(Photo above:  Museum Tower, Dallas TX)

Calling all Real Estate Developers and Sales & Marketing firms:  Spruce up your new condo development on the leading condominium website - CondoDomain.com.

We have done our very best job to keep our website up-to-date with the most current information and multi-media, but we can never do the job of your marketing team.

The marketing team just updated their project - Museum Tower - in Dallas, TX and it looks so much better than the job we did.  Check out the new gorgeous renderings and updated photos, and we are posting their video soon too!

Developers/Marketing Firms: Remember posting your condominium development on our website is 100% free. We take pride in having the most informative urban real estate website out there….so if you are on our site, please contact us to update it.  If you don’t see your new condo development on the site - please go ahead and add it for free!.

Live in 4 cities:  Atlanta Condos | Boston Condos | Charlotte Condos | Dallas Condos

Coming Soon:  Baltimore Condos | DC Condos | Philadelphia Condos | San Diego Condos

Today I walked into my office and got a Gtalk message from one of my best friends who now lives in Geneva, Switzerland as a Money Broker.   The title - “Dude check this out!  Right up your alley here…”

The link, a Bloomberg article titled: New York Condo Buyers Wary of McCain Get Obama-Loss Loophole

In short, the article states that a New York condo buyer has put in an offer to purchase the $4.16M condo that basically will be NULL and VOID if Barack Obama is NOT elected president.

Noted in the article:

“Call it the Obama contingency. Buyers at the building called +aRt will be released from their purchase contract “no questions asked” should the Democratic candidate lose to John McCain on Nov. 4, said Erik Ekstein, president of Ekstein Development”

“We’ve been trying to move some of our product and one of the major stumbling blocks has been political,” Ekstein said. “This being New York, people are looking forward to his taking office,” he said of Obama.

“Some would-be buyers visited the building, discussed financing, and then said they feared McCain, Ekstein said. Victory by the Republican will trigger the escape hatch for anyone who signs a sales agreement before then.”

No sales have been made yet, but I would agree with Morrison that this could ‘Only happen in NY’.

Read the rest of the article here.

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Can ya Digg it?

Fox 25 hit us up for some quotes today.  Check in with our Boston Condo Blog for more details on our interivew with Fox 25 Boston today!

Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 16, 2008 — CondoDomain.com is pleased to announce the expansion of their web-based real estate business model in the Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina marketplaces.

With the launch of these two markets, CondoDomain.com is now operating in four cities with plans to launch 4 more on the immediate horizon.

The business model, which has yielded more than $300,000 in cash rebates back to their Boston-based clients this year, has been nothing short of an instant success and the company plans to aggressively rollout additional markets before year-end.

“Growing a business like CondoDomain.com, that offers superior service while saving individuals thousands in commissions on their new home purchase, is no easy task, especially in these market conditions. However, the model is much more recognized and appreciated in times like this.” Noted, Anthony Longo, Founder & Broker of the firm.

Leading the new markets will be two veteran real estate brokers: Ursula Henry in Atlanta, GA and Terry McDonald in Charlotte, NC.

Both Henry and McDonald will now be in charge of all of the real estate operations in their prospective cities. Throughout the years, they have proven their commitment and passion in the Atlanta and Charlotte real estate markets and will now strive to become a valuable resource and advocate for condo buyers in this new Internet home buying era.

Meet the team or search for Atlanta condos or Charlotte condos.

About CondoDomain.com
CondoDomain.com is a web-based real estate brokerage based in Boston, MA. The company is expanding nationwide to offer its buyers’ brokerage business model in more than 30 cities around the U.S. Currently operating in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte & Dallas, CondoDomain offers an innovative flat-fee business model allowing the majority of the commission to be refunded back to the buyer. By combining up-to-date MLS feeds, new construction buildings, FSBO, Foreclosures, Lofts and Auction listings all on one site, CondoDomain has become one of the most popular and user friendly real estate websites available. CondoDomain.com offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee to all of its clients, ensuring a professional, efficient, and pleasant transaction. Visit www.CondoDomain.com for more information or feel free to dive into our blogs at www.CondoDomain.com/Blog.

Press Contact:

Erica Farthing

877-852-6636

erica@condoDomain.com

I am pleased to announce that we have pushed our Atlanta & Charlotte sites live today.

Partnering with the best we have landed the finest real estate brokers on the ground in both Atlanta and Charlotte to work with all CondoDomain clients looking to buy and save on their next condo purchase!

In Atlanta, GA

Ursula Henry

Ursula is veteran in the condo space and an expert Atlanta real estate agent.  Ursula works for Harry Norman which is the top Atlanta Real Estate firm!  Looking to buy a new condo in Atlanta?  We are now pleased to say that we “got you covered”.

