January 31, 2017
U.S. Survey Finds Home Buyers Willing To Pay More For Smart Home Technology San Francisco and Palo Alto, CA Jan. 30, 2017 – Pacific Union International, Inc. a global innovator in bringing real estate technology to the industry, launched today a partnership with Nest Labs, Inc., the architect of the thoughtful home. Pacific Union will offer real estate professionals and clients a range of Nest’s ...more
January 30, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO and PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Pacific Union International, Inc., a global innovator in bringing real estate technology to the industry, launched today a partnership with Nest Labs, Inc., the architect of the thoughtful home. Pacific Union will offer real estate professionals and clients a range of Nest’s products designed to deliver more energy efficiency, safety and security to the home. As one of the nation’s largest ...more
January 26, 2017
Pacific Union Real Estate welcomes real estate agent Kate Spadarotto to its St. Helena office. A St. Helena resident and proprietor of Blue Oasis Wines, Spadarotto will be specializing in wine country properties with a particular focus on the upper Napa Valley area. Read the article on Napa Valley Register
January 24, 2017
The Bespoke Signature Of Real Estate More of a British origin this descriptive adjective is gaining use around the globe, none more so than on our very shores. As we have worn out and watered down the meaning of the words particular, special, specialized, custom-built, handcrafted, handmade and even made-to-measure. Bespoke, at present, seems to mean even more than Webster’s dictionary cites. It connotes, effectively, ...more
January 23, 2017
Pacific Union International Real Estate noted three North Bay employees were among a group to receive professional and community recognition. Diana Gorsiski, based in Pacific Union’s Petaluma office, has become president of the North Bay Association of Realtors after serving as a board member of NorBAR for the past five years. Gorsiski is also a director of the California Association of Realtors. Stefan Jezycki, of ...more
January 22, 2017
45 Rhodium’s atomic number is 45 and essentially used as an inert metal to both resist corrosion and to plate other metals to protect their brilliance. 45 is also known as a card game or the direct dialing code for Denmark. Some refer to 45 as a caliber of ammunition while others consider it the sapphire wedding anniversary. The elders of our time even remember ...more
January 12, 2017
With some deep pockets behind him, Mark McLaughlin has turned Pacific Union International into one of the most respected brokerages in the country. Stepping out of the old-school brokerage mindset, he recently started a new business intelligence unit headed by former Trulia chief economist Selma Hepp in an effort to arm his agents with better market information. According to McLaughlin, his agents have a tech adoption rate ...more
January 12, 2017
McLaughlin runs Pacific Union International, whose over 700 agents do more than $7 billion in annual sales. He founded local brokerage Morgan Lane in fall 2006 in Marin County, California, and just three years later purchased Pacific Union. He helped develop joint ventures for Pacific Union in the mortgage, insurance and property management service lines. Before the founding of Morgan Lane, McLaughlin served as the ...more
January 12, 2017
During 2007 and 2009, Oscar-winning oddball actor Nic Cage spent a brief spell as a homeowner in Russian Hill. Cage’s association with the Bay Area should come as little surprise as he is, after all, a Coppola. And during that time, the Wild at Heart actor purchased this downright gorgeous Gothic Tudor in Russian Hill. According to a 2014 Curbed SF report on the same home, “Cage picked up the six-bedroom Gothic ...more
January 11, 2017
Mark McLaughlin, CEO of Pacific Union International Inc., was the recipient of RISMedia’s 2013 Real Estate Leadership Award, presented during RISMedia’s 18th Annual Power Broker Reception and Dinner. The reception was held in San Francisco, Calif. during the National Association of REALTORS® Conference and Expo earlier this month. The award is designed to honor an industry visionary who embraces innovation and exercises resilience to blaze ...more
