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Video Re-Cap Of Electrifying Luxury Summit in Silicon Valley Via Herman Chan Real Estate Media Correspondent! 

8/13/2014

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I got the exclusive scoop on this event for AREAA and Lifestyle Resource Magazine! See what you missed! 
AREAA Mega Luxury Real Estate Summit
AREAA (The Asian Real Estate Association of America) Silicon Valley Chapter held its Mega Luxury Real Estate Summit on July 23 at the Sheraton Palo Alto. Guests mingled over champagne and lunch, and enjoyed photo opportunities and interviews with realtor, writer, media correspondent, and television personality Herman Chan. 

 
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Niche Interiors Interview Herman Chan about SF Luxury Homes 

8/13/2014

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Niche Interiors sits down with Herman Chan to pick his brain the San Francisco Luxury Real Estate and Design Market! Find out the answers these pressing questions on their site! 


  • What are the biggest mistakes you see on the exterior of luxury homes on the market?
  • What are the top three things homeowners can do to make the best first impression?
  • Would you recommend the same improvements in Pacific Heights as you would in Noe Valley, Piedmont or Palo Alto? Are there regional trends sellers should pay attention to? 

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Sotheby's International Realty and Herman Chan Join Forces! 

1/16/2014

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San Francisco Real Estate Broker Sotheby's International Realty Condos, SFR, Townhomes, Estates, Luxury
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Herman Chan Speaks at Luxury & Global Forum Atlanta

10/1/2013

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Come see me chat it up with my Atlanta peeps about all things lux and global real estate!  
October 6, 2013 1-4pm at the Residences at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Register here! 
Happy to be invited by my friends at AREAA. This is my first foray into the South! Any advice honeychile!?
Herman Chan Luxury Global AREAA Speaker
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Artsy-Fartsy SF Bay Area Home Slashed from $45M to $38M

11/3/2012

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Luxury properties are a dime a dozen in San Francisco Bay Area, but Villa Belvedere is exceptional in that it is new construction & has terrific vistas (especially for America's Cup). I cringed watching the video though. Great photos, B-roll, but for a $38M listing, the agents should have invested voiceover /actors. Their delivery  is stiff & forced. It's distracting. Also the music overpowers their audio. Normally, this is forgivable, but not for $38M property! What do you think? 
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Priciest Home In San Francisco in Contract--Finally! 

10/13/2012

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Uh oh! The listing for 2845 Broadway at $38,500,000 was suddenly  ripped from the MLS! Rumor has it the most expensive home in SF ( currently owned by the Sperlings) is actually (and finally!) under contract. 2845 Broadway was purchased for $32Min 2002, remodeling the 17,500 sq ft main home & 6,000 sq ft guest house soared over $20M...and it's not even finished! It  will set back a buyer another $8-16 million to complete the build.


Per SocketSite, "Originally listed for $65,000,000 in 2006, if the sale of 2845 Broadway closes within 14 percent of its most recent list price it will be the most expensive home ever sold in San Francisco, relegating 2840 Broadway to the penultimate position at $33,000,000."


Please send me tips if you know any details about the deal or buyers!! 
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Luxury Real Estate & Herman Chan Join Forces

9/21/2012

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As an Elite Agent for Luxury Real Estate, I'm thrilled to be a part of this exclusive global network of luxury properties and top caliber agents. I'll be blogging for their popular Luxury Real Estate Blog as well. 
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About LuxuryRealEstate.com:
LuxuryRealEstate.com, a Webby Award Honoree, has been voted ‘Best of the Web’ by Forbes magazine multiple times, praised by the International Herald Tribune, Town & Country, the Wall Street Journal and has been ranked ‘Best Website’ by consumers according to surveys by the Luxury Institute. Since its debut in 1995, LuxuryRealEstate.com has remained the #1 portal for luxury properties on the internet, consistently driving more traffic to member websites and generating more qualified inquiries than any other website. LuxuryRealEstate.com has several times more $1,000,000+ content of any near-peer.

Known in the industry for the last quarter-century as the Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate network, a global collection of the finest luxury real estate brokers in the world, this group of more than 70,000 professionals in more than 60 countries collectively sells in excess of $190 billion of real estate annually, with an average sale price of $2,450,000. Members sell homes for record prices and handle transactions of incredible complexity and magnitude with complete discretion. Every member is carefully selected by Chairman/Publisher John Brian Losh, one of REALTOR Magazine’s 25 Most Influential People in Real Estate and broker of fine properties and estates through his Seattle-based brokerage firm, Ewing & Clark, Inc. For more information, please visit www.LuxuryRealEstate.com

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Match The Tech Titan to Their House! 

8/11/2012

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Guess which mansion belongs to these Tech Titans! Do you think their egos match the size of their house? Answers below!
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  1. This Pacific Heights Gem in SF belongs to  Mark Pincus (Zynga) for $16M
  2. Jack Dorsey (Twitter) recently snapped up this house perched above cliffs of SF for $10M
  3. Marc Zuckerberg (Facebook) bought this home for $7M. 
  4. Mark Cuban, investor guru, owns this 24,000 sq ft Dallas estate
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Mark Cuban made billions from sale of Broadcast.com back in the day...the original dot-commer
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Mark Zuckerberg: Father of Facebook
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Jack Dorsey, Founder of Twitter and CEO of Square
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$35M Listing Gets Hollywood Trailer Treatment

7/14/2012

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The rich lady who owns this $35M mansion in Malibu went all out to get her listing noticed! She hired a Hollywood crew to produce this gorgeous movie trailer...but will it sell her house? The video apparently is being only sent to specific potential buyers on gift-wrapped ipads! Wow! I'd love to be on that shortlist. 
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Predatory or Thoughtful? Your Client Gets a Closing Gift From the OTHER Agent!!

2/23/2012

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What would you think if you did a deal with another agent, and at the end of the transaction, they gave  a closing gift to YOUR client? I'm not talking dinky rubber keychain with their contact info. I'm talking a sweet jaw dropping present.

Is it merely in the spirit of celebration? A kind gesture of congratulations?  Or... is it poaching your client?! Back-handed try to steal them? 

What would you think/do?!


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"I've Always Been a Little Bit on the Fabulous Side!" Unique Homes Mag Interviews Herman

12/2/2011

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Unique Homes: World of Luxury Real Estate interviewed me for this great piece in their magazine. I love their title: Faith in Hermanity:  Herman Chan uses wit, truthiness & fabulousness to become a popular real estate figure. They did a terrific job capturing me in half a page (not an easy feat!). Some select quotes:

*I just want to be a breath of fresh air. Clients are starved for transparency & authenticity; that quasi-cynical &  snarky commentary...They wanty an opinion to come along with the data"

*It's about being accessible and authentic to the client. Someone that shares my world view is more likey to gravitate toward me & work with me. I want a relationship with them, not something that's transactional."

Do you have 'Faith in Hermanity'? Testify!!

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