Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, today announced worldwide sales for 2010 of £3.3 billion/$5.0 billion, up 53% by £ on last year’s figure of £2.1 billion (Figures include buyer’s premium). The highest sales total in the 245 year history of the firm, the figure is also the highest annual sales total ever recorded in the industry in £. Sales totals include private sales of £369.3 million/$572.4 million, an increase of 39% by £ on 2009 figures.

Christie’s International Real Estate, the world’s leading real estate network, has awarded Affiliate status to Greeff properties in Cape Town South Africa.

Christie’s International Real Estate, the world’s leading real estate network, has awarded Affiliate status to Greeff Properties in Cape Town South Africa.

Set on a hilltop in Bermuda’s prestigious Tucker’s Town, Roughill is a magnificent 2.6 acre residence overlooking the second fairway of the famed Mid-Ocean Club golf course and the turquoise waters of the island’s south shore. Roughill is one of the island's most luxurious estates and is offered for sale by exclusive Affiliate Sinclair Realty.

A Siesta Key waterfront home listed by Kim and Michael Ogilvie and co-listed with Michael Hays, all of exclusive Affiliate Michael Saunders & Company, has become the benchmark sale of the year for the Southwest Florida market area.

Southwest Florida’s luxury real estate market—already seeing an increase in sales due to corrected pricing and an improvement in overall economic conditions—got another shot in the arm today with the announcement from its international hubs in New York, London and Hong Kong that Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, has changed the name and look of its exclusive property brand to Christie’s International Real Estate.

South Florida’s high-end residential real estate market, already a hotbed of international attention, will broaden its global awareness with today’s announcement that Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, has changed the name of its exclusive property brand to Christie’s International Real Estate.

Exclusive Affiliate Jackson Hole Real Estate Associates observed that the real estate market in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, hit bottom at the end of 2009. Since then however, there has been a steady climb in the number of sales across the board, most notably in robust sales of single-family homes priced over US$3 million.

Christie’s Great Estates exclusive affiliate Coach Realtors is pleased to announce that Georgianna Finn, owner/broker of the Long Island, New York firm, was one of the panelists for RISMedia’s 15th Annual Power Broker Forum during the REALTORS Conference & Expo in New Orleans.

Christie's Great Estates exclusive Affiliate Trails West Real Estate reports a surge in real estate sales in Montana's picturesque Flathead Valley for the second-half of 2010.