German RTL TV Network Features Luxury Realty Group
Posted by Bruce Hiatt - June 11th, 2008
The national German television network, RTL, recently selected Luxury Realty Group to be the only Las Vegas luxury real estate brokerage featured as part of its Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in Las Vegas program.Are “Smear Campaigns” and “News Framing” tactics harming the real estate industry?
Posted by Luxury Realty Group - May 30th, 2008
News Framing is a strategy used in journalism. It’s the art of filtering news into an angle or frame, a strategy that is meant to guide audiences into perceiving something a certain way. Today, News Framing is most obvious in the United States’ current: real estate market, economy, war, and presidential race. But what the heck does Spiderman have to do with how the media is handling the current Las Vegas real estate market?Would it get reported if the three lowest price-per-square-foot sales in Las Vegas history happened? Then why didn’t the top three get reported?
Posted by Luxury Realty Group - May 12th, 2008
You can’t blame the national press for continuing to search for bad stories about the Las Vegas real estate market. Think about, everyone knows that the United States is going through a challenged economy, an election year, and a nationwide real estate and mortgage liquidity meltdown. Then you have Las Vegas real estate agents (including myself) saying that there is more to the story…and there is. The problem, however, is that over the past two years, negative stories have taken precedence. It’s just a fact of life that we all have to accept and get used to…the hot story is on negativity.Enough is Enough - The last I checked, the amenities at Panorama Towers and Turnberry Towers looked operational. Las Vegas real estate market Update - May 2008
Posted by Luxury Realty Group - May 8th, 2008
The national press is searching for horror stories about the Las Vegas high-rise luxury condo market. Recently, I received a call from a journalist looking for information on how horrible it had become to live in high-rise condominium properties such as Panorama Towers and Turnberry Towers. The journalist wanted to talk to owners who were going through foreclosures, seeking stories about how their quality of living has been impacted, trying to see if the buildings amenities had been compromised. But is it the press’ fault that they view things this way?Las Vegas Strip Construction Update: Yellow and charcoal glass being installed on Veer Towers at MGM MIRAGE CityCenter
Posted by Luxury Realty Group - May 7th, 2008
Construction Update: Very nice looking grey and yellow colored glass is starting to be installed on Veer Towers, two leaning luxury high-rise condominium towers on the Las Vegas Strip. Veer Towers consists of approx. 674 residential condos, divided up into two separate buildings. The success of MGM MIRAGE CityCenter (an $8.4 billion development) is good news for the local Las Vegas real estate market. While the media refuses to tell few positive stories happening in Las Vegas (especially on the Strip), CityCenter has set several records and has sold over $1.6 billion in real estate in just over a years time. But you didn’t see that on the news did ya?Pictures of Aaron Auxier on FOX 5 News and with Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman
Posted by Luxury Realty Group - April 15th, 2008
I recently made an appearance on FOX 5 News talking about the Las Vegas Strip luxury condominium market. It was nice for them to let me share some of the facts that are not being reported. I have included a photo from the studio, as well as two photos from the “Rising Stars” award ceremony thrown by the Las Vegas Business Press and Mayor Oscar Goodman.Proof of local consulting firms flip-flopping their Las Vegas Strip condominium stats.
Posted by Luxury Realty Group - January 12th, 2008
Recently, I wrote an article that addressed a serious problem that the Resort Corridor condominium market is experiencing when it comes to false reporting by the media about the Las Vegas Strip. In many cases, reporters are getting information from local consulting firms who flip-flop their statistics. Case and point? A local firm just released a report saying high rise sales and price per square foot are way up. This after just a week ago, bashing the high rise market in the press.