Luxury Real Estate

By Staci Colville

In trying to find my voice and really thinking I am too old to blog, I have decided to write about something that I live every day. Part of why I enjoy working at Luxury Real Estate as an Account Manager so much is because of my darling members. I am passionate about helping them become the most successful they can be. It really hit home last night when my beautiful 11-year-old daughter was telling me about her research project on Egypt and how rehearsal went for the school play, and I was vacant. She said, “Mom are you listening to me?” and I said, “No, honey, I was thinking about work and some of my members.” She gave me one of her patented Exasperated Daughter Looks™, and said, “Why? You are not at work,” (Terrific work ethic for the future there, I can tell!) and I replied, “Honey, these members are always on my mind.”

By Joey Pauley

After years in the business of creating websites, it still surprises me how uninformed people are about their website and how it attracts customers. I summarize their view as "If you build it, they will come." Well, I’m not Kevin Costner and this is not Iowa.

By Jim Walberg

We have just ended the first month of 2008 and my January 3rd Predications are being confirmed every day regarding the trends of Caribbean real-estate buyers! The deeded fractional ownership is having a dramatic impact on the buying patterns of Baby Boomers, Brits, Europeans and Canadians. Their appetite for full ownership of second and third homes/condos in the Caribbean is being refocused on the fractional-ownership resorts being developed by BIG international companies!

By Allyson Metters

Nearly one in five REALTORS® has sold a home to an international client in the past year, according to new research by the National Association of REALTORS®.

The 2007 NAR Profile of International Home Buying Activity explores the characteristics of second-home purchases in the United States made by international clients.

By Scott Rudolph

For those of you multi-tasking overachievers, the advent of video distributed online is just what the Doctor ordered. Rest assured while glorified slideshows, or virtual tours, have become the viewing norm, the typical attention span is only 15 seconds!!!

John Brian Losh speaking at Luxury Real Estate's 12th Annual European Ski Trip.

By Jaime Sanders

I recently received a great email from Joanne – a wonderful real-estate agent in Folsom, Calif. Typically, I’m not huge fan of forwarded emails, but this one struck a nerve. It is about letting go and moving forward, which is really hard at times! Especially with the negative press in our industry, people seem to quickly forget about moving forward and start to drown in the mire of the news and problems in life. Please take a moment to read and think about HOW MUCH you can accomplish in 2008! Best wishes for the year ahead…

John Brian Losh, the president and CEO of LuxuryRealEstate.com, greets members from World Properties & Investment’s headquarters in Athens, Greece. Enjoy the surprise ending!

By Kimberly Fulwyler

When I was little, my brother and I would spend a good amount of time building tree houses and forts outside. These tree houses came with secret code words and special knocks. On the visual side, my tree houses were made of love, imagination, and not much else. In today’s luxury housing market, tree houses are becoming a popular new home addition that’s appealing to both adults and children.

By Courtney Jackson

Unique Homes is now in the process of compiling the 2008 edition of Ultimate Homes, an annual magazine dedicated to the listing and ranking of the top 1,000 properties currently on the market for purchase. Since 2005, Ultimate Homes has served as the standard for ranking the best in luxury real estate by price.