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Designed in a Mediterranean style typical of homes in the area, the 10,000-square-foot villa is located at the end of a long gated driveway, reported  Zillow . It was built in 1982 but has been remodeled since, with a total of 9 bedrooms, 9.5 baths, a large pool, cabana and championship-size tennis court. The grounds, spanning 2.48 acres, include expansive lawns, gardens and a duck pond. The property also provides direct access to Will Rogers State Historic Park horse trails and polo fields, according to Zillow. Bedford New York Real Estate | Bedford NY Homes by Robert Paul Realtor » Blog Archive » Arnold Schwarzenegger sells former Pacific Palisades home | Katonah Homes

Mount Kisco Police were continuing an investigation into the collision of two Mount Kisco Police cars that resulted in the hospitalization of two officers Saturday. Mount Kisco Police and members of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety Accident Investigation Unit were investigating the collision involving one marked car and one unmarked car that took place just before 11 p.m. Saturday on Main Street near Gregory Avenue. Detective Tony Correia was operating the unmarked police car, a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria, and Patrol Officer David DiRienzo was operating the marked car, a  2011 Ford Crown Victoria, police said. Both officers have been treated and released from the hospital, according to a press release from Mount Kisco Police. Bedford New York Real Estate | Bedford NY Homes by Robert Paul Realtor » Blog Archive » Mount Kisco Police Investigate Crash Between Two Police Cars | Mt Kisco Real Estate

Floored, which creates  interactive 3-D floor plans  that allow users to walk through a virtual recreation of an actual space, was voted the best real estate tech startup today at the Realogy FWD Innovation Summit, hosted at the real estate franchisor’s Madison, N.J., headquarters. The company took home a prize of $25,000 after attendees voted it the best real estate tech startup among three finalists that were chosen out of  15 startups that presented at the event . Selected by a panel of judges, the three finalists were: Floored, HomeZada and BuyerMLS. Floored staff members create 3-D models by scanning spaces with a proprietary 3-D camera, using algorithms and manual tweaks to smooth the data. The resulting interactive 3-D model can be made available and shared online. HomeZada was voted the second best startup, followed by Buyer MLS. Realogy CEO Alex Perriello said today that the event’s purpose was to ask: ”How can we incorporate some of these...

One of the biggest challenges in real estate marketing today is creating video content. Let’s face it, agents are not meant to be self-producing video creators. There is a learning curve to production, post-production, equipment, storyboarding, and the list goes on. And yet, the first thing you’ll hear from the experts is that video marketing is one of the trends that has a large impact on search engine optimization, mobile marketing, capturing attention, and traffic.  All true.  So I think you’ll like the news that was released today. Out of Orlando, Fla.,  MarketVideos.com  has just released its agent-focused video marketing platform, which offers turnkey, hyperlocal market data from an agent’s MLS area in a beautifully produced video that is branded and customized by the agent. Bedford New York Real Estate | Bedford NY Homes by Robert Paul Realtor » Blog Archive » MarketVideos.com: the next best thing to hit real estate video marketing | ...

Do you have what it takes to be the agent who represents the most luxurious properties in your marketplace? While taking classes can help you be better prepared to represent luxury clients, the real key to your success results from your ability to build personal connection. Recently, I was at a party where a top-producing agent who specializes in luxury properties asked whether agents should be “certified” to sell luxury properties. She went on to answer her own question by saying, “I don’t know a single agent who specializes in the million-dollar-plus price range who needs a certification.” I spent 20 years selling in that price range and I had to agree. None of the luxury agents who worked with me in Los Angeles ever attended a luxury certification class. When I first moved to Austin, Texas, a local title company asked me to put together a course on how to market luxury properties. Since I had been an active agent in Southern California (Brentwood, Bel Air and Beverly Hills) for...

Surging home prices throughout the country have spurred talk of a housing bubble, as many markets are still recovering from the last bubble bursting in 2007. But  Standard & Poor’s  Ratings Services states that, although double-digit gains are ultimately unsustainable, we may not have reached bubble status quite yet.   Home price appreciation can be attributed to a number of factors, including historically low rates, property purchases by investors who are renting homes out and a shortage in home inventory. In fact, recently the  S&P/Case-Shiller  home price index hit an 11% year-over-year  increase , from 8%.   Across the U.S., home prices are back to 2003 levels, yet they remain far from their 2006 peak. Lack of available inventory coupled with high demand has played a large role in this. In April, the sales of existing homes were up 9.7% year-over-year, while existing housing inventory dropped 13.6% from a year earlier, according to...

Homebuilder stocks soared Monday – edging up as high as 4% in some cases – after the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was released, showing homebuilder confidence at a seven-year high. Standard Pacific Corp. ($9.27 0%) maintained a positive trajectory throughout the day, with the builder’s stock rising as high as 4% in Monday trading and ending the day up by more than 3%. Fort Worth-based builder DR Horton ($24.26 0%) managed to rise more than 1.5% while other gainers included PulteGroup [stock PHM]; KB Home ($22.02 0%); and Hovnanian ($6.37 0%). The NAHB/Wells Fargo Index put homebuilder confidence in June at an index score of 52 for single-family homes, an eight-point increase from the last report and well above the 50-mark that generally signifies a market where most builders are confident about sales conditions. The last time builders reached an index score above 50 was April 2006 right before the housing market crash. Bedfo...