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{ Monthly Archives } October 2009

Riviera Nayarit: Growth Continues With New Resorts/Vacation Real Estate Development In 2009 And 2010

Given the challenging obstacles posed in 2009, Riviera Nayarit, Mexico’s newest tourism destination, prevailed and continued to grow impressively and forged ahead with planned developments in 2009 and beyond. Between 2008 and 2013, Riviera Nayarit, situated on more than 192 miles of perfect beaches on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, will increase its total visitor accommodations – [...]

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2009 10 31 admin 02 - Staff Picks
06 - Motivated Sellers
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Major Upgrade for Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Real Estate MLS Service

The recent upgrade of Multi-List Vallarta, a multiple listing service for the Vallarta/Riviera Nayarit region provides the most sophisticated MLS service available in Mexico.

The Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group released a significant upgrade to their MLS system for the Vallarta/Riviera Nayarit region this past week. Multi-List Vallarta is a real estate multiple listing service that has [...]

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2009 10 31 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
06 - Motivated Sellers Comments (0)

Jack Nicklaus to Open New Punta Mita Bahia Golf Course

The Real Estate Channel
(PUNTA MITA, MEXICO) — Punta Mita, one of Mexico’s most luxurious resort and residential communities, is preparing for the opening of its newest Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, Punta Mita Bahia.
The opening ceremony, to be held November 16, will feature Nicklaus hitting the ceremonial tee shot. This is the second course Nicklaus [...]

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2009 10 30 admin 02 - Staff Picks
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

The Christie’s Great Estates – News for the Network – October November 2009

GLOBAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The Christie’s Great Estates Global Annual Conference took place last week in Boston, Massachusetts, with 60 affiliate firms represented—40 percent of which were outside the United States. PowerPoint presentations and photos are available at www.christiesgreatestates.net. Here are some highlights:

Ileana van der Linde on Global Wealth
The World Wealth Report is the definitive study of the affluent [...]

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2009 10 30 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
05 - Architecture is Art
06 - Motivated Sellers
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Imanta: Indagare Top Ten: Most Exciting Resort Openings

Indagare Top Ten: Most Exciting Resort Openings
Two weeks ago, senior travel editor Henley Vazquez made a thrilling discovery on a trip to Mexico: she got a first look at a phenomenal new property hidden just outside the gates of Punta Mita.
Owned by a glamorous Aman alum and run by the former general manager of the much-beloved Hotelito Desconocido, [...]

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2009 10 28 admin 01 - Luxury Villas
02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
09 - Hotels and Resorts
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

IMANTA Resorts Luxury Residences, Boutique Hotel/Spa

IMANTA is a mejestic and wonderous natural landscape of beach, jungle and tropical mountain forest.
A stunning synthesis of beautiful architecture, IMANTA is a unique and environmentally conscious residential resort of the highest quality standards of service and the lowest density of anyproject in the region.
IMANTA style and design is inspired by the remarkable beauty of [...]

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2009 10 27 admin 01 - Luxury Villas
02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
05 - Architecture is Art
08 - Property profiles
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure Comments (0)

Alaska Airlines special – Made in Mexico – book by November 19, 2009, for travel through March 17, 2010

For over 20 years, we’ve been offering amazing experiences that can only be created in Mexico. Discover ancient civilizations, stroll barefoot on a pristine, sun-drenched beach and tantalize your taste buds with foods authentically prepared by warm, welcoming people.
Plan the perfect escape to any one of our 10 destinations and find your own made in [...]

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2009 10 27 admin 02 - Staff Picks
12 - Travel News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Sit down to memorable meals in Puerto Vallarta

By ALAN SOLOMON / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – This isn’t the only tourist town on the Mexican coastline, but you already knew that. Cancún. Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. Playa del Carmen. Acapulco. Cabo. Cozumel. Manzanillo. More. All with beaches and the requisite cervezas frias . Each, if you look closely, with something to [...]

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2009 10 25 admin 02 - Staff Picks
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Time Magazine – Medicare Savings: Is the Answer in Mexico?

Hilary Hylton
Time Magazine
The words Medicare savings are a red flag to some and a carrot to others; depending on where you stand on the issue of health-care reform, the label is code for cuts or a promise to root out fraud and save billions. But far away from the debates in Washington, a group of [...]

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2009 10 24 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit – Head to sun-soaked Punta Mita and Sayulita for an easygoing getaway

BY SOMER FLAHERTY
marinmagazine.com
There are two types of vacations. The first involves a list of must-sees and must-dos, while the second involves no list at all. I was looking for the latter, along with sun, sparkling waters and a great margarita. I naturally thought of Mexico, and with my mom looking for a second home investment [...]

