LUXURY PORTFOLIO NEWS
Baird &Warner's Kinney Posts Chicago's Highest Priced Listing (11/08/2009)
B&W VP of Luxury Home Sales Jim Kinney recently listed the 13,200-square-foot penthouse of chewing gum heir and Wrigley co. chairman Bill Wrigley Jr. for an astonishing $14 million, making it the highest priced residential listing in Chicago. Located in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood, the full-floor penthouse is raw, undeveloped space on the eig... Read More »
B&W VP of Luxury Home Sales Jim Kinney recently listed the 13,200-square-foot penthouse of chewing gum heir and Wrigley co. chairman Bill Wrigley Jr. for an astonishing $14 million, making it the highest priced residential listing in Chicago. Located in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood, the full-floor penthouse is raw, undeveloped space on the eig... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® Recruiting Success Caps Year of Achievements (12/22/2008)
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® ends the year with its most successful recruiting year since its founding, with a total of 26 new members joining this year. Luxury Portfolio is the luxury marketing group of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, comprised of 200 of the finest and most powerful independent luxury real estate bro... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® ends the year with its most successful recruiting year since its founding, with a total of 26 new members joining this year. Luxury Portfolio is the luxury marketing group of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, comprised of 200 of the finest and most powerful independent luxury real estate bro... Read More »
International Traffic Continues in Luxury Segment (11/17/2008)
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® has released Luxe Analytics, a ground-breaking tool that allows its members to access in-depth detailed information about traffic to their listings by country, language and currency. With the tool, sales associates can see how often consumers are viewing a property, what country they are coming from, what... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® has released Luxe Analytics, a ground-breaking tool that allows its members to access in-depth detailed information about traffic to their listings by country, language and currency. With the tool, sales associates can see how often consumers are viewing a property, what country they are coming from, what... Read More »
Traditions Management Joins Luxury Portfolio Development Collection (08/22/2008)
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® announced that it has added Traditions Management to its highly successful Development Collection, a multi-dimensional marketing program designed to provide global exposure to a highly selective group of home buyers and sellers. Traditions Management is a real estate sales and marketing firm with a portfoli... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® announced that it has added Traditions Management to its highly successful Development Collection, a multi-dimensional marketing program designed to provide global exposure to a highly selective group of home buyers and sellers. Traditions Management is a real estate sales and marketing firm with a portfoli... Read More »
Top Brokers and Real Estate Experts Convene at Luxury SUMMIT (04/25/2008)
Luxury real estate specialists from around the world convened at the Luxury Portfolio SUMMIT, April 7-9 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, FL. Attendees were members of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection®, the fastest-growing luxury property network. Attendees examined housing, design and lifestyle trends in the luxury market ... Read More »
Luxury real estate specialists from around the world convened at the Luxury Portfolio SUMMIT, April 7-9 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, FL. Attendees were members of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection®, the fastest-growing luxury property network. Attendees examined housing, design and lifestyle trends in the luxury market ... Read More »
Harold Crye Named Chairman of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (04/24/2008)
Harold Crye, chief executive officer and co-owner of Crye-Leike, Realtors, has been named chairman of the board of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®(LeadingRE), a global real estate network comprised of 700 of the best-known local and regional real estate firms in the U.S. and 37 countries producing over $400 billion in annual home sales. ... Read More »
Harold Crye, chief executive officer and co-owner of Crye-Leike, Realtors, has been named chairman of the board of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®(LeadingRE), a global real estate network comprised of 700 of the best-known local and regional real estate firms in the U.S. and 37 countries producing over $400 billion in annual home sales. ... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® Unveils LuxeTours™ on Web Site (03/21/2008)
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® recently unveiled LuxeTour™, a narrated tour of exclusive property listings, on its award-winning Web site, LuxuryPortfolio.com. Other enhancements include translation into Portuguese, the ninth language available to consumers, and a showcase of recent high-end sales around the country. LuxeTour™... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® recently unveiled LuxeTour™, a narrated tour of exclusive property listings, on its award-winning Web site, LuxuryPortfolio.com. Other enhancements include translation into Portuguese, the ninth language available to consumers, and a showcase of recent high-end sales around the country. LuxeTour™... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Featured in SmartMoney Magazine (02/12/2008)
