September 10, 2009
CHICAGO, Ill. – Prudential Preferred Properties and Rubloff today announced the merger of Rubloff Residential Properties with Prudential Preferred Properties. The combined company will operate as Prudential Rubloff Properties, an independently owned and operated firm with 17 offices and nearly 900 sales professionals and staff. Prudential Rubloff has a formidable presence in Chicago’s high-end markets [...]
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September 8, 2009
IAS360 House Price Index Slips 0.5% after Four Straight Months of Growth DENVER, CO—September 8, 2009—Integrated Asset Services®, LLC (IAS®) (www.iasreo.com), a leader in default management and residential collateral valuations, today released the latest IAS360™ House Price Index (HPI). Based on the timeliest and most granular data available in the industry, the index for national [...]
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September 1, 2009
An account in the L.A. Land section of the Los Angeles Times yesterday detailed that California homes account for 9 out of 10 of the nation’s most-searched-for dwellings. Lauren Beale writes: The top 10 national list of most-searched-for homes last week at Realtor.com among those within 20 percent of the median list price of $219,300 [...]
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August 13, 2009
BUSINESS WIRE: Agents Close an Array of $10 million-plus Transactions in Recent Weeks Irvine, Calif.—From Pacific Palisades to La Jolla, agents at Prudential California Realty are representing a growing number of home buyers and sellers in the $10 million-plus range. In Brentwood, Hugh Evans just represented the seller of a beautiful traditional estate on 50,000-square-foot [...]
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August 12, 2009
IAS360 House Price Index Reports Gains In All Four U.S. Census Regions For Second Quarter 2009 DENVER, CO—August 11, 2009—Integrated Asset Services®, LLC (IAS®) (www.iasreo.com), a leader in default management and residential collateral valuations, today released its IAS360™ House Price Index (HPI). Based upon the timeliest and most granular data available in the industry, the [...]
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August 5, 2009
Since 1878, luxury French crystal company Daum has been providing the world’s most discriminating collectors with stunning, exceptionally crafted crystal sculptures. Late last month, the storied company unveiled its most recent masterpiece, a 92-centimeter-tall, $19,625 limited edition sculpture titled “Yoko.” Created by artist Marie-Paule Deville-Chabrolle, Yoko is the “very essence of feminine softness and grace, [...]
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August 4, 2009
Telluride, Colo.—Broker Associate George R. Harvey, Jr., of Telluride Properties, has composed a Telluride region market update for the first six months of 2009. Created using information from Telluride Consulting and Telluride Multiple Listing Service, Harvey’s report details Telluride’s “best buyer’s market in a decade.” One-hundred and eleven properties have sold in the first six [...]
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August 3, 2009
Despite reports of price increases in the overall housing market, prices in the luxury sector haven’t necessarily followed suit. At least not yet. In an article published by the Chicago Tribune and posted on RISMedia.com, home owners Mike and Marti Palmer are prime examples of sellers who have lowered their home’s price tag in hopes [...]
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July 30, 2009
Housing starts, existing-home sales, new-home sales and home prices are all on the rise, indicating that real estate markets nationwide may be coming out their slump. Going Up Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal covered the upswing in “Home Prices Rise Across the U.S.” by Nick Timiraos and Kelly Evans. Findings (click here — subscription required) [...]
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July 27, 2009
WindMark Beach, Northwest Florida’s newest, largest luxury beach community stretching some four miles along the Gulf of Mexico, is gearing up to draw second-home buyers, thanks to new, competitively priced luxury model homes designed by the nation’s top architects, a new casual, gourmet restaurant serving modern Southern cuisine, eclectic boutique shopping, and luxury loft homes [...]
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