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La Costa Villas Offer Big Investor Bonus
2008-03-28 16:00:00 Roberta Murphy Investor s are moving back into the San Diego real estate market with impatient wallets. And luxury real estate investors are no exception. They are seeking well-priced foreclosures, pre-negotiated short sales–and most favored of all: Real estate investments with income streams. So-called bargains in sub-marginal areas may not be the wisest real estate investment ... More About: Bonus , Costa , Villas , Offer
The WalMart Effect
2008-03-16 02:28:00 by Roberta Murphy Once upon a time, the neighborhoods off Houston?s northwest FM1960 were a luxury homebuilder?s dream. Large wooded and level lots surrounded upscale country clubs such as Champions Golf Course, Raveneaux, and North Gate Country Club. Affluent families were attracted to these homes because of great neighborhood schools, beautiful parks, challenging golf courses, and nearby ... More About: Quality of Life , Effect , Walmart
The WalMart Effect
2008-03-16 02:28:00 by Roberta Murphy Once upon a time, the neighborhoods off Houston s northwest FM1960 were a luxury homebuilders dream. Large wooded and level lots surrounded upscale country clubs such as Champions Golf Course, Raveneaux, and North Gate Country Club. Affluent families were attracted to these homes because of great neighborhood schools, beautiful parks, challenging golf courses, and nearby ... More About: Texas , Effect , Walmart
The WalMart Effect
2008-03-15 17:38:00 by Roberta Murphy Once upon a time, the neighborhoods off Houston’s northwest FM1960 were a luxury homebuilder’s dream. Large wooded and level lots surrounded upscale country clubs such as Champions Golf Course, Raveneaux, and North Gate Country Club. Affluent families were attracted to these homes because of great neighborhood schools, beautiful parks, challenging golf courses, and nearby ... More About: Effect , Walmart
A Novel Green Mansion
2008-03-15 02:23:00 by Roberta Murphy Any verbiage I add to this photo would probably be superfluous, since this chatty picture already exceeds the expected thousand words. Hats off to someone?s clever recycling of mobile homes. Not sure if the intent was green construction, but the designer certainly managed to minimize the footprint of this little mobile home park. I also ... More About: Green , Quality of Life , Mansion
A Novel Green Mansion
2008-03-15 02:23:00 by Roberta Murphy Any verbiage I add to this photo would probably be superfluous, since this chatty picture already exceeds the expected thousand words. Hats off to someones clever recycling of mobile homes. Not sure if the intent was green construction, but the designer certainly managed to minimize the footprint of this little mobile home park. I also ... More About: Green , Quality of Life , Mansion
A Luxury Home Bargain: Rancho Santa Fe Farms
2008-03-09 02:26:00 by Scott Murphy Discriminating luxury home buyers in the San Diego area are starting to raise sophisticated eyebrows at some of the better real estate buys in luxury neighborhoods such as Rancho Santa Fe. One of the best buys on the market these days is a magnificent 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath single story estate on two level acres ... More About: Luxury , Home , Bargain , Farms
A Luxury Home Bargain: Rancho Santa Fe Farms
2008-03-08 20:30:00 by Scott Murphy Discriminating luxury home buyers in the San Diego area are starting to raise sophisticated eyebrows at some of the better real estate buys in luxury neighborhoods such as Rancho Santa Fe. One of the best buys on the market these days is a magnificent 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath single story estate on two level acres that was recently remodeled. This Rancho Santa Fe Farms home features a lagoon pool, a citrus grove, fine hardwood flooring and a 4-car garage,and is now available for $2,195,000–or the price of a luxury tract home in coastal San Diego. Rancho Santa Fe Farms is a favorite for golfers who appreciate equity membership in the Rancho Santa Fe Farms Golf Course, or for those who simply want a home sitting on some of the finest acreage in San Diego County. Located at 15032 Rancho Santa Fe Farms Road, this residence listed by Danny Powers of Villa Sotheby’s International Realty will be held open this weekend. For additional information, please call Scot... More About: Luxury , Home , Bargain
Most Luxurious Home in Lake Tahoe
2008-03-08 02:25:00 by Roberta Murphy I love living in coastal San Diego, but have a special appreciation for mountains and mountain lakes. Among other mountain attractions, its the regularity of seasons, the deep blue water, the towering pines, and the snow pack that accumulates each winter. It is easy to imagine such natural beauty. Now, imagine a 210-acre ... More About: Home , Lake Tahoe , Lake , Tahoe , Luxurious
Most Luxurious Home in Lake Tahoe
2008-03-07 15:23:00 by Roberta Murphy I love living in coastal San Diego, but have a special appreciation for mountains and mountain lakes. Among other mountain attractions, it’s the regularity of seasons, the deep blue water, the towering pines, and the snow pack that accumulates each winter. It is easy to imagine such natural beauty. Now, imagine a 210-acre ... More About: Home , Lake Tahoe , Tommy Hilfiger , Lake , Tahoe
A Novel Green Mansion
2008-03-04 15:09:00 by Roberta Murphy Any verbiage I add to this photo would probably be superfluous, since this chatty picture already exceeds the expected thousand words. Hats off to someone’s clever recycling of mobile homes. Not sure if the intent was green construction, but the designer certainly managed to minimize the footprint of this little mobile home park. I also ... More About: Green , Quality of Life , Mansion