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection and member Lois Schneider Realtor of Summit, NJ are featured in the March 2008 edition of SmartMoney magazine. The article, titled, "The Cultivated Closet" highlights luxury homes in northern New Jersey with incredible custom closets. Paul Boomsma, president of Luxury Portfolio, is also cit... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection and member Lois Schneider Realtor of Summit, NJ are featured in the March 2008 edition of SmartMoney magazine. The article, titled, "The Cultivated Closet" highlights luxury homes in northern New Jersey with incredible custom closets. Paul Boomsma, president of Luxury Portfolio, is also cit... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio's Paul Boomsma Featured in Unique Homes (12/17/2007)
Paul Boomsma, president of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection, was featured as an expert source in an article titled, "Waiting for the Rebound," in the December 2007 / January 2008 edition of Unique Homes magazine. This annual year-end assessment discusses booming luxury home markets, markets on the decline, and what's in st... Read More »
Paul Boomsma, president of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection, was featured as an expert source in an article titled, "Waiting for the Rebound," in the December 2007 / January 2008 edition of Unique Homes magazine. This annual year-end assessment discusses booming luxury home markets, markets on the decline, and what's in st... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Featured in Unique Homes Blog (10/25/2007)
Paul Boomsma, president of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection, was the subject of a recent Unique Homes Blog. The text of the blog is as follows: This was announced last month and will appear in our December/January issue: If consumers are the drivers when it comes to dictating content on a luxury real estate Web site, then Paul Boomsma i... Read More »
Paul Boomsma, president of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection, was the subject of a recent Unique Homes Blog. The text of the blog is as follows: This was announced last month and will appear in our December/January issue: If consumers are the drivers when it comes to dictating content on a luxury real estate Web site, then Paul Boomsma i... Read More »
Paul Boomsma Named President of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection (09/24/2007)
- Founder of Luxury Portfolio Program Spearheads Growth of Network to More Than 200 Firms in Two Years -CHICAGO (09/24/07)—Paul Boomsma has been appointed president of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® and chief marketing officer for Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE), effective immediately. Boomsma is... Read More »
- Founder of Luxury Portfolio Program Spearheads Growth of Network to More Than 200 Firms in Two Years -CHICAGO (09/24/07)—Paul Boomsma has been appointed president of Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® and chief marketing officer for Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE), effective immediately. Boomsma is... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® Hosts First National Luxury Summit in Chicago and Unveils Luxury Portfolio Wealth in America Study Findings (07/25/2007)
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® will bring together leading members to unveil the Luxury Portfolio Wealth in America Study and discuss market trends at the first Luxury Portfolio Summit Aug. 27-29 at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago. The study, conducted by The Harrison Group and in conjunction with American Express Custom Publishing Soluti... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® will bring together leading members to unveil the Luxury Portfolio Wealth in America Study and discuss market trends at the first Luxury Portfolio Summit Aug. 27-29 at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago. The study, conducted by The Harrison Group and in conjunction with American Express Custom Publishing Soluti... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Properties Highlighted on CNNMoney.com (07/05/2007)
Luxury Portfolio members have once again been highlighted on CNNMoney.com in a feature showcasing properties with deluxe pools. Six of the nine homes on display are Luxury Portfolio listings! The story features a gallery of beautiful homes and their pools, represented by Premier Estate Properties, Ebby Halliday Realtors, ... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio members have once again been highlighted on CNNMoney.com in a feature showcasing properties with deluxe pools. Six of the nine homes on display are Luxury Portfolio listings! The story features a gallery of beautiful homes and their pools, represented by Premier Estate Properties, Ebby Halliday Realtors, ... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® to Host 2007 International Symposium in Valencia, Spain (07/01/2007)
Chicago – Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® will bring together luxury real estate specialists from around the globe at its first International Symposium Sept. 13-16 at the Las Arenas Hotel in Valencia, Spain. Luxury Portfolio members from 15 countries will convene to explore cross-cultural trends and country-to-country similarities a... Read More »
Chicago – Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® will bring together luxury real estate specialists from around the globe at its first International Symposium Sept. 13-16 at the Las Arenas Hotel in Valencia, Spain. Luxury Portfolio members from 15 countries will convene to explore cross-cultural trends and country-to-country similarities a... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio's Paul Boomsma Accepts Award for Excellence in Luxury Real Estate (03/26/2007)
Luxury Portfolio was awarded Unique Homes magazine’s second annual “Award for Excellence in Luxury Real Estate” at the 2007 Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ Conference in Palm Desert, California. Paul Boomsma, executive vice president of Luxury Portfolio, accepted the award on the company’s behalf and on be... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio was awarded Unique Homes magazine’s second annual “Award for Excellence in Luxury Real Estate” at the 2007 Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ Conference in Palm Desert, California. Paul Boomsma, executive vice president of Luxury Portfolio, accepted the award on the company’s behalf and on be... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® Tops The Wall Street Journal and REALTrends’ List of Top-Producing Sales Professionals in “The Real Estate Top 200” (01/11/2007)
