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Austin, Texas (PRWEB) August 21, 2013
Austin home search brokerage Regent Property Group announces median year to date sold home prices are over $ 28,000 higher in Austin, Texas than this time in 2012, with over 700 more homes selling in this time period compared to last year. With a median year to date sold price of $ 261,900 last year, and a median year to date sold price of $ 290,000 in 2013, most buyers are paying over ten percent more for comparable Austin homes in the span of just one year.
Additionally, the Austin Board of REALTORS
Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 14, 2013
Seahorse Beach Club & Residences (http://www.beachclubatseahorse.com/) today announced a limited release of Phase One homes for sale in this new luxury beachfront master-planned development on Folletts Island, located across from San Luis Pass, 60-minutes from downtown Houston, access from Bluewater Hwy between Galveston & Surfside, TX.
As the first Private Residence Club on the Texas Gulf Coast, Seahorse Beach Club & Residence will offer owners fully managed and maintained beach-house ownership in this country club on the beach destination with luxury beach homes, a spacious and feature-rich club house, resort-style pools, a spa and fitness center along with casual and formal dining options, crabbing/fishing piers, picnic area, dune walkover, and kayak access. Services will include concierge and housekeeping, pre-arrival shopping and grocery-stocking.
BEACHFRONT & BAYFRONT LUXURY
Set on 108 acres, Seahorse Beach Club & Residences is a master-planned vacation-home destination that respects the unchanging traditions of Gulf Coast beach-house design. Beachfront houses at Seahorse are oceanfront mini-estates, steps from the Gulf, on sizeable 70 x 300 foot lots that feature 200 feet of beachfront with unobstructed views – no 2nd or 3rd row homes. At 3,300 square feet, each residence offers two living rooms, five bedrooms two spacious master suites and three additional bedrooms, a home office space, four and one-half baths, covered decks, and private elevator with high-end finishes and fixtures throughout. These are raised, multi-story luxury homes that provide for maximum ocean views, designed for comfort and built for safety.
Slightly smaller than Beachfront houses, Seahorses Bayfront residences provide 2,731 square feet of living space with two living rooms, four bedrooms (including two master suites), a home office space, and four and one-half baths, covered decks and private elevator with high-end finishes and fixtures throughout. These raised, multi-story luxury homes also provide for maximum views and are designed for comfort and built for safety.
Combining classic style and modern conveniences, Seahorse residences are luxurious whole family homes in which closeness-to-nature is a guiding principle, along with home and family safety and storm protection, which is why every home at Seahorse is designed and built significantly above federal safety standards.
As of this release, 36 homes are available for whole or fractional purchase, with whole-ownership of beach-houses beginning at $ 1,185,000, and fractional beach-house ownership beginning at under $ 300,000. And whole-ownership of bay-houses beginning at $ 1,020,000, and fractional bay-house ownership beginning at $ 170,000
CHOICE OF OWNERSHIP STYLES
Homes at Seahorse are available on a whole-ownership or a fractional-ownership model — the latter structured in the tradition of fully deeded luxury Private Residence Clubs around the world.
Private Residence Club members enjoy flexible access to fully furnished and luxuriously appointed homes, reaping the benefits of vacation home ownership but with fewer upfront and ongoing costs, and with none of the maintenance or management headaches typically associated with vacation home ownership. Owners have access to Seahorse facilities when not in residence, plus unlimited day access anytime; concierge and housekeeping services; pre-arrival shopping and grocery-stocking; and personal-belongings storage while not in residence.
9,000 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE
The center of life at Seahorse is the grand Club House, architecturally inspired by old Galveston. It offers individual resort-style pools with three separate levels of pool-deck that provide facilities for everything from fitness lap-swimming to kiddie-splashing. The Club House also features a fully equipped spa, a family game room, a complete fitness center, bars, and both casual and formal dining options. Depending on residents preference and mood, this facility serves as recreation center, gathering place, mealtime venue, kid space, grownup getaway, poolside retreat, and gym.
A COUNTRY CLUB ON THE BEACH
Thats how Seahorse development partner and lifetime Houstonian John Howton describes Seahorse.
We designed Seahorse specifically to meet the needs of residents of Houston and south Texas who, in our research, told us they demand several things in owning a beach house retreat. They want a spacious and luxurious family home; an easy-drive location to an uncrowded destination; the services and amenities of a top-notch resort or fine hotel; genuine real-estate value; and most important, fully managed and hassle-free ownership, whether theyre in residence or not. And thats Seahorse in a nutshell.
To help realize his vision, Howton teamed up with Arizona-based Star Resort Group, as well as award-winning California-based interior and architectural design firm Architectural Concepts, and Houston’s own award-winning residential Design firm Kent & Kent Building Design.
