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UNIQUE BLOG FEATURE: "Global Luxury Home Search" Broker Reciprocity Widget

By Eric Kodner

Real Estate Broker/Owner with Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes

May 16, 2008 05:09 PM

I believe we have a "first" here on ActiveRain!

And we're proud to offer it exclusively on our blog.

If you look to the right-hand column of this post, below our company name and contact information, you'll see our "Global Luxury Home Search" widget. This is a Broker Reciprocity site, powered by the LuxuryRealEstate.com Broker Network.

Global Luxury Home Search - LuxuryRealEstate.com

Think of it as an MLS portal exclusively created for luxury properties!

If you, or a client, can imagine the ability to browse properties in France, Portugal, Spain, Italy or almost anywhere in the world, you'll want to stop by again and again to use this handy utility.

We want to help you in your search for the best of the best.

Simply fill in the fields and click on the "Search" button.

Property Search Results - luxuryrealestate.com

You'll see a "Property Search Results" page with listings and photos. Search results may be sorted by price, area or date uploaded. Click on a listing and you'll get a listing detail with photos and full information.

See something you're interested in examining more closely? Contact us and we'll work together to make your luxury lifestyle choice a reality!

Here's the catch, fellow Rainers: You'll have to become a member of LuxuryRealEstate.com to be able to place one of these on your website or blog.

Not all real estate answers can be found on Google.

Let us help you gather the information you need to achieve your real estate goals. Contact Wayzata Lakes Realty today at 612.670.2539.

Eric Kodner is a luxury property specialist and real estate educator in the Minneapolis & Saint Paul area with a unique perspective on the Twin Cities real estate market. Wayzata Lakes Realty LLC is a member of the LuxuryRealEstate.com broker network.

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Karen Anne Stone

New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth Real Estate

Eric: Well... congratulations to you for being able to implement this new marketing tool. I hope it brings you oodles of business. By the way... I really like your "descriptor" sentence at the end of your post. Very nicely done !

May 16, 2008 05:30 PM

Eric Kodner

Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI

CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

Karen Anne, I wanted to be the first to introduce this Global Luxury Home Search utility to AR. With all the negativity about widgets that seems to be going around, I felt this one deserved some attention. It doesn't slow the loading of my page and it seems to work well.

Thanks for noticing the "tag"!

May 16, 2008 05:52 PM

Jason & Deanna

Breckenridge, CO

Eric, Looks like a nice tool. I will check it out thanks!

May 16, 2008 05:56 PM

Eric: I think you are a very good writer, and enjoy reading your posts. I don't "skim" them... I actually do read them, silly goose ! So, of course, I noticed your "tag" line. Take care...

May 16, 2008 05:58 PM

Jason & Deanna -- Thanks for visiting and let me know what you think of the property search feature!

May 16, 2008 06:06 PM

Karen Anne, there is mutual admiration going on here! You must know I'm a huge fan of your writing and your ability to reach out to so many people on ActiveRain.

I've never been called a goose before, but you have a way of making it sound very nice!!!

May 16, 2008 06:08 PM

Charlottesville Solutions

Charlottesville Solutions - Charlottesville, VA

Eric, this is very cool, I tried it when I first saw it on your blog and started looking at areas! Nice Widget :-)

May 16, 2008 11:43 PM

Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes - Minnetonka, MN

Wayzata Lakes Realty: Twin Cities, Madeline Island

Charles -- It's fun to see what's out there in the ultra-luxury category, isn't it? I spend a fair amount of time browsing the Global Luxury Home Search myself.

I like having a widget that no one else seems to have (at least for now)!

As far as I can detect, the widget isn't slowing down the loading of my blog pages. It seems to open after the page does, which was one of the recommended fixes for blog problems that I mentioned in my recent tech post on widgets:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/511595/Are-Widgets-Really-the

May 17, 2008 02:19 AM

Joan Mirantz

Homequest Real Estate - Concord, NH

Realtor, GRI, CBR, SRES - Concord New Hampshire

Eric...what is the price point on a "luxury" home?...just curious!

May 17, 2008 03:57 PM

Joan -- LuxuryRealEstate.com has their own internal criteria for the price threshold of luxury listings they will allow to be listed on the site. As I understand it, that threshold price is based upon area, among other factors.

To me, classifying a property as "luxury" may not always be related to price. To many, a second home is a luxury, whether it be a modest cabin in the woods or a seaside villa.

Most would consider a million-dollar home to be in the luxury category. The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing regards the luxury bracket as being the top ten percent of the area marketplace (based upon recent sales statistics), but not below $500,000 in any case.

May 18, 2008 06:53 PM

Thanks Eric :-)

May 19, 2008 11:05 AM

Joan -- Back in late March, Leo Vinteler posted a great article on how to define a luxury home:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/435477/Define-a-Luxury-Home

You'll read some worthwhile opinions on the subject there.

May 19, 2008 05:23 PM

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