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2009 10 24 admin 01 - Luxury Villas
02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
05 - Architecture is Art
06 - Motivated Sellers
07 - Motivated Renters
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

The Tamai Pool Complex at Punta Mita’s Four Seasons Resort, Riviera Nayarit, Mexico

A year after acquainting you with Riviera Nayarit, one of Mexico’s top luxury resort destinations, Travel Agent has uncovered the region’s hottest property, Punta Mita.
Stretching over 1,500 acres along nearly 10 miles of Pacific beachfront, the region has been designed by owner and developer DINE, and is in demand with travelers seeking second and third [...]

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2009 10 24 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
09 - Hotels and Resorts
11 - Condominiums
12 - Travel News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Condé Nast Traveler: 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards – Punta Mita Resort at #5 in Mexico

The big news is that, undaunted by tough times, our readers are still way out in front, discovering the coolest experiences, electing the top performers for every kind of service—and reaffrming an enduring passion for travel. Look no further for the most stimulating global stimulus package you could hope for.
5. FOUR SEASONS RESORT PUNTA [...]

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2009 10 24 admin 02 - Staff Picks
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Christie’s Conference Discusses Movement in the Luxury Market

Last week Christie’s Great Estates hosted this year’s premiere luxury real estate conference for owners and senior management. International executives gathered in Boston to converse about housing market data, social media trends, industry best practices, and much more.
Comprising 137 affiliates, Christie’s represents 900 luxury real estate offices in 42 different countries. Conference attendees shared statistics from [...]

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2009 10 20 admin 03 - Real Estate News
05 - Architecture is Art
10 - Culture and Leisure
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Endangered Sea Turtles Return To Mexico’s Beaches

by JASON BEAUBIEN
NPR.org
Mexico has deployed its navy to several beaches in the Pacific Coast state of Oaxaca. Its mission isn’t to fight the drug cartels or protect European tourists, but to guard the nesting grounds of an endangered sea turtle.
In the 1970s and ’80s, Olive Ridley turtles were harvested to the brink of extinction. But [...]

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2009 10 19 admin 02 - Staff Picks
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Traveling with the Stars: Giuliana and Bill Rancic

By Gary Strauss, USA TODAY
Giuliana and Bill Rancic host Style Network’s aptly titled reality series Giuliana and Bill (the new season starts in early January). The couple shuttle between homes in Los Angeles and Chicago. Here, Giuliana shares their travel tips and highlights with USA TODAY’s Gary Strauss.
Q: What’s your favorite vacation spot?
A: We love Mexico for its close [...]

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2009 10 19 admin 02 - Staff Picks
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Wealthy U.S. Shoppers Boost Spending 29%, Survey Says

Bloomberg
By Cotten Timberlake
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) — Spending in the U.S. on luxury goods and services spurted 29 percent in the third quarter from the previous three months, as consumers with the highest incomes unleashed pent-up demand, according to Unity Marketing.
Spending among 1,067 consumers with average annual income of $228,800 rose to $18,826 each in the [...]

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2009 10 16 admin 03 - Real Estate News
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Jack Nicklaus Inauguration Event Set for Punta Mita Bahía Signature Golf Course, November 15th &16th

Jack Nicklaus Inauguration Event Set for Punta Mita Bahía Signature Golf Course, November 15th &16th
Punta Mita is proud to welcome back golf legend and course designer Jack Nicklaus to inaugurate the Punta Mita Bahía Jack Nicklaus Signature Design golf course. The two-day celebration of Punta Mita’s new crown jewel will take place November 15 and 16, [...]

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2009 10 16 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
04 - Land for sale
06 - Motivated Sellers
08 - Property profiles
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News
13 - Financial News
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Glimmers Of Interest In Luxury Homebuying Start To Reappear

Investors.com
Luxury homebuyers who’ve sat on the sidelines for much of the real estate meltdown are starting to open their wallets, real estate agents say.
Everyone loves a sale, including the moneyed. They’re drawn to house-hunt, now that the moribund pace of high-end home sales has yielded dramatic price declines.
It’s happening waterfront in the Hamptons, and in [...]

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2009 10 16 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Seeking Real Estate Bargains? Try Looking at the High End

The Wall Street Journal
Mainstream Home Prices May Be Rising, But Luxury Properties Still Offer Deep Discounts
Falling real estate prices are becoming as much a feature of high-end neighborhoods as ocean views, infinity pools and four-car garages.
While the latest data suggests prices for mainstream homes may be stabilizing after several years of pain, the news for [...]

