Luxury Home Council

Today's Date: May 9th, 2008
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Welcome to the Luxury Home Council web site. Our membership of over 1500 real estate professionals is dedicated to helping luxury home buyers and sellers fulfill their real estate dreams. To enhance their skills, members can earn the prestigious Accredited Luxury Home Specialist (ALHS) Designation. This intensive, two day course, explores national luxury housing trends, specialized luxury buyer and seller needs, development and delivery of unique high level services, representation issues, liability and risk management, builder services, personal marketing, and much more. To learn more about the luxury home market, please take the time to explore our website.

Considering taking the ALHS Course? Have you recently completed the ALHS course? Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions.

The ALHS Designation

Inclusion into the Luxury Home Council requires all members to meet or exceed minimum standards of achievement demonstrating their expertise in the Luxury Home segment of the real estate industry.

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To display the ALHS designation each member must:

Complete the Accredited Luxury Home Specialist Course.
Represent a buyer or seller, in at least two transactions, where the purchase price is at least two times the average sales price in the market. The transactions must take place within 24 months of taking the course or anytime prior to taking the course.
Be in good standing with the National Association of REALTORS® and the Luxury Home Council.

Would you like to join the most elite agents in the country who are now specializing in the luxury home market? Why not increase your knowledge, and hone your skills when working with upper-tier buyers and sellers by attending this fast paced, exciting class?

Click here to find a course in your area!

Testimonials

"I worked onsite selling over 200 custom homes the last 20+ years. This class provides a good characterization of what a luxury home buyer is about."
- Mick Kelly, Mick Kelly and Associates

"In our expanding resort market, the Baby Boomers and X Generation Buyers are flocking to resort and second home markets in record numbers. Most are used to dealing with a luxury lifestyle and are looking for REALTORS that can provide services they have come to expect in the luxury market."
- Denise O'Connell, Coldwell Banker Mountain Properties

"Very Informative - I am leaving with a plan and specific steps to implement and market myself as a Luxury Home Specialist."
- Sonja Wood, Space Realty - Sonja Wood

Real Estate News courtesy of WSJ.com

May 8th, 2008 08:59 PM

Russia's Abramovich Buys Colorado Ranch

Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich has bought a Colorado ranch for $36.3 million … Baseball great Henry "Hank" Aaron has listed his West Palm Beach, Fla., home that borders a golf ...
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May 8th, 2008 07:46 PM

How to Find Foreign Home Buyers

June Fletcher explains how to find real-estate agents who focus on foreign buyers – critical now as these home hunters see U.S. properties as bargains.
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May 9th, 2008 05:35 AM

For Mortgages Underwater, Help Swims In

A small fish with a healthy appetite for mosquito larvae is being pressed into service in California, Arizona, Florida and other areas struggling with foreclosures. The problem: swimming pools of ...
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May 8th, 2008 09:03 PM

House Passes Homeowner Aid

The House passed a package of measures aimed at tackling the housing crisis, but bickering signaled turbulence ahead for the legislation.
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May 8th, 2008 11:42 PM

Mortgage Firms Cool to Principal-Cut Plan

A major provision of the housing-market legislation passed by the House Thursday might not help as many borrowers as some expect, trade groups that represent mortgage companies say.
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Education and Training

The ALHS course is available through the RealtyU Network of Real Estate Schools & Realtor Associations across the country.

To search for school locations - click here.
To take the course online - click here.