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LuxeChatter: Significant Sale in Wilmette, IL

A stunning lakefront home in Wilmette, Illinois has recently sold. Located on Lake Michigan in the northern suburb of Chicago, the traditional home is filled with picturesque lake views in every room - from the entertainer's kitchen to the indoor lap pool and hot tub. Sited on just less than one acre at the end of a private cul-de-sac, the property also boasts over 130 feet of private beachfront.

The home was last listed at US $5,300,000 by Luxury Portfolio member @properties. See more photos and details of this beautiful lakefront home here.

LuxeChatter: A Momentous Sarasota Estate

EsCaBay, one of the most breathtaking luxury estates on Florida's west coast, was recently added to LuxuryPortfolio.com. The property sits on over three gated and walled acres right on Sarasota Bay.

"Resort-like" is an often used term, but with EsCaBay there is no doubt it truly applies.  With a crescent shaped private beach, Trex deck docking, stone hot tub, lap pool, lily and koi ponds, tennis pavilion and cabana with bath and outdoor kitchen, children's playhouse and bayside casino and loggia with sports bar, the estate's features are rivaled only by fine resorts.

Take a tour and view more details and photos of EsCaBay here.

The property is currently listed at US $18,000,000 by Michael Saunders & Company.

LuxeChatter: Significant Luxury Portfolio Listings for April

Top new luxury home additions to LuxuryPortfolio.com in April included a $31 million California estate and a luxury London property priced at £18 million. The top 10 significant closings reported for the month covered a wide range of markets from New York to Colorado, the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, the Bahamas and more. Check out the lists below for the top ten new listings and reported sales for April. Click on the listing information for more details and photos of these extraordinary luxury homes.

Significant New Listings 

$31M – Los Altos Hills, CA
Alain Pinel Realtors


£18M – London, UK
Carter Jonas


$19.5M – Newtown Square, PA
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.


C$19.25M – North Saanich, BC
Macdonald Realty Group


$18M – Sarasota, FL
Michael Saunders & Company


$17.9M – Del Mar, CA
Willis Allen Real Estate


$17.9M – Coral Gables, FL
Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell Realtors


$17.5M – Pine Plains, NY
Houlihan Lawrence


C$16.9M – Burnaby, BC
Macdonald Realty Group


$15.9M – Manhattan, NY
Halstead Property, LLC
Significant Closings (Reported) 

$8.5M – Bedford Corners, NY
Houlihan Lawrence

$7.9M – Newport, RI
Lila Delman Real Estate


$7.5M – Bellevue, WA
John L. Scott Real Estate


C$6.988M – Vancouver, BC
Macdonald Realty Group

$5.3M – Wilmette, IL
@properties


$4.995M – Rye, NY
Houlihan Lawrence

$4.9M – Nassau, BS
Bahamas Realty Limited


$4.895M – Harrison, NY
Houlihan Lawrence


C$4.9M – Vancouver, BC
Macdonald Realty Group


$4.799M – Beaver Creek, CO
Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate

Luxury Portfolio Members Release Gorgeous Magazines

Two members of Luxury Portfolio recently released magazines highlighting their luxury properties.

Harry Norman, REALTORS, celebrating their 80th year in Atlanta, unveiled the spring 2010 issue of their Harry Norman HOME magazine. The publication serves as a vehicle to promote their luxury homes with stunning photography and useful descriptions. View the online version of Harry Norman HOME.

Part of its 65th anniversary year, the Ebby Halliday Companies launched a new luxury home magazine entitled Grand Vie: Luxury in Living. The book showcases more than 125 of their spectacular Dallas area luxury homes for sale. Check out the premier issue of Grand Vie.

Congratulations to Harry Norman, REALTORS and the Ebby Halliday Companies on their beautiful publications!