New Developments in Luxury Living.

Members staying in Peninsula Papagaya, Costa Rica will experience dazzling views of the Pacific and the surrounding forest treetops.

Our Participants:

DONN DAVIS has served as a senior executive at Time Warner, America Online, and Tribune company for the last decade. After co-founding Revolution LLC with Steve Case, he now serves as CEO for Exclusive Resorts.

JOHN LETHAM as senior vice president of business development with Orphalese Global Strategies (OGS), Letham’s principal duties include the selection and oversight of partnership companies and their progress towards completion of shipboard services, public relations, and sales program.

MARK GREGG serves as managing partner and president of Penrose Financial Services, which provides mortgage banking, strategic corporate real estate and property management services.

Luxury living reaches new heights through three unique ventures: Developer Mark Gregg brings Canyon Ranch Living to Bethesda with private residences adjacent to an exclusive wellness center, hotel and high-end retail; Steve Case and Donn Davis lead the luxury destination club pack with 300 residences worldwide available through Exclusive Resorts; and luxury cruise line developers Don Allen and John Letham allow you to purchase a second home on the good ship Orphalese, which travels the world from exclusive event to event while providing all the comforts of home and a five star hotel. WL moderator and Real Estate Weekly publisher Mark Bisnow leads the discussion.

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Smart home pricing and some “good housekeeping” will help sellers navigate a buyer’s market.’

Mark Bisnow

Our participants:

Jonathan Taylor: Jonathan Taylor is the Managing Partner of Tutt, Taylor & Rankin Sotheby’s International Realty. With over 50 agents in offices in Georgetown and Downtown and nearly $500 million in sales in 2005, TTRSIR is one of the top independently owned and operated RE firms in DC, MD & VA. The recent affiliation with Sotheby’s International Realty brings an international network of contacts, marketing and technology to the clients of TTRSIR.

Karen Briscoe: Karen Briscoe recently partnered with Sue Huckaby of Weichert Realtors to form The Huckaby Briscoe Group. The Huckaby Briscoe Group consistently sells over $100 million in the Northern Virginia market specializing in McLean, Great Falls and North Arlington. Karen began her real estate career 25 years ago developing residential lots for the Trammell Crow Co. in Dallas and relocated to the Northern Virginia area about 13 years ago. Karen holds a BA from Stephens College and a Masters degree from Southern Methodist University.

Melinda Estridge: Melinda Estridge of the Estridge Group, Long and Foster Real Estate, has been selling real estate in the Washington area for 25 years. She focuses primarily on Bethesda, Chevy Chase, South Potomac and Northwest Washington. Her full-time staff, buyer specialist and 7 day-a-week real estate advice provide the highest level of service possible, placing Melinda in the top 1/2% of all agents nationwide.

Mark Bisnow: Mark has been a lawyer, politico and businessman in Washington for nearly three decades and publishes a growing series of electronic newsletters, including Real Estate Weekly, which features interviews with top Washington-area experts. He also writes a column called “BizKnow,” a weekly personality column in the Washington Business Journal.>>

Top local real estate agents Jonathan Taylor, Karen Briscoe and Melinda Estridge agree that it’s a buyer’s market out there, but a realistic attitude on price and making the most of a home’s potential will still get sellers a long way.

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