Luxury sales continue to rise
This week’s Top of the TweetsBy Camilla McLaughlin
Feeling stressed? Checking your email too frequently could be adding to your level of stress, say researchers at the University of California Irvine, who found people are less stressed when they were not checking their email frequently. During periods of email hiatus, people also switched computer windows much less frequently — 18 times vs. 37 times and hour. @Corcoran_Group http://nyti.ms/IOd8fN
Rooftop living in New York. Teased by the option of turning raw roof space into patios and gardens, some New Yorkers are looking upward, to the roof to be exact. Since much of the vacant roof space is likely to be found in co-op buildings, the challenges is getting board approval and figuring out how to value the space. Brick Underground takes on the topic. Thanks to Manhattan appraiser @jonathanmiller and @Halstead for the heads up on this story. http://bit.ly/IYEClH
Luxury sales continue to rise and even set records. In Miami, the Jill’s team set a record with over $80 million sold in the first quarter of 2012 alone! http://t.co/kxfNVT4N @NancyCorey Long Island luxury home sales show huge increase in March 2012 compared to the same time last year. Thanks to @LisaPalermo for this update. http://t.co/4vpA21RQ North Lake Tahoe-Truckee sales of homes priced above $1 million rose almost 40 percent in the first quarter, according to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. http://t.co/lGnj6e61 (@luxinvestor tweets this story). In Naples, Fla., luxury home sales also set records with the sale of two $40 million properties that now claim title to most expensive and second most expensive home sale in Naples. Forbes and the Wall Street Journal have the story. http://t.co/XIirTpkf A tip of the Tweets hat to @sandersonnaples for the link. Denver luxury sales also sizzled, increasing year-over-year by 19 percent in March, according to @fitzurreagent and others. http://t.co/ib6F8DgD
Sotheby’s Realty, @sothebysrealty, calls out some of their top luxury sales in 2011 in England. http://t.co/DqQg0jcb They also highlighted 2011’s top tropical escape homes. Thanks also to @briggsfreeman for these stories. http://t.co/UXBmy2Mh
How about a home with 8 waterfalls? Check out this Puerto Vallarta property from @vallartaBroker. http://t.co/VmELgRfp
Mercedes vs. BMW, the battle for No. 1 in the luxury car market continues! Mercedes Benz overtakes BMW in US sales, says @RSMAuto. http://t.co/Pe8qdKWP
What makes a good Tweet? A recent academic paper reported by Harvard Business suggests that Twitter users tolerate a large amount of less-desired content in their feeds. Users value information sharing and random thoughts above “me-oriented” or presence updates. Ratings of 43,000 Tweets found 36 percent were rated “worth reading”, 39 percent were “just OK” and 25 percent were not worth reading. http://bit.ly/IJx89Z
