Friday, 18th May 2012.

Posted on Tuesday, 27th September 2011 by Stella Ransom

I received a phone call last week from one of my readers who was calling to ask me for advice.  He was surprised when I answered my own phone and even more surprised at the advice I gave him.  But I’m getting ahead of myself. My caller had a dilemma:  Which company should he go [...]

Comments (0)

Posted on Monday, 26th September 2011 by Stella Ransom

KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. has contracted to buy the five-story, 173,962-square-foot Domain Gateway office building in Austin. KBS, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, KBS Capital Advisors LLC, would pay $48 million plus closing costs under a purchase and sale agreement for the property on 4.3 acres at 2900 Esperanza Crossing, according [...]

Tags: Domain Gateway, Gateway
Comments (0)

Posted on Friday, 26th August 2011 by Stella Ransom

A clean home shows better, sells better, and feels better. How do you know which product works best, though? There are hundreds of products on the market, all claiming to be the winning solution. Having a clean house is not only healthy, it can help you sell when the times comes. Buyers have a tendency [...]

Tags: 10 Home, Home
Comments (0)

Posted on Thursday, 25th August 2011 by Stella Ransom

Accused sex predator Dominique Strauss-Kahn moves out of an apartment at 71 Broadway to a $14 million pad in Tribeca. His new neighbors are not amused. Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s new digs What do you think of Strauss-Kahn’s new $14M pad? Dominique Strauss-Kahn moved into a $14 million Tribeca pad on Wednesday night – the kind of [...]

Tags: Neighbors, New Neighbors
Comments (0)

Posted on Wednesday, 27th July 2011 by Blake James

As a luxury real estate marketing professional, if you want to challenge the market leader in your area the last thing you want to do is imitate the incumbent.  This is one of those branding traps that even some of the biggest brands fall into and get nowhere as a result.  Originality and distinctiveness is [...]

Tags: Leader, Market Leader
Comments (0)

Posted on Tuesday, 26th July 2011 by Blake James

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are reportedly modifying loans for borrowers who haven’t asked for help, in some cases slashing mortgage balances in half. The two major banks were among others recently criticized for mishandling federally sanctioned mortgage modifications and slammed for botching foreclosures. However, according to a New York Times report, Chase slashed [...]

Tags: Chase, Chase Bofa
Comments (0)