The W New York Downtown: Fuel To The Big Apple’s Fire
The US Dollar is gaining strength, however, international real estate buyers are still important, even though their purchasing activity has decreased by 30-50 per cent since June 2008.
So where does the strength still reside? New developments. The W New York is a great example.
The W NY Downtown Hotel & Residence, the has seen [...]
The Homes of Elizabeth Taylor
The English born star, winner of two Academy awards and known for her style, extravagance and husbands, is the owner and resident of these stunning American mansions:
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
The 7,172 sq ft home has six bedrooms and bathrooms, multi-car garaging, stunning gardens and swimming pool.
Miami Beach, FLORIDA
Situated right on the waterfront on the suitably named [...]
London Luxury Home Prices Continue To Fall
The world’s most expensive location for prime real estate behind Monaco, Central London has seen luxury home values fall for an eighth month. Such locales include Mayfair, St John’s Wood, Regent’s Park, Kensington, Notting Hill, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, Belgravia and the South Bank neighborhoods of London.
As recently reported by Bloomberg, in November the approximate average [...]
Luxury Homes: Hope Island, Sanctuary Cove
Three stunning homes, three vacant blocks of land, and a water front parcel of land have just been listed by Marquette Turner Luxury Homes on Hope Island at Queensland’s Sanctuary Cove.
Sanctuary Cove is Australia’s leading lifestyle community offering wonderful facilities and 24 hour active land and water security. Sanctuary Cove has Foreign Investment Review Board [...]
If A Deal Sounds Too Good To Be True…
Overseas property still remain enthusiastic when the right investment is presented to them, as the results of a campaign of 14,000 investors displayed when questioned on the subject of “Irresistible deals”.
investors were presented with the opportunity to acquire an apartment in Paris with a nine year rental guarantee, taxes paid by the government, 100% [...]
The World’s Most Exclusive Private Club
Ever fancy owning your personal New York three-bedroom apartment? Your own luxury villa in St. Barth’s?
Now, via Solstice, the international private destination club with a collection of ultra-luxury, staffed vacation homes around the globe, the unimaginable becomes possible.
The Solstice Club model is a direct response to today’s economic environment. For less than a down payment [...]
Where The Clinton’s Lay Their Hat
Hillary Clinton appears ready to accept President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be US Secretary of State in his Administration once he takes office on January 20th, 2009.
By giving up her New York Senate seat where she has carved out a respected position, she will become the face of US diplomacy overseas and the third female [...]
We Can See Russia: Marquette Turner Featured in Russia’s Leading Luxury Magazine
We can indeed see Russia from where we are, but no, we’re not in Alaska.
This article is actually absolutely nothing to do with Sarah Palin or the recent US Presidential Campaigning. Marquette Turner Luxury Homes has the privilege of featuring on the front cover of Russia’s leading Luxury Homes magazine, International Residence.
I briefly studied [...]
Where The Hot People Go To Be Cool: The Caribbean
Even in difficult global economic times, property in the Caribbean is unsurprising still sought after: the sun, the sand, and the opportunity are the pick of the Northern Hemisphere any time of year.
The change, however, are the buyer’s of Caribbean property: this time last year it was the British baby-boomers who were flocking to [...]
What Russian Real Estate Buyers Are Looking For
Russians are investing heavily in overseas property, and even though the Russian stock market continues to suffer (and there will approximately 50% less billionaires in Russia this time next year), there are ongoing reasons for wealthy Russians to search for prestigious properties to buy as a long-term investment.
The experience of Marquette Turner Luxury Homes suggests [...]
Donald Trump’s South African (ad)Ventures
Donald Trump recently stated that his real estate company will move into South Africa in a joint venture with local businessman Neill Bernstein. The two real estate honchos will work on a variety of properties, including golfing, hotel and residential developments. They have signed a 10 year agreement, and over the next couple of years [...]
How An Idea From Florida Could Help Australian Real Estate
Prices for homes in Australia have risen in the first half of 2008, according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA).
The REIA report that median home prices rising across the country to $A459,216 by June 2008, up a slight 0.05% for the quarter and 6% for the previous year. Despite a decrease in housing [...]
How Is Sydney and Australia Weathering The Global Storm?
It is time to speak out loudly about what is happening in Sydney’s real estate market. Clearly it does vary from suburb to suburb and looking at the Luxury end of the market there has been a slight reduction in price in some areas. Properties at the very top end (over $10M) are holding their [...]
Australian Property Shines for Buyers Overseas
It’s amazing what can change in quick time. The stock market is continuing to fall and the consequences are far from known. It’s difficult to say when it will stop after the Dow Jones suffered its biggest single day loss in history this week. Institutional investors are selling, preferring to hold cash and wait to [...]
Buying Abroad: Marquette Turner makes the front cover of British magazine
The British magazine “Buying Abroad” has chosen to feature a luxury home of Marquette Turner’s on the front cover of their latest issue, as part of their feature on Australian and more specifically Sydney property.
Catering for the legions of British real estate investors that choose to look overseas to make their investment, the magazine showcases [...]
Celebrity Luxury Home: Kelsey Grammer
Every now and then, Marquette Turner Luxury Homes likes to showcase luxurious properties of the rich and famous both in Australia and overseas, listed by our fellow luxury agents.
Comedian and actor Kelsey Grammer has listed an English Country-style estate in Malibu’s Serra Retreat for $US19.9 million, having bought the property with his wife Camille last [...]
The British are coming!
More people than ever are choosing to relocate from the UK, with Australia topping the list as the most popular destination.
Australia was the clear favourite in the research compiled by international relocation company Allied Pickfords, with Spain and Cyprus a distant second and third.
Our capitals are the most popular places for immigrants to settle, with [...]
The Louvre – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
We’re not ones to bring you too much overseas architecture, but one something outstandingly notable comes along we’ll bring it to your attention.
This is the interior of the Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. Nouvel has been awarded the 2008 Pritzker Prize, the highest honor for architecture, for his creative experimentation [...]
GO Zone: Overseas investors incentivised to invest in the USA
Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the US Congress passed the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act, or GO Zone Act. The Act provides special tax incentives to spur rebuilding in the hurricane-damaged areas of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama along the Gulf of Mexico coastline.
The GO Zone Act offers several tax benefits to properties built and [...]
A huge gap in the market: Australia’s looming crisis
Michael Marquette of Marquette Turner writes in his Special Report: The biggest post – war crisis that Australia has faced is almost upon us. We have all heard about the aging population and the need for Superannuation to lessen the burden on taxpayers for pensions and other welfare payments. The terrifying statistic that very few [...]
