The Future’s Bright: Sydney Welcomes 2009
Sydney certainly knows how to set off a cracker, and those wishing the New Year in around the Harbour certainly weren’t disappointed with the celebrations. Costing $5 million AUD, the pyrotechnic extravaganza is expected to earn the city approximately $40 million in revenue through publicity and the like.
Here are some of the photos of [...]
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19th December 2008 – the Final 2008 issue
Luxury Home: Rainforest, State [...]
The Most Livable (and Unlivable) Cities In The World
The annual survey for 2008 by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found Vancouver, Canada to be the most livable city in the world.
Vancouver
The EIU ranked 127 cities, based on their personal risk, infrastructure and the availability of goods and services.
All the cities that fell into the “most livable” bracket were based in Canada, Australia [...]
Luxury Sydney Developer In Receivership
A $80 million AUD luxury development in Point Piper, Sydney, has been handed over to the banks after two of the companies for which property tycoon Michael Bezzina was associated, Caprice Pty Ltd and Pyoanee Pty Ltd, were place in receivership.
Located in Point Piper, Mr Bezzine was expecting to achieve $14 million AUD for the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Future of Newcastle – Thanks to GPT
After years (at least 20 – maybe even 30) the money to revitalize the city of Newcastle is on the way. After the Newcastle Earthquake in 1989 there were as expected – losers and winners. Hamilton did well although the movement of shops into shopping malls outside the city in the suburbs didn’t assist the [...]
The Latest MTLH e-magazine – 22 Nov 08
This week we present stories such as Luxury Home Sales in Sydney: The Truth and Fiction; The Beckham Effect, where we look at David Beckham’s very first home and what it’s on the market for as well as his current home in California with Posh Spice-wife, Victoria; we also look at the cost of parking [...]
Cheaper to Fly? The World’s Most Expensive Cities to Park Your Car
Experts suggest that the price of parking your car is, in general, inversely proportionate to the amount of office space available.* Therefore, due to a relative glut in commercial office space in Australian cities, we have some of the highest parking rates in the world!
Monthly Parking Rates (all in US Dollars)
London City, UK [...]
Luxury Sales in Sydney: What’s Truth & What’s Fiction – Part 2
Part 2 of a 2 Part Investigation
The low sales volumes that we have seen in 2008 have resulted from fear, necessity and pride. Each has played a role in reducing the number of sales.
In so much as fear has contributed people are always cautious during times of upheaval or unrest.
Economically it has been a minefield [...]
Newcastle – The Forgotten City
Marquette Turner Luxury Homes does a considerable amount of work with clients in Newcastle selling their Luxury Homes. They want the wonderful features of the city to be properly and fully communicated to a national and international audience – it’s sad that the “local” agents focus on advertising in the local newspaper, which I must [...]
Luxury Sales in Sydney – What’s Truth & What’s Fiction? Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of a 2 part Investigation
No matter where you go in property obsessed Sydney you will hear real estate agents, friends, family, neighbours and people from all works of life giving their take on how Sydney is faring in the Luxury Real Estate arena. I hear many people say that the Luxury market has [...]
Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents Continues Its Expansion in Australia
SEATTLE – Luxury Real Estate’s Board of Regents announced today its continued expansion in Australia with Marquette Turner Luxury Homes, which will be the exclusive representative of the New South Wales, Australia territory.
LuxuryRealEstate.com is the most-viewed luxury real estate Web site in the world, featuring more than 66,000 high-end properties in 106 countries.
Marquette Turner [...]
Proposition 8 – Overcome Our Differences
There is nothing worse than hearing that minority groups are working or fighting against each other. Proposition 8 has certainly been one of those issues that seems to have pitted minority groups against each other which personally makes me feel very sad.
I’m sad for many reasons. Firstly minority groups generally have prejudice to overcome as [...]
I Have A Dream: NSW Stamp Duty Slashed
Over the last month or so I have had numerous discussions with people from all around the world about the level of Stamp Duty we pay in Australia on property transactions. In my opinion it acts as a huge disincentive for people to transact and puts additional and unnecessary barriers in place for buyers and [...]
The State of New South Wales…Literally
The City of Sydney and The State of New South Wales are both projected to grow by huge amounts in the coming years. As Australia’s largest state, and indeed the only one in recession, such growth could perhaps be the state’s saving grace and is certainly a rare bit of good news.
63% of NSW [...]
The Who’s Who…
Marquette Turner Luxury Homes has been named the World’s Most Outstanding Luxury Real Estate Agency (less than 2 years old).
Awarded by The Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate at a ceremony held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia on Monday October 13, our company became the first non-American firm to win the award.
Both Simon [...]
Luxury Home: Live or Develop in Australia’s Most Exclusive Suburb
This is truly one of the last development opportunities within 100m of Balmoral Beach, on Sydney’s North Shore suburb of Mosman. The home is set back on 934 square metres of land and is accessed by a wandering pathway through established gardens.
The home is a two storey weatherboard 1950’s beach house and offers water glimpses [...]
Luxury Homes Need Luxury Agents To Sell Them: Just Ask Wayne Cooper
Fashion designer Wayne Cooper’s Luxury Sydney home in Sydney’s Eastern Suburb of Tamarama failed to attract a bidder at auction yesterday.
The entire process has been disastrous from start to finish with Wayne Cooper being convicted of assaulting her last Friday. An apprehended violence order was amended so he could attend the auction.
A bidder offered an [...]
Obama, “The Socialist”? It Is Time For Change
It’s almost impossible to ignore the fact that the US election is just one day away (Sydney time). The need for change of any sort is more apparent than ever and the change is needed for both domestic and international reasons.
I have many friends and colleagues in the United States and they are some of [...]
