No. 1 Arizona Luxury Realtor Joins Realty Executives

May 13, 2010

Real Estate Agent Walt Danley Goes Back to His Roots and Re-joins Realty Executives Phoenix Realty Executives Phoenix, the  14th largest broker in the U.S. for transactions, announces the addition of The Walt Danley Group, one of  Coldwell Banker’s most productive and top producing teams in the world since  2000, to their team of 1,300 [...]

Anthony Lyons sells home for $43 million

May 12, 2010

The 18,000 square foot London home of Anthony Lyons was sold for $43 million, the most expensive price paid for a Hampstead residential property ever, to a private Russian investor, according to Property Week. Lyons, who runs Matterhorn Palos Partnership with partners Simon Conway and Brett Palos, purchased the property 5 years ago from investor [...]

Top of the Tweets: Art vs. Real Estate; Numbers Looking Up

May 10, 2010

By Camilla McLaughlin On the Green Beat In addition to concerns and updates on the Louisiana oil spill, there were a couple of interesting comments regarding energy efficient building and location, specifically transportation. Nick Eber, @buildintel, a prolific Tweeter on all things related to construction and energy efficiency, posted a link to a Washington Post [...]

The Ultimate Bath

May 7, 2010

Voting has ended, and our readers have selected their favorite bath as part of our Ultimate Bath contest.  With a dominating 64% of the vote, the bath at 37 Ualei Place, Makena (Wailea) Maui, Hawaii, is the “Ultimate” bathroom. It is part of an amazing $14.995 million listing from Brian Bouley of the Berry Realty [...]

Coldwell Banker Extends Benefits of Home Buyer Tax Credit

May 6, 2010

Thousands of Sellers to Offer Credit Up to $8,000 From May 1 Until July 31, 2010 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC last week announced the launch of its Buyer Bonus Sales Event, a national promotion intended to build on the momentum of the expired federal homebuyer tax credit. In a recent survey of Coldwell Banker [...]

ProxioPro adds languages, partnerships

May 5, 2010

ProxioPro, the International MLS and Global Referral Network, adds five new languages, two large partnerships plus Facebook and Google integration for the Global Referral Network. ProxioPro recently announced the addition of five more languages: Dutch, Turkish, Hindi, Hebrew and Vietnamese. Added to the existing English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Russian, Chinese traditional, Chinese simplified, [...]

Calling All Designers: Win $10,000 and a trip to Paris

May 4, 2010

Unique Homes readers appreciate fine design (at least we think so). So we think you may be interested in a contest by DesignSherpa, the leading provider of social media marketing programs for the home design industry. The “What Inspires You?” contest is currently underway for design zealots of all backgrounds, training, and styles. Using images [...]

Top of the Tweets: Tax Credit frenzy, Energy and Baseball

May 4, 2010

By Camilla McLaughlin Top tweets in real estate this week all related to the homebuyer tax credit and the last minute surge of sales as buyers try to meet the April 30 deadline. Now the waiting begins to see what will happen with future sales. Foreclosures and unemployment still loom over the market and rebound [...]

Legendary Colorado Ranch Sells for $47 Million

May 3, 2010

Transaction marks the highest priced residential U.S. property sale in the last 12 months Telluride, Colorado — BootJack Ranch, considered among the very finest recreational ranches in the U.S., has been sold by owners David and Carol Brown of Paradise Valley, Arizona. Acquired by an entity known as Colorado LLC, the expansive ranch was sold [...]

Homeowner preferences lean to energy efficiency and simplicity

May 3, 2010

More homeowners are valuing products and features that promote energy efficiency and renewable materials in kitchen and bathroom areas rather than using and installing high-end appliances in light of economic concerns, according to the latest Home Design Trends Survey by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Designs have become more modest with functionality being preferred [...]