The Kathy Magner Group of Windermere Real Estate announces the availability of the first phase of Belvedere’s luxury view home sites in Bellevue, Washington. The first eight properties are currently listed on the market and are priced from $695,000. The 95 sites are architect ready and are able to accommodate individual homes of up to 12,000 square feet. Located on 45 acres on the southwest face of Cougar Mountain, Belvedere offers ready-to-build,...
A federal court in Chicago has approved the settlement agreement between the National Association of Realtors® and the U.S. Department of Justice ending antitrust charges against Realtors®. “This is a great day for real estate and for consumers. This compromise is terrific news for the industry and shows that the real estate industry is dynamic, entrepreneurial and fiercely competitive,” said NAR President Charles McMillan, a broker...
On November 1, the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver recognized architects, interior designers and marketing professionals who “raise the bar” and set a new standard of excellence in the home building industry, at the 30th annual Bar Awards ceremony. Within the interior merchandising category, Kimberly Timmons Interiors emerged as a clear leader, landing four of the seven highly competitive awards. The firm was also recognized...
Tucked away in the elevated desert hills above Phoenix is Paradise Reserve, one of the last luxury gated communities and multi-acre parcels bordering the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Poised at the “crossroads” of Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, downtown Phoenix and the Biltmore area, Paradise Reserve is a rare gem and outstanding investment opportunity, offering a lifestyle of prestige, exclusivity and environmental stewardship and responsibility....
Historic Real Estate Inc. is a leading real estate and economic development company based in Houston, Texas. Despite the severe national downturn in real estate development, causing many large-scale projects to halt or slow operations, Historic Real Estate is forging ahead with a multitude of high-profile economic and real estate development projects. The company’s principals have over 200 years of combined experience in creating top notch real...
Real estate investing in Individual Retirement Accounts will be the focus of a friendly, live Web event, open to all, as two Colorado companies collaborate to shed light on a safe and high-yielding alternative to the rollercoaster ride of financial markets. The IRA-Real Estate Investing Webinar is set for Nov. 20 from 4-5 p.m. MST. Individual questions will be answered. Register in advance at www.newdirectionira.com or www.cmyatescapital.com. Denver...
Mobile home owners and renters often choose to go without property insurance, potentially exposing them to catastrophic losses such as those suffered in Southern California’s weekend firestorms. Nearly 500 manufactured homes and more than 80 apartments were destroyed in the fires. While it’s unclear how many were uninsured, about 82,000 – or 25 percent — of the state’s mobile homes don’t carry insurance, according to a Sacramento Bee...
Dahlin Group Architecture Planning announces top honors for innovative senior housing design in The Green House® Design Charrette, sponsored by the Ideas Institute of Kirtland, Ohio. The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) hosted the awards as part of its annual conference, held in mid October in Philadelphia. The Green House model aims to de-institutionalize long-term care by eliminating the need for large nursing facilities,...
Each year, leaders from all walks of the building systems industry come together to discuss and present the latest and greatest building trends and systems. The big event, appropriately named SHOWCASE, kicked off this week in Memphis, TN with an Awards Ceremony recognizing Mountain Architects and PrecisionCraft as leaders in home design. The award-winning pair managed to walk away with two “Excellence in Home Design” awards. The brilliant...
The drop in national housing starts reported today by the U.S. Department of Commerce indicates that home production is down 65.7 percent from the recent peak. The latest research from Metrostudy, a national housing market research company, indicates significant differences in the trends across local markets. Metrostudy collects data on a much more detailed basis than the Commerce Department does, rolling up from a 100 percent count of activity in...