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Michael Marquette & Simon Turner
And The Award Goes To…
At the end of 2008, Marquette Turner launched an international competition with 99designs to find a design to commemorate our company’s winning of the title of The World’s Most Outstanding Luxury Agency Under 2 Years Old by the Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate.
An exceptional number of quality of designs were entered from designers on [...]
COMPETITION: Calling All Designers!
Marquette Turner Luxury Homes were awarded the World’s Most Outstanding Luxury Agency Under 2 Years Old in 2008 by the Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate, and we would like a design to use on our marketing material.
Any one from anywhere can enter this competition via the award winning 99designs website.
Read the DESIGN BRIEF to [...]
Australia’s Auction Clearance Rates – Week Ending December 14, 2008
Here are the auction clearance rates for Australia’s capital cities for the week ending December 14, 2008.
Source: RP Data
Simon Turner
FYI: Read related articles on Auctions; Clearance Rates; Buying property
Luxury Homes: “The Raffles Residences Makati”, Manila, PHILIPPINES
Marquette Turner Luxury Homes is proud to offer luxury apartments for sale in Manila, bearing the name of the legendary “Raffles”.
Raffles Manila will be superbly located right on Makati Avenue in the very heart of Manila’s bustling commercial and financial district and the Philippines’ leading business destination. Just steps from shops, entertainment and corporate offices.
Makati’s [...]
Dubai Goes Out Of This World
There’s the Palm Shaped Island and there’s the Map of the World. And just when we thought planners in Dubai could possibly have run out of new concepts, they’re planning the Universe!
Suddenly buying a tree branch or a country doesn’t look quite the same, when Saturn or Mercury are on offer!
Whilst a couple of [...]
The Manchurian Candidate: Chinese Property Market Stimulated
China has unveiled a stimulus package intended to boost its slumping real estate market.
It has slashed taxes for second-hand apartment sales to help owners selling their homes. This means that anyone who has owned a home for at least two years can now sell it without having to pay a tax on the total [...]
Mansion Minding
A company in North Texas has come up with a simple, innovative method to maintain houses for sale whilst on the market.
As the real estate market continues to struggle along and properties take longer to sell, Mansion Minders keeps up the homes whilst at the same time providing plush living quarters at a cut rate.
For example, [...]
Mopping Up The Mortgage Brokers: Australia’s Banks On The Assault
After losing their market share to mortgage brokers during the real estate boom years in the earlier years of this decade, Australia’s banks are on the offensive.
First off the market his year was Westpac which acquired the RAMS Home Loans brand, followed by the Commonwealth Bank which acquired a stake in Aussie Home Loans in [...]
Australian Auction Clearance Rates: Week Ending 7 December 2008
Simon Turner
FYI: Read related articles on Auctions; or Luxury Homes; or Buying Real Estate
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 [...]
Help Your Luxury Agent Help You
Once you list your home for sale you may find it difficult to step aside and let your agent take over. You may be wrestling with the temptation to linger around while prospective buyers view your home, hoping to get the chance to point out all of the “bells and whistles” you know make your [...]
The Blind Leading The Blind: QLD Follows NSW’s Tax Hikes
Further to our recent report of the NSW tax hikes to hit the property industry, now it’s been revealed that Queensland Premier Anna Bligh plans to impose a special tax on landholdings worth more than $5 million.
Under the property tax surcharge, part of a series of measures introduced as the QLD Government attempts to plug [...]
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 [...]
Even Property on Dubai’s Spectacular Palm Island is Rocky
Prices for real estate on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah Island have fallen significantly over the few quarters, with some dropping by as much as 40 percent. For instance, a four bedroom villa on the Palm is now on the market for AED10 million Dirhams, or approximately $2.6 million USD. This is down from AED15 [...]
WISE GUY: Auction Clearance Rates – What They Really Show
Weekly auction clearance rates do not paint a particularly clear picture. They have quite a small sample size and show a lot of week-to-week volatility.
If clearance rates are on the way up, does this signal an improving property market? Well maybe, but before we pass judgement on the state of the market, we really need [...]
Australian Auction Clearance Rates: Week Ending 23 November
Here are Australia’s auction clearance rates for the capital cities for the weekend ending 23 November, 2008, courtesy of RP Data.
Simon Turner
FYI: Read related articles on Auctions; or Buying Real Estate; Credit Crunch; or Interest Rates
Pete Sampras Sells His Californian Home
Whatever level of real estate, at whatever price, there are still numerous stories of people that, whilst not necessarily “doing it tough” are still struggling to find success in the current real estate market.
The world’s greatest ever tennis player, Pete Sampras (based on Grand Slam titles I must add, before I get heaps of corrections!), [...]
Investors LOOK Here: Properties With a Price Reduction!
Without fear nor contest, the following listings of Marquette Turner Luxury Homes have received a price reduction in the past week, with the explicit consent of the owner.
Woollahra
Stockton
Merewether
Corlette
Simon Turner
FYI: Read related articles on Luxury Homes; or Buying Real Estate; or Investment
WISE GUY: John McGrath, What Planet Are You On?
I read an article today on the Domain blog in Australia (owned by Fairfax Media) and I cannot believe the total rubbish it conveyed to people. I am so disappointed that I feel forced to discuss it. We can all recognize that someone has done well for themselves – we can praise and applaud that [...]