The Luxury Shower (and 5 Tips on How to Create One)
2008-03-01 05:59:00 by Roberta Murphy Once upon a time, the lowly shower offered faint competition for the jetted bathtub. The bathtub was where one went to luxuriate, while the shower was a functional cleanser. Not any more. These days the lowly shower is one of the hottest home luxuries in demand. The shower stall might contain a steam shower, a multi-headed ... More About: Luxury , Tips , Shower , Create
The Luxury Shower (and 5 Tips on How to Create One)
2008-03-01 02:21:00 by Roberta Murphy Once upon a time, the lowly shower offered faint competition for the jetted bathtub. The bathtub was where one went to luxuriate, while the shower was a functional cleanser. Not any more. These days the lowly shower is one of the hottest home luxuries in demand. The shower stall might contain a steam shower, a multi-headed ... More About: Luxury , Tips , Shower , Create
The Luxury Shower (and 5 Tips on How to Create One)
2008-03-01 02:21:00 by Roberta Murphy Once upon a time, the lowly shower offered faint competition for the jetted bathtub. The bathtub was where one went to luxuriate, while the shower was a functional cleanser. Not any more. These days the lowly shower is one of the hottest home luxuries in demand. The shower stall might contain a steam shower, a multi-headed ... More About: Luxury , Tips , Shower , Create
Kinko?s: The Ultimate Business Luxury
2008-02-15 06:52:00 by Roberta Murphy This past week, I have been attending Mike Ferry’s Real Estate Productivity School–but played hooky today to meet with Pat Kitano, who thinks outside a totally different real estate box. But that is a blog for another time. Pat Kitano has just reported some juicy news that should cause luxury readers to jump with bridled ... More About: Business , Luxury , Ultimate
Kinkos: The Ultimate Business Luxury
2008-02-15 02:17:00 This past week, I have been attending Mike Ferrys Real Estate Productivity School in San Diego but played hooky today to meet with Pat Kitano, who thinks outside a totally different real estate box. But that is a blog for another time. Pat Kitano has just reported some juicy news that should cause luxury readers to jump ... More About: Business , Luxury , Ultimate
Kinko?s: The Ultimate Business Luxury
2008-02-15 02:17:00 This past week, I have been attending Mike Ferry?s Real Estate Productivity School in San Diego?but played hooky today to meet with Pat Kitano, who thinks outside a totally different real estate box. But that is a blog for another time. Pat Kitano has just reported some juicy news that should cause luxury readers to jump with ... More About: Business , Luxury , Ultimate
Kinko?s: The Ultimate Business Luxury
2008-02-15 02:17:00 This past week, I have been attending Mike Ferry?s Real Estate Productivity School?but played hooky today to meet with Pat Kitano, who thinks outside a totally different real estate box. But that is a blog for another time. Pat Kitano has just reported some juicy news that should cause luxury readers to jump with bridled glee: It is ... More About: Business , Luxury , Ultimate
Help Tornado Victims
2008-02-08 04:40:00 by Roberta Murphy Recent devastating tornadoes in the United States have left children parentless–and families without homes. Beyond our prayers and good wishes, perhaps we can make donations that might help ease the pain of these people who were so ruthlessly uprooted from their lives. I know the integrity of Lani Anglin and the folks at ... More About: Quality of Life , Tornado , Victims
Azulera: Costa Rica Luxury
2008-01-29 20:32:00 Azulera Resort Village on Costa Rica ’s breathtaking Guanacaste coast promises to be the luxury resort destination within the next two years. By then, it is projected, Greg Norman’s challenging beach-to-mountain golf course will be completed–as will the five- star Hyatt Regency Hotel and the 64 ultra-luxury condos that will be contained within this gated Brasilito complex. The ... More About: Luxury
2008 Home Design Trends
2008-01-20 17:31:00 by Roberta Murphy This piece is for those of us unable to make the biannual trek to Paris for the biannual Maison & Objet trade show that features the hottest home decor designs produced by the smartest and most influential names in the industry. Those in the luxury home business are always on the prowl, trying to spot the latest trends that might help update, inspire and improve the luxury home decor. Patty Bouley was fortunate enough to attend the Maison & Objet show–and was able to sort through around 3000 new products and note the hot new home trends for 2008 : Purple and grey are THE new color companions.The combination is classy and elegant and I am rethinking my bedroom colors. Nature gets glitzy. Floral patterns are now accented with metallics: Think bronze, platinum and silver. Aspen is hot. Look for nubby wools and furs, bare wood and hunting themes to create the cozy ski chalet feel. Morocco is in. Think perforated metal, hand-tooled leather, intricate ... More About: Design , Home Design , Trends , Home
Bargains in Luxury Real Estate
2008-01-13 03:29:00 by Roberta Murphy To paraphrase Charles Dickens, these may be the best of times and the worst of times–at least with San Diego real estate. Few are surprised that the real estate bubble popped in the plethora of new home subdivisions that peppered San Diego County in the last few years. Stupid loans and and unwitting buyers created ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Luxury , Real
