Happy New Year!

December 31, 2010

From all of us here at Unique Homes, we wish you and yours a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. We’ll start 2011 by working on our annual special publications, ELITE and Ultimate Homes. ELITE 2011 is the best personal promotion tool available to luxury real estate professionals. See the 2010 edition here. Ultimate Homes [...]

Artistic Tile’s Ziva Collection Wins “Best of Year” Award

December 30, 2010

Interior Design Magazine has named Artistic Tile’s Ziva Collection as the winner of its “Best of Year” award. The winners of the Fifth Annual BOY Awards were decided through the votes of thousands of members of the design community and a panel of esteemed members of the design community and announced on December 2. “Ziva [...]

Auction Announced for Properties on Hawaiian Island of Lana’i

December 30, 2010

World travelers and celebrities frequently spend time on the Hawaiian island of Lana’i. On Sun., Jan. 16th, Accelerated Marketing Partners (AMP) will auction off  11 new, luxury condominium residences and three oceanview homesites on the Hawaiian island of Lana’i. Opening bids will range between $435,000 and $845,000 — up to 68 percent below previous asking [...]

What’s ahead for luxury, list mania and Honeysuckle Pink

December 29, 2010

This Week’s Top of the Tweets By Camilla McLaughlin List mania reaches a peak at year-end and Twitter is the perfect vehicle to browse what’s ahead. Ballet, crowd power, and 4-D, are a few of the emerging trends Adam Tschorn at the LA Times is watching this year. http://bit.ly/eSvFrN Among home design trends highlighted on [...]

PS90 Condo Development Now 50% Sold

December 29, 2010

PS90 Condominiums, once a circa-1905 elementary school, has been converted into a premier luxury residence, with more than half of its units now sold. Closings and move-ins began in September at PS90, which is located at 220 West 148th Street between Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevards. The building’s 75 units feature original [...]

Dwayne Wade Buys Home In Miami Beach

December 29, 2010

Miami Beach has a new celebrity on the block. Dwayne Wade, guard for the Miami Heat, has recently purchased a home in Miami Beach, Florida for $10.65 million. Located on North Bay Road, this gated, Mediterranean-style property features 6 to 8 bedrooms (reports vary), 13,000 square feet of living area, and 150 feet of bay [...]

Ritz-Carlton Opens Its 10th Club

December 28, 2010

The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club in Vail, Colorado — specifically at the base of Vail Mountain in the Lionshead Village neighboring the banks of Gore Creek — has become the 10th club location for the Ritz-Carlton and features traditional Bavarian-style architecture seen primarily in Europe. Ritz-Carlton’s two existing Colorado mountain resorts include Bachelor Gulch and Aspen [...]

Gustave White & Sotheby’s Launch Mobile App

December 27, 2010

Homes currently for sale in the Rhode Island market can be sent instantly to your phone, thanks to Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty’s free mobile application and mobile web search, SIR Mobile. The mobile app uses GPS technology to show listings in the immediate area and to locate users, even searching by address, city, or [...]

Limited Villas Available On Harbour Island in the Bahamas

December 27, 2010

Pink Sands, an exclusive resort in Harbour Island, Bahamas, now offers home ownership and vacation rentals. For home ownership, Pink Sands Estates has only 13 private lots, ranging from $700,000-$1,995,000, and will be personalized and distinct. Owners can choose to hire their own architects or use one of Pink Sands’ turnkey plans. For rentals, the [...]

Have It All For Less Than $1 Million

December 27, 2010

This stunning island home has it all! To begin, the residence affords dramatic shoreline views from Cane Bay to Hamm’s Bluff. Move-in ready, the home is offered with superb furnishings making your transition into this retreat a breeze.  Within the home’s 4,650 square feet of living space are a formal dining room, gracious double living [...]