Also a development partner in Seahorse is Star Resorts, the celebrated developer, marketer, and seller of luxury vacation real estate. Comments Star Resorts’ CEO Carl Berry, Seahorse is a distinguished new addition to Star Resorts portfolio of private residence clubs and whole-ownership resort real estate projects throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America. Stars expertise in resort development, combined with John Howtons in-depth knowledge of the Houston and south Texas markets, have made Seahorse a winning project from its conception.
Developer Howton adds, Weve created luxuriously livable homes where design is in the details. And despite the sense of luxury, these are comfortable and casual places where families and friends come to relax, and where informal elegance is the watchword. Its the Gulf Coast I knew growing up, and always cherished.
SALES OFFICE AND DIRECTIONS
The Sales Office at Seahorse Beach Club & Residences is open Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm (1-800-396-8227). To get to Seahorse from Houston, go south on Highway 288. Take the FM 523 exit, just before Angleton. Follow to Oyster Creek, Texas and take a left on SH 332. Go over the high bridge to the first traffic light (at Surfside, TX) and turn left. Follow 5 miles to Seahorse. Alternatively, traveling from Galveston, just follow Seawall Drive west to the San Luis Pass Bridge at the end of Galveston Island. Cross the bridge and follow the Bluewater Highway for nine miles.
For more information, please call 1-800-396-8227 or visit http://www.beachclubatseahorse.com.
Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 28, 2013
Regent Property Group analyzed Austin luxury home sales and determined closings are continuing to rise at a rapid pace, as an integral part of an energized Austin real estate market. Sixty-five Austin luxury homes – those listed over $ 1 million – sold in April, compared to 37 in March, for an over 75 percent increase in closed properties. The highest sold price, the average sold price, and the median sold price for the month to month comparison also increased.
In April 2013, the 65 luxury homes that sold had a high sold price of $ 5,860,000 (about $ 703 per square foot,) an average sold price of $ 1,695,232 (about $ 338 per square foot,) and a median sold price of $ 1,444,000 (about $ 308 per square foot.)
Regent Property Group Founder Brian Talley explained that Austins luxury homes include most of the waterfront homes on Lake Austin and many homes within Eanes ISD, as well as some areas of central Austin. Usually the most desired homes in town are Lake Austin frontage properties, but we also have so many beautiful homes throughout the area that buyers have a variety of options to suit their lifestyles, he said.
As of May 23, 2013, 348 Austin luxury homes were for sale. The high list price for these active homes was $ 14.5 million and about $ 1797 per square foot. The average luxury home was listed at $ 2,374,093 (about $ 407 per square foot,) and the median luxury home was listed at $ 1,795,000 (about $ 339 per square foot.)
Year to date (January 1 to May 23, 2013,) 160 luxury homes sold in Austin, with a high sold price of $ 5.86 million (about $ 755 per square foot,) an average sold price of $ 1,568,544 (about $ 317 per square foot,) and a median sold price of $ 1,321,500 (about $ 295 per square foot.)
Regent Property Group is the brokerage of leading experts on luxury properties and regularly monitors and analyzes statistics and provides supplementary data for clients, such as this blog sharing the difference between a mansion and a luxury home and a luxury home lingo guide for those beginning a new home search.
About Regent Property Group
Regent Property Group was founded by Brian Talley, who has been ranked among the top 1% and 2% of Austin Board ofREALTORS
Austin, TX (PRWEB) December 10, 2012
Regent Property Group announces University of Texas employees have a new benefit to being employed by one of the most renowned systems in Texas: Regent Property Group will offer a 10% commission rebate to UT employees buying or selling a home through Regent Property Group LLC, a leading Austin home search and Austin luxury homes team.
We have great respect for the University of Texas system and its employees, said Regent Property Group Founder Brian Talley. We wanted to find a way to thank them for their invaluable contribution to the knowledge and betterment of our next generations, and this discount provides a way for us to give that thanks.
The discount will work as a 10% commission rebate when buying or selling a home through Regent. For example, the rebate would equal $ 1,050 for a $ 350,000 sale or purchase at a 3% commission.
UT attracts distinguished professors and researchers from around the world, and many choose to live within close proximity to the UT campus, such as in Central Austin and the neighborhoods of Tarrytown, Hyde Park, and University Park. Working with Regent has the double benefit of receiving the rebate and gaining area-specific knowledge from the experienced and respected Regent agents, said Talley.
To begin a housing search or request a market analysis of your current property, visit http://www.regentpg.com or call 512.554.9714. Also, see the UT rebate information page. To redeem, mention this offer to your Regent agent upon communication and present a valid UT faculty or staff ID card.
Brian Talley is the founder of Regent Property Group. He is ranked among the top 1% ofselling agents out of the 5,313 Austin Board ofREALTORS
