DTLA LIFE MAG #15 | MARCH 2015 | Page 44

THE ONLY REAL ESTATE MARKETPLACE WEBSITE TO BUY AND SELL MODERN HOMES Dwell Media, LLC, publisher of Dwell magazine, and LIVE INTERNATIONAL | Real Estate!, LLC, a Los Angeles-based real estate firm specializing in modern home sales, launched Dwell Homes at the National Association of Realtors ® Conference & Expo in November 2014. With their combined expertise, this new real estate arm is the only global site for locating and purchasing modern architecture-focused homes. Dwell Homes (www.dwellhomes.com) provides modern design home buyers a quick and cost-free means to survey and search the real estate marketplace. Easily find listings of design-significant properties to fit their needs and able to connect directly with a dwell-designated expert agent to help them with their transactions. Capitalizing on Dwell’s powerful marketing arm and excellent industry reputation, Dwell Homes offers home sellers and licensed real estate professionals the opportunity to market modern properties that meet the Dwell-Designated Home criteria to the largest audience of more than 3.5 million modern home enthusiasts in the world. “Forming Dwell Homes to help home buyers find distinctive modern and architecturally significant homes is a natural extension of the Dwell Media brand, which has championed modern interior, architectural and product design since our founding in 2000,” says Dwell President and CEO Michela O’Connor Abrams. “For sellers, Dwell Homes creates an outlet for placing their property in front of like-minded buyers and the real estate community at large.” “With 90% of real estate searches beginning online, the need for a specialized site was apparent,” says Tiffany Gatto, Managing Partner of LIVE INTERNATIONAL | Real Estate! “We created Dwell Homes to bring the most intriguing selection of modern homes for sale to the most discerning buyers directly on their desktop, laptop, or mobile device. The current available online real estate products do not cater to those seeking modern home design or architecturally significant properties,” Gatto adds. “Dwell Homes will revolutionize the online real estate marketplace by bringing a curated product to a highly distinguished audience.” At the core of Dwell Homes is the creation the Dwell-Designated Home certification, which assures buyers that the listings on www.dwellhomes.com are properties tha YY]