3 Island Retreats These properties give ‘privacy’ a new meaning This 67-acre island escape within Venice Lagoon, Italy, can be reached via boat or touching down on the property’s helicopter landing pads. Dating back to the 16th century, the 9-bedroom, 11-bath residence with a roof terrace once served as a convent. Landscaped grounds accent the [...]
3 Properties That Work These luxurious homes can generate income. In Dillon, Mont., Horse Prairie Ranch offers more than 30,000 acres of land and was rated one of the 10 Best Places to be a Cowboy by “USA Today.” Listed for $14.9 million, Horse Prairie Ranch is not only a working ranch, it is also [...]
3 For The Views Properties with unrivaled sight lines. Penthouse views from a 68,459-square-foot unit at Genesis Puntarenas — Costa Rica’s first all-glass residential building — are all yours. Known to be the world’s largest penthouse and spanning three stories, this sublime residence is accentuated with floor-to-ceiling retractable glass walls and all-glass terraces. Land on [...]
Louisiana’s Top 3 Listings New Orleans Historic St. Charles Avenue is the setting of this 14,000- square-foot mansion. The estate’s blue sandstone exterior, tile roof and Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style come together to impress the most discerning buyers. Interior spaces continue to impress with ornate plaster details, nine bedrooms, eight and one-half bathrooms and multiple [...]
Bernard Madoff’s remaining federally seized properties hit the market in September, with his home in Montauk, on New York’s Long Island, selling days after its listing for more than the $8.75 million asking price. Properties in New York and Palm Beach, Fla., hit the market in September for $9.9 million and $8.5 million. Sotheby’s International [...]
The National Association of Realtors announced the launch of Realtor University’s new online Webinar and Video Centers with cutting-edge topics designed to help Realtors in today’s changing market. Launched in partnership with Realty Video USA, Broker Agent Speakers Bureau, Learning Library Inc. and NAR’s Realtor University, The Webinar Center started with more than 30 webinars [...]
A respected real estate powerhouse for more than two decades, Shari Chase, president and CEO of Chase International, recently was awarded the Luxury Real Estate Lifetime Achievement Award at the LuxuryRealEstate.com Spring Conference in Las Vegas. The award is based on peer recognition, hard work and acknowledgement. “Known for high-profile properties and clientele, her firm [...]
The nation’s top-selling real estate group recently launched a live online auction site designed to speed the selling process. The Newport, Calif.-based McMonigle Group recently started the 90-Day Certain Sale program, accounting for a 60-day marketing period and a 30-day escrow. As of press time, 17 properties were on www.90daycertainsale.com, with “Buy It Now” prices [...]
