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PUBLISHED 28 July 2009

Sperry Van Ness/Guardian and MarketMaker™, have announced a regional commercial property auction for the Northwest to be held September 30. This announcement resulted from a surge in potential listings from investors and banks just weeks after they jointly launched the MarketMaker West Coast Auction being held in Los Angeles on July 30.
To accelerate sales and create transparency for buyers and sellers of commercial and bulk residential properties, Sperry Van Ness/Guardian has partnered with MarketMaker™, a new distressed real estate liquidation platform. Auction information can be found at www.svnmarketmaker.com.
“In the three …

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PUBLISHED 28 July 2009

Racebrook Marketing Concepts, LLC will acquire the assets of Sheldon Good & Company, the nation’s leading real estate auction firm, pursuant to a sale approved Tuesday by the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. The new corporate structure will take effect on August 1, 2009, with the firm’s headquarters to be relocated from Chicago to New York City. John J. Cuticelli, Jr., a former Sheldon Good & Company executive who established its New York office in 1989 and ran it until 1991, will assume the …

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PUBLISHED 22 July 2009

Excited homebuyers, realtors and real estate investors will be circling August 9 on their calendars, because Kennedy Wilson Auction Group is preparing to auction 25 townhome-style loft condos at Bel Air in Austin’s Lower Congress (LoCo) District. Use green ink to do the circling – both for the huge potential savings being offered and for the commercial grade green construction that has made Bel Air a symbol of modern urban living and progressive design in the heart of the Texas capitol.
Bidding is set to start at an astonishingly low range …

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PUBLISHED 22 July 2009

Concierge Auctions will conduct a luxury real estate auction on August 10 of two expansive homes overlooking the Pacific Ocean, located in the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai on Hawaii’s Big Island, the company announced. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with Hualalai Realty. No minimum bid is required.
The first property, 72-151 Lau’eki Street, is located on 25,000 square feet of land. It contains a 5,900-square-foot residence with 4,600 square feet of air conditioned living space including five bedrooms, five baths and one half-bath, and more than 1,300 square feet …

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PUBLISHED 18 July 2009

The County Clerk of Boise County, Idaho, Constance Swearingen, announced that the county will hold an auction for four tax-defaulted properties and one surplus property on Bid4Assets’online auction platform, bid4assets.com. The online auctions will be open for bidding Saturday, July 25th and close at various times the afternoon of Tuesday, July 28th. Detailed assets descriptions and pertinent information are available for preview now on www.bid4assets.com/boise.
The properties range in size from .45 of an acre to 1.695 of an acre. All of the property is zoned residential. Starting bid …

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PUBLISHED 16 July 2009

Lost Cove Marina and RV Park on Alabama’s Smith Lake will sell at auction Friday, July 31, with Advantage Auction & Realty Inc. managing the sale. Also selling separately in the same auction will be a nearby waterfront home site.
The marina, located on approximately 1.04 acres with approximately 300 feet of waterfront, includes 16 covered boat slips, and four RV lots with electrical and water hook-ups. Selling with the marina are a three-bedroom brick home and a “bunk house” building with a section formerly used as a general store.
“Smith Lake …

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PUBLISHED 14 July 2009

A piece of history – a community’s and a family’s history – will be sold to the highest bidders on July 11. Located in Massachusetts’ Berkshire Hills, The Gables Condominiums offer a rare combination of modern luxury living and old world architecture, conveniently located halfway between Boston and New York City.
The Gables, formerly known as Pine Acres, was originally built in 1885 as the summer home for the family of Pulitzer Prize winner, Edith Wharton. As depicted in many of Wharton’s novels including The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome, …

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PUBLISHED 14 July 2009

Silver Spring, MD – Bid4Assets, Inc., (www.bid4assets.com), an online real estate auction company, announced today that it will host an auction for a federally forfeited home in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The property is located on the island of St. Thomas.
This property comes from a highly publicized federal case in Washington, D.C. Harriette Walters, an employee of the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue, acted in conjunction with her brother, Richard Walters, to embezzle over $48 million. The stolen money was used to buy luxury …

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PUBLISHED 13 July 2009

Concierge Auctions will conduct a luxury real estate auction of four properties near Jacksonville, Florida on July 25, including a waterfront estate in Ponte Vedra Beach previously offered to $5.9 million, two beachfront development opportunities in Saint Augustine Beach, and an Atlantic Beach townhouse previously offered to $1.435 million, the company announced.
The 13,528-square-foot Ponte Vedra Beach estate, located at 24749 Harbour View Drive in the sought after estate section of Harbour Island in Marsh Landing Country Club, is situated on a two-acre lot with 200 feet of waterfront on the …

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PUBLISHED 7 July 2009

Over 90 ex-British army homes in Ballykelly will hit the market later this week at knock-down prices starting at under £80,000.
Daniel Henry Estate Agents is selling the two and three-bedroom semi-detached homes on behalf of the Northern Ireland firm, Fisher, the company bought the properties at Hill Close and Forest Drive four years ago at public auction after the army moved out.
Viewings for two show homes starts on Thursday evening from 7-9pm, Friday between 3-5pm and 7-9pm. There is an additional showing on Saturday between 2-4pm
www.danielhenry.co.uk