OpenHouse.com To Open Doors to All Brokers
2008-01-09 17:07:00 by Roberta Murphy Today, Realogy is announcing that Open House.com will become available to all real estate brokers, which should send up a collective cheer from home sellers around the country. The site will be comprehensive, easy-to-use, and postings will come from an automated feed from each broker’s office. Real estate brokers may also be smiling because this should sooner rather than later do away with the need to advertise open houses in newspapers. Given that at least 78 percent of all real estate shoppers search online, it just makes sense for all open house listings to be posted there as well. Realogy’s President and CEO Anthony Perriello and Mike Good, President and CEO of Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliate LLC, issued a joint letter to Sotheby’s Realty owners sharing the news. “In our opinion, consumers’ extensive use of the Internet in the homebuying process is enabling our industry to shift from expensive classified newspaper... More About: Brokers , Doors
San Diego Real Estate Exchange
2008-01-08 20:17:00 by Roberta Murphy Bob Dyson is a real estate legend who recently launched Sotheby’s real estate offices in the San Diego , Palm Springs and Las Vegas markets. He has kindly agreed to share some exciting news with us about a new real estate exchange program that is set to rock the San Diego real estate market mid-January. This program will do much to liberate locked-up equities in homes throughout Southern California. But I’ll not steal his thunder…. by Bob Dyson How I See It: Let’s Liberate Home Equities With all the alarming issues facing us in Real Estate ownership and all the turmoil in Real Estate lending, I have been searching endlessly for fresh solutions to these problems. What if we could create a new and faster way to buy and sell homes in today’s challenging market? What if real estate buyers and sellers could focus on the deal–instead of getting lost in the details of granite surfaces, designer amenities and upgrades? We believe ourÂ... More About: Exchange
WCR to Unveil California Blog Network
2008-01-07 17:20:00 by Roberta Murphy It’s fun to peer into the crystal ball and try to divine what fortunes lie ahead. It also helps when you have a visionary providing some tips and guidance. Pat Kitano and Kevin Boer are two visionaries worth following, and they are convinced that 2008 will be the Year of the (Authoritative) Blog Network . Kitano’s article is a great read that provides good information and understanding of what blogging networks are–and how they can benefit both the consumer and the blogger. An authoritative real estate blog is what the California Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors plans to launch at the end of January. They are tapping their membership seeking capable and knowledgeable real estate bloggers whose personal real estate blogs will feed into the California WCR Blog Network. All of the member’s contributed blogs will be indexed and offered as an encyclopedic resource for home buyers and sellers. As with most blogs, consumers will be ...
Luxury Home Digest a Winner (and in good company!)
2008-01-02 05:27:00 by Roberta Murphy Last night?s annual New Year?s Eve bash at the Murphy home was lots of fun for all, and almost everyone was ready to drop kick 2007 out the door and welcome the promise of 2008 with open arms. I thought 2007 had been put to rest (save for income tax drudgery); but when I ... More About: Luxury , Company , Home , In Good Company , Digest
New Years Resolutions and Solutions
2007-12-30 04:35:00 by Roberta Murphy It’s that time of year when I once again sort through resolutions, seek solutions and try to put life into balance for the coming year. Of course, I want to create a greener home and become a better citizen. I repeat my annual vow to become more organized with papers, schedules and priorities. I vow ... More About: Quality of Life , Years , Solutions , New Years , Resolutions
Rooms and More Rooms in Luxury Homes
2007-12-17 15:12:00 by Roberta Murphy What kinds of rooms might go into a luxury home? The possibilities are as varied as lifestyles. I recall a luxurious mansion in Houston’s lovely River Oaks that had, in addition to every other conceivable room, a luggage room. It was a sensible space that accommodated the traveling owner’s large collection of leather suitcases, ... More About: Luxury , Homes
Dreaming of Costa Rica Luxury Real Estate?.
2007-12-13 17:45:00 by Roberta Murphy More and more people from around the world are choosing to spend at least part of their lives in coastal Costa Rica –and more than a few decide there just might be no better place to spend the rest of their lives. Why? 1. A warm climate, beaches, mountains, jungles–and breathtaking biodiversity. The people and ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Luxury , Real
Luxury Builder Says 2007 Worst in 40 Years
More articles from this author:2007-12-10 16:35:00 by Roberta Murphy If real estate investors are looking for blood in the streets, they had better be wearing galoshes. Even the books of venerable Toll Brothers, America’s largest builder of luxury tract homes, are in the red. For the first time in 21 years, the company is suffering its first quarterly loss (Oct. 31) in the ... More About: Luxury , Years , Builder 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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