Meet Ursula

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In Charlotte, NC

Terry McDonald

Terry is one of Charlotte’s top real estate agents, fellow blogger and Charlotte condominium expert.  Terry works for Charlotte’s 2nd largest real estate firm:  Wilkinson & Associates. Relocating to Charlotte?  Terry is your guy!

Meet Terry

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Both Ursula & Terry join the rapidly growing “Condo Team”.  Now with presence in 4 cities:  Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte & Dallas - the group aims to cater to the ever-growing trend of online real estate.

“We have given back more than $300,000 in commission rebates in Boston alone this year…I can not wait to see how much we give back when we are nationwide!” - Brian-Logan Reid, National Director of Real Estate

We also want to thank our dynamite Boston web design team - DreamingCode - for making this all a reality in a very short timespan.  Our organic rankings are what are carrying our business right now!  Thanks guys.

This is awful news for Redfin and all their great employees.  I really feel bad for all whom have had to experience this.  Its an awful time for anyone that has to go through this.  I remember that day when I was at Sun Microsystems (my first job out of school) and watched a huge group of people get laid off right then and there…called into a room and left 15 minutes later.  Anyways…Redfin’ers, I met many of you out there when I visited your shop last year, something great will come out of this.  Hang in there.

Glenn, the stand up guy he is, speaks well of the matter on the Redfin Blog.

More new on the Redfin Layoff’s here, here & here.

What does this mean for the rest of us?  What about our baby CondoDomain.com (a Non-VC backed, boot-strapped, shoe-string tied, east coast based competitor to Redfin?)

Well…I am really not sure right now. I tell you though, we are moving forward with a very aggressive roll-out plan to get our flat-fee buyers brokerage business model into all of our pre-existing 33 U.S. markets.  With Charlotte & Atlanta to go live tomorrow, I guess it will be our first true test to see if we can pull it off and grow while others settle-in or shrink.

Similarities that we share with Redfin: Similar business model, savvy workforce, passion driven & all digital.

Differences: No funding, no direct license structure, local broker partners instead of employees.

Times are tough - but our strenghts of a young, agile & small startup is the only thing we got going for us right now.  Possibly our non-licensed structure will be a savior in this market time.  Partnering with local real estate brokers has been a much better experince than I expected  (thanks BL)!   As noted to the team this a.m….lets see how lean and mean we can make this thing go!

Redfin’ers…keep your heads up…and best of luck with your next step in your career.

New feature just added today…chat with your CondoDomain crew!

We have just implemented an all-new feature on our site where you can message us directly for any of your condo questions!

We love technology and are always trying to come up with new ways to make things cooler and easier for YOU! 

It’s very simple to use- just click on the “Live Chat” in the right hand corner of the screen and someone from our team will be available to chit chat with you to answer any questions you may have. 

If you have ever used gtalk, aim, or any other type of messenger, you will LOVE love love our Live Chat feature! 

Let’s chat soon!

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Although we have been slowing updating the Atlanta Condo Blog, we are prepping to launch our search site hopefully this week.  CondoDomain has been in Atlanta, GA since early 2006 with our old ‘advertisement based” business model.  We are estatic to be launch our brand new web-based, flat fee buyers brokerage model in the Atlanta Condo market!  Searching for Atlanta Condos?  there is only one place to go now: www.Atlanta.CondoDomain.com - your source for everything Atlanta Condos!

As always we are partnering with the Best.  It Atlanta we have partnered with one of Buckheads top Real Estate Brokers - Ursula Henry from Harry Norman.   Ursula will be our City Vice President in the Atlanta Metro region promoting luxury condominium sales and our innovative web-based flat fee buyers brokerage business model.  Check in later this week for the grand opening of CondoDomain Atlanta.

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Our good friend and collegue Kevin Tomlinson wrote a great post on his newest ultra-luxury condominium for sale - The Apogee Penthouse.

Per Kevin’s custom website:

South Florida’s Most Dazzling Penthouse. Ever.

The radiant crown jewel of South Florida’s most regal, opulent condominium high-rise is now for sale in South Beach.

Apogee Penthouse A is arguably the greatest luxury condo residence to ever ascend on the Miami real estate landscape. The essence of lavishness and grandeur, Apogee is considered one of the most privileged addresses in one of the most fashionable and desirable neighborhoods in the world — South of Fifth (SoFi), also known as South Pointe.

With just 67 sublime bayfront homes, only a select few can live the Apogee fantasy. The stately property is indescribable, yet, at the same time, many words come to mind when you’re in its presence: refined, exclusive, intimate…sophisticated, exquisite, glamorous. Simply sensational.

Get a list of amenities, tour the photo gallery and check out The Apogee Penhouse right on Kevin’s website.