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2009 10 16 admin 03 - Real Estate News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Riviera Nayarit’s Accommodations to Increase One-Third By 2013

Travel Agent Central
Riviera Nayarit, Mexico’s newest tourism destination, continues to grow impressively. By 2013, the region will increase its total visitor accommodations by 6,308 rooms. This is comes to a one-third increase from 2008, when the destination first started getting attention from tourists. The rooms range from hotels and resorts to condominiums and other vacation [...]

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2009 10 13 admin 03 - Real Estate News
09 - Hotels and Resorts
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Christie’s Great Estates Affiliate Posts $89,000,000 Sale to Smash Caribbean Mark and Achieve Reported 2009 World High

Christie’s Great Estates – News Center
Sibarth Real Estate in St. Barthélemy, French West Indies, sells the 70-acre Gouverneur Bay estate sited on land originally purchased by David Rockefeller
Gustavia, St. Barthélemy — The sale of a €61,200,000 (approximately US$89,000,000) estate was recently announced by Sibarth Real Estate, the Christie’s Great Estates affiliate on St. Barthélemy in [...]

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2009 10 12 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
05 - Architecture is Art
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Americans Are Still Delusional About House Prices

Henry Blodget
Huffington Post
The recent upturn in house prices from April to July (3.6%) is the sharpest change in direction professor Robert Shiller has ever seen. And Shiller, the dean of house-price analysis, has seen a lot.
The upturn could signal a v-shaped recovery in house prices. Or it could be the “mother of all head fakes,” [...]

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2009 10 12 admin 03 - Real Estate News
06 - Motivated Sellers
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Luxury Real Estate Tips from Million-Dollar Listing’s Madison Hildebrand

By Alison Rogers
CBS Moneywatch
I confess that “Million-Dollar Listing,” the Bravo reality show that follows the lives of three high-end realtors in California, gives me a bit of an ice-cream headache. However, judging from the series’ expanded run, lots of us like ice cream. Starting tonight (Monday) at 11 pm Eastern, Season Three is back for [...]

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2009 10 12 admin 03 - Real Estate News
06 - Motivated Sellers
13 - Financial News
14 - Videos Comments (0)

Vallarta/Riviera Nayarit MLS Service

Johm Youden
Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group
For the past twenty years our company, the Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group, has provided MLS service to real estate agencies and developers in the Vallarta/Riviera Nayarit region. We started off in 1989 with an open service that was available to anyone that was active in the real estate business. In [...]

2009 10 11 admin 03 - Real Estate News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Jack Nicklaus to Inaugurate His Second Golf Course in Punta Mita, Mexico, Nov. 16

Punta Mita, one of Mexico’s most luxurious resort and residential communities, announces the inauguration of Punta Mita Bahia, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. The opening ceremony, to be held on November 16, 2009, will include golf legend and course designer Jack Nicklaus hitting the ceremonial tee shot. This is the second course Nicklaus has [...]

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2009 10 10 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Miami Condo Market Heating Up Again

GREG ALLEN
NPR.org
If you’ve visited Miami recently, you’ve seen the new additions to the city’s skyline.
Dozens of high-rise condominiums containing more than 20,000 units were built in Miami over the past few years. But since the boom went bust, many have remained mostly empty.
There are encouraging signs across the country that the housing crisis may [...]

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2009 10 09 admin 03 - Real Estate News
11 - Condominiums
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Old-world charm greets you in Puerto Vallarta

The Vancouver Sun
BY LISA MONFORTON, CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
It’s tough for any tourist city to cling to its authenticity, but Puerto Vallarta, a city of 350,000 people, manages to keep its Spanish roots piquant enough for the masses.
So seductive are its charms, Canadians continue to flock to its palapa-lined beaches and whitewashed buildings lining cobble-stoned streets, [...]

2009 10 09 admin 10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Mexico to experiment with tourist police

The Latin Americanist
Between the country’s economic woes, and the swine flu hysteria, Mexico’s tourist industry has had more lows than highs this year.
Officials have attempted several novel methods to promote tourism such as Mexico City offering visitors free health insurance. With crime being such a major problem in the border state of Baja California, authorities want to [...]

2009 10 08 admin 10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Our town needs help!

Dear Friends of PEACE,
We are working with the schools in the towns of  Corral de Risco,  Emiliano Zapata and Higuerra Blanca to get the food items that are desperately needed there. Many students are not eating breakfast before school, and are arriving to class each day hungry. People come to our office everyday asking for [...]

2009 10 07 admin 02 - Staff Picks
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Four Seasons Launches New App with Apple

Haute Living – San Francisco
Travelers can now take Four Seasons with them wherever planes, trains, automobiles or even feet may carry them with a new iPhone/iPod touch application.  Live today and downloadable free of charge from Apple’s iTunes app store, the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts app was created in conjunction with leading personal technology [...]

