This week’s Top of the Tweets By Camilla McLaughlin Nothing consumed Twitter more than the crises in Japan. Google Earth’s stunning before and after images bring the full impact home. http://nie.mn/f2kTOE Harvard’s @NeimanLab provided this link to assist members of the media covering the event. More images come from @Poynter tweeting 10 of the most [...]
Located within the luxury community of Ocean Club Residences & Marina on Paradise Island, this 2,400 square-foot waterfront retreat is listed for sale exclusively by Coldwell Banker/Lightbourn Realty. Boasting an additional 922 square-feet of outdoor living space featuring Gandia Blasco modern outdoor furniture, the residence is furnished in a relaxed contemporary style fitting for its [...]
Maponics, a leading provider of location-based data, recently announced its groundbreaking Subdivision Boundaries product, with plans for vast U.S. coverage by mapping more than 500,000 subdivisions by year-end. The real estate industry has long recognized that the immediate area surrounding properties significantly impacts quality of life and home values. In suburban settings, the smallest defined [...]
Quark Expeditions, a polar travel specialist, has been nominated World’s Best Tour Operator by Travel and Leisure. The magazine’s annual consumer survey, which polls readers on their favorite travel providers in a number of categories, asks that the following five criteria be considered when voting for world’s best tour operator: The operator runs its own [...]
According to Howard Nusbaum, President of the American Resort Development Association, “The travel and timeshare industry is seeing a resurgence of travel in 2011, terrific news for the timeshare industry.” And while you yourself might be considering taking advantage of the convenience and flexibility offered by a timeshare, be aware that with the resurgence of [...]
Vacation rental expert Christine Karpinski, director of Owner Community for HomeAway.com, tells those looking to rent out seasonal properties that the early bird gets the work — and she’s willing to pay top dollar for it. “No, I’m not suggesting you spend thousands of dollars building a tennis court in your backyard — unless, that [...]
This week’s Top of the Tweets By Camilla McLaughlin Reports on luxury housing markets gaining momentum continued this week. Luxury home prices in San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angles were up in the fourth quarter 2010 compared to the third quarter. In the Bay Area, after a 1.6 percent increase in the fourth quarter, [...]
The Ford Plantation, a luxury community and private club near Savannah, Ga., showed marked improvement in 2010 real estate sales. Despite a downturn in both the national economy and local real estate market, overall sales volume of homes and lots doubled and the number of transactions increased by 25 percent compared to data from 2009. [...]
Halstead Property Development Marketing recently announced that 60 percent of units are under contract at 47 Dean Street — a premium condominium development located at 47 Dean Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn — just three months after sales launched in November of last year. Construction is expected to be complete this month, and receipt of [...]
Brothers José and Antonio Ribes Bas successfully developed Inmobiliaria Rimontgó, located in the Jávea and Valencia regions of Eastern Spain, into a leading international luxury real estate specialist. Now in April they will be honored with the prestigious Luxury Real Estate Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be handed out at the 9th Annual Luxury [...]
