RealBird and John Saar Properties Announce Novel Luxury Real Estate Portal for the Monterey Peninsula

Redwood City, CA (PRWEB) June 26, 2007 -- RealBird and John Saar Properties announced today a novel luxury real estate portal at http://LuxuryMonterey.com This portal is an innovation in luxury homes marketing and features all MLS listed homes with a price of 2.9 Million dollars and above on the Monterey Peninsula, California. The portal is built on RealBird Inc's mapping technology.

According to the American Affluence Research Center (AARC) there is continued optimism in the 12- month economic outlook of the wealthiest 10% of Americans, the 11 million households representing about half of all consumer income and spending and a third of the total US economy. In the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, the strong economy and low unemployment has created a strong market for luxury homes.

LuxuryMonterey.com is designed to serve the home buying needs of the wealthy - or be a way to dream for those who need to live in more modest abodes. It is based on a visually impressive full-screen map based portal, with a selection of aerial, hybrid, street or topographical maps. Upon mouse-over the user can quickly see a photo and the price of the listing. With just two clicks the user can bring up the John Saar detail page for any listing. The map can be easily bookmarked with the most popular social bookmarking sites, or it can be emailed to friends or relatives. The RSS based notification of new luxury properties is also a unique, novel feature in this industry. The portal lends itself well for kiosk type applications.

"Due to our location on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula area, our brokerage has special focus on the luxury real estate market and we are always looking for new ways to market ourselves. The new http://www.LuxuryMonterey.com portal looks and feels classier and is easier to use compared to other luxury home portals and will be a great addition to the ways we market properties. We hope to reach many new clients through this service" said John Saar, President and CEO of the company.

Zoltan Szendro, CTO and Executive VP for RealBird said: "We wanted to apply our technology and know how to the luxury real estate segment. It takes special interface design know how to create a portal that is appealing, classy, simple to use and therefore very effective. We are thrilled that we can launch this classy site with a reputable and classy brokerage like John Saar."

About John Saar Properties:

John Saar Properties is a hybrid real estate company that combines a distinct understanding of buyer representation and listing property with expertise in marketing, experienced negotiating and exceptional client care. Founded in 1997 and locally owned, John Saar Properties is centrally located in Carmel with corporate offices in The Crossroads and Carmel Rancho Business Center next to Brintons. Please visit http://www.johnsaar.com

Visit http://www.LuxuryMonterey.com to see John Saar's new luxury portal live in action!

About RealBird:

RealBird's services (http://www.realbird.com) include listing marketing, agent marketing and lead generation tools uniquely tailored to the needs of the residential and commercial real estate industry. The RealBird Publisher provides an easy-to-use Property Website builder with syndication to 3rd party classified sites. The RealBird Map-based Search service couples the traditional, form-based MLS search with the ability to browse listings on a street or aerial map. RealBird has over 8,000 members and also provides mapping services to leading broker portals and virtual tour providers.

® RealBird is a registered trademark of RealBird Inc.

Contacts:

For John Saar Properties: Terry Coates, (831) 622-7227

For RealBird, Inc: Gabriel Gross, (866) 551-2934, Blog: http://realbird.typepad.com

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