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Wetag Consulting is a boutique real estate brokerage in Ticino, Switzerland, serving the three big lakes Lago Maggiore, Lago di Lugano and Lago di Como as well as Ticino's beautiful valleys. The company with its International Division focus also on luxurious and interesting real estate world wide. This blog covers news, ideas, and information pertaining to these real estate marketplaces and lifestyles.

New York - Wann ist die perfekte Zeit zu kaufen? Jetzt!

Posted Thu Jan 22 14:11:00 UTC 2009

Seit Längerem hört man in allen Medien, dass die Preise im amerikanischen Immobilienmarkt eingebrochen sind bzw. sich der Markt von einem Verkäufer- hin zu einem Käufermarkt gewandelt hat. Diese Entwicklung ist auch nicht spurlos an New York vorüber gegangen und Auswirkungen sind auch in diesem, eher starken Markt zu spüren. Dies spiegelt sich zum einen in einem grösseren Bestand sowie einer höheren Bereitschaft, Preise zu verhandeln wieder.

Dennoch, die Zeichen stehen auf Kaufen wie auch Diane Ramirez, Präsident von Halstead - Wetag Consulting’s Partnerfirma - in einem Interview mit Fox5 News zu berichten weiss. Sie ist der Meinung, dass sich Menschen eventuell in einem oder zwei Jahr(en) fragen werden, warum sie nicht in heutiger Zeit gekauft haben. Niedrige Zinsen und ein bereits erwähnter Käufermarkt sind die Indikatoren für steigendes Interesse am Immobilienmarkt. Im Moment scheint es, dass die Meisten nur schauen und weiterhin abwarten und diejenigen, die im Moment weiterhin mieten oder eben nicht investieren, werden sich in naher Zukunft diese Frage stellen – Warum habe ich nicht gekauft?

Gern sind wir bereit und für Sie da, Ihnen bei der Suche nach einem passenden Objekt in New York zu helfen – kontaktieren Sie uns einfach.

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New York – a playground for architects.

Posted Mon Dec 22 14:41:00 UTC 2008

Are buildings by those famous architects the new ‘Case Study Houses’ of the 21st century, but just on another scale?

For me, architecture can be very fascinating, but also very odious and unfortunately, that’s to often the case. However, New York is a pulsing metropolis with lots of good architecture, but more likely in a much more urban environment than other places. The challenges are more complex because of the spacing and many other building codes and restrictions. Nevertheless, very cool projects are on its way and a few of them just got noted by the New York Magazine’s list of top building designs for 2008. Beside my favorite, the “Bird’s Nest” by “Herzog & De Meuron”, what is looking like a rotating camshaft creating new looks from each angle you are looking at, there got also featured a dangerous looking and almost appearing toppling apartment building designed by OMA. Another noted one is a great development in Chelsea called HL23 by Neil Denari, situated right next to the “high line” – New York’s most innovative park project.

What I like the most is that more and more architects start to re-think their designs to meet energy saving standards and environmental friendly requirements. There is also an endeavor to smoothly integrate such new buildings in existing urban environments and neighborhoods, but with a context to the 21st century and that’s what it is referring them to be the “Case Study Houses” of the 21st century – at least in my opinion.

Posted By: Peter Rabitz

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"Drive-in“ in a different way: To a garage up in the sky

Posted Fri Dec 05 23:46:00 UTC 2008

Living in New York or any other packed cities makes it very difficult to find a parking space for your car. Also you might be tired of scratches in your car paint, kicked off exterior rear-view mirror, snapped off antennas and all other dents and dings on your car.

If that’s the case, then you should look after a new form of inner city living. CarLoft© in Berlin is a pioneering modular loft scheme with a garden and a garage on every floor. All brand new flats are coming at least with one adjacent parking space known as the CarLoggia. Imagine, you are on your way home, tired from work, peeved by the traffic and totally frustrated by looking for a parking space near your house; what else could be better than just call the CarLift while you getting closer to the house (actually, this is happening automatically by a transponder in your car which knows that you are authorized to enter and also which story to take you to). You enter the lift who is already awaiting you and you will be brought up to your loft, right in front of your door. How much more lazy can life be?

Posted By: Peter Rabitz

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