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2009 10 07 admin 09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News
14 - Videos Comments (0)

New Nicklaus course to open in Punta Mita next month

by Tom Johansmeyer
Gadling.com
A new Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course is opening next month, so you may want to start planning immediately. On November 16, 2009, Nicklaus himself will hit the ceremonial first tee shot at the new Punta Mita Bahia golf course. This is the second of his courses at Punta Mita – he designed Punta Mita [...]

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2009 10 03 admin 09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

Desperate Hotels Offer Special Promotions To Lure Guests… See The Most Unusual

L.A. Times
Not your average hotel deals
In this economy, the hotel industry is coming up with unusual promotions to try to lure guests: Stay a night, get a tattoo or rent a Porsche.
Hoping to keep its 119 rooms filled, Hotel Erwin on Venice Beach is offering an unusual promotion for its countercultural clientele: an Ink and [...]

2009 10 03 admin 06 - Motivated Sellers
07 - Motivated Renters
09 - Hotels and Resorts
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Mexico, U.S. May Reach Health Tourism Agreement Within a Year

By Hugh Collins
Bloomberg.com
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) — Mexico and the U.S. may have an agreement within one year to let Americans use their Medicare and Medicaid insurance at Mexican health-care facilities, said Bruno Ferrari, chief executive officer of Mexico’s foreign investment agency.
“This would be a great opportunity for the industry in this country,” said Ferrari, whose agency [...]

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2009 10 03 admin 03 - Real Estate News
12 - Travel News
13 - Financial News Comments (0)

Salvatore Ferragamo CEO Says Mexico Is Its Strongest Luxury Market:

“Salvatore Ferragamo Chief Executive Officer Michele Norsa said the Italian fashion brand’s strongest sales growth among major economies this year has been in Mexico, where the wealthy spent more at home as the peso fell . . . Mexico is ‘probably the strongest market of the big countries in the world,’ Norsa said, and growth [...]

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2009 10 03 admin 10 - Culture and Leisure Comments (0)

Eduardo Herrera leads by one stoke over eight players at Riviera Nayarit

NAYARIT, Mexico — Eduardo Herrera fired a 5 under par 67 to take a one stroke lead after two rounds of the Canadian Tour’s US$125,000 Riviera Nayarit Classic.
Herrera is at 9 under par 135. Both Matt Marshall and Mike Mezei of Lethbridge, Alta., shot 68 to move to eight under 136 along with Jae Woo [...]

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2009 10 03 admin 10 - Culture and Leisure Comments (0)

Christie’s Great Estates – News for the Network – October 2009

REAL TIME: FROM THE AFFILIATES

Long & Foster Introduces New President
Jeffrey S. Detwiler was named President and Chief Operating Officer of The Long & Foster Companies. Detwiler, 47, replaces David H. Stevens, who was recently tapped as Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration. “Jeff will be a great asset to our company,” says Company Chairman P. [...]

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2009 10 02 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
05 - Architecture is Art Comments (0)

Ocean view homesite for sale North of Punta Mita and Litibu – South of Sayulita

Ripe with fruit, fauna and future aspirations, this large and lush tropical ocean view homesite is a wondrously gentle slope down a jungle hillside of Huigera Blanca, nearly adjacent to Monkey Mt. and the Imanta Resort and between the ultra-exclusive Punta Mita Resort, the mega resort development of Litibu and the young and eclectically eco-trendy [...]

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2009 10 01 admin 02 - Staff Picks
03 - Real Estate News
04 - Land for sale
08 - Property profiles
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Riviera Nayarit to Host XV Festival Gourmet International

Travelpulse.com
Mexico’s newest destination, Riviera Nayarit, and its neighbor Puerto Vallartawill host the annual Festival Gourmet International from Nov. 12 to 22, 2009. Featuring the region’s most acclaimed restaurants (26 in total this year); guests will have the opportunity to sample special menus celebrating the Festival Gourmet International, available at these establishments daily.
Celebrating its 15th year this [...]

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2009 10 01 admin 02 - Staff Picks
10 - Culture and Leisure
12 - Travel News Comments (0)

La Punta Realty – Christie’s Great Estates Newsletter – Explore Pacific Mexico

New Video
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Punta Vista Signature Residences
Punta Vista Signature Residences are spacious and stylish low density luxury condos on perfect Playa Punta de Mita.
Click here to watch a short HD video.

New Website
Mexico Land Catalog 2.0
Explore the coastlines of Mexico for residential resort development land and single family homesite building lots.

New Vacation Rentals
El Banco Beach Villas
Experience [...]

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2009 10 01 admin 14 - Videos Comments (0)