Luxury Portfolio members have three of the top five agents and teams by sales volume. Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection’s accomplished affiliates ranked among the top real estate agents in the country, according to “The Real Estate Top 200,” The Wall Street Journal and REALTrends’ national award presentation. Luxury Portf... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio members have three of the top five agents and teams by sales volume. Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection’s accomplished affiliates ranked among the top real estate agents in the country, according to “The Real Estate Top 200,” The Wall Street Journal and REALTrends’ national award presentation. Luxury Portf... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Blog Featured on CNN (10/18/2006)
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Luxury Real Estate Market Still Brisk (10/10/2006)
While housing reports across the nation point to slowing sales activity and declining prices, very high-end buyers and sellers seem to be doing just fine. Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection™ reports today an increase of 41.7 percent year-to-date in closed incoming referral volume. These referrals are exchanged by its members for homes price... Read More »
While housing reports across the nation point to slowing sales activity and declining prices, very high-end buyers and sellers seem to be doing just fine. Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection™ reports today an increase of 41.7 percent year-to-date in closed incoming referral volume. These referrals are exchanged by its members for homes price... Read More »
Luxury Property Marketing Program Tops 200 Members (10/05/2006)
One of the fastest growing luxury home marketing programs with over 500 new listings each week, Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection™ is a major business unit of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™, has reached a membership roster of 200 through its international expansion of affiliate members, besting both Sotheby’... Read More »
One of the fastest growing luxury home marketing programs with over 500 new listings each week, Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection™ is a major business unit of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™, has reached a membership roster of 200 through its international expansion of affiliate members, besting both Sotheby’... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Launches Blog for Luxury Lifestyle-Driven Consumers (10/02/2006)
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® recently launched the new Luxury Portfolio Blog, to promote discussion about and insight into current and upcoming luxury market trends. The blog features news on the most desirable homes in the world, as well as information on top trends in luxury travel, entertaining, fashion and accessories and home de... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® recently launched the new Luxury Portfolio Blog, to promote discussion about and insight into current and upcoming luxury market trends. The blog features news on the most desirable homes in the world, as well as information on top trends in luxury travel, entertaining, fashion and accessories and home de... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® Answering Need to Communicate Internationally is First to Offer Five Languages on Its Web Site (06/01/2006)
Luxury property marketing program expands services to appeal to global buyers and sellers — One of the fastest growing luxury home marketing programs with over 500 new listings each week, Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® (www.luxuryportfolio.com) is now also the first Web site to offer five language options to its target market: Engl... Read More »
Luxury property marketing program expands services to appeal to global buyers and sellers — One of the fastest growing luxury home marketing programs with over 500 new listings each week, Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® (www.luxuryportfolio.com) is now also the first Web site to offer five language options to its target market: Engl... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection® Lists More of the Country’s Most Expensive Homes (02/17/2006)
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection®, a division of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™, tops the Ultimate Homes ranking of the 1,000 most expensive properties currently for sale in the United States. Totaling over $13 billion in luxury property values, the ranking highlights the nation’s most prominent companies in the sal... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection®, a division of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™, tops the Ultimate Homes ranking of the 1,000 most expensive properties currently for sale in the United States. Totaling over $13 billion in luxury property values, the ranking highlights the nation’s most prominent companies in the sal... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio® New Luxury Homes Website Now Live (11/01/2005)
Luxury Portfolio (luxuryportfolio.com), a comprehensive new luxury home marketing program and website from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, is now live. The program features an annual Fine Broker Collection sourcebook, marketing collateral support, training and retreats for luxury specialists, consumer advertising, and a luxury homes tip... Read More »
Luxury Portfolio (luxuryportfolio.com), a comprehensive new luxury home marketing program and website from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, is now live. The program features an annual Fine Broker Collection sourcebook, marketing collateral support, training and retreats for luxury specialists, consumer advertising, and a luxury homes tip... Read More »