has been steadily declining for the past 17 months straight. Out of all the [...]
Home prices rose 0.9 percent in the third quarter last year, Freddie Mac announced in its Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index (CMHPI) Purchase-Only Series. This marks the second consecutive quarter price increase. The increases of the past two quarters erased about two-fifths of the declines registered during the final quarter of 2008 and the first [...]
