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...Who Sotheby’s International Realty House, Hawaii Island, $6.5mn Where In a gated community on the west coast of Hawaii Island....
...That’s not helpful,” says Scott Rechler, the chief executive of RXR Realty, one of the city’s largest property developers....
...Its buyer certainly seemed to be accustomed to elevation — the property sold for NIS 120m ($35m), the highest price ever paid for a home in Israel....
...Its high elevation and the dry desert air make the snowfall — which averages 300 inches a year — super-powdery....
...Building has been limited due to the fact that much of the surrounding land is Forestry Service-owned, and the resort’s 9,207ft base elevation, which can induce altitude sickness in the predisposed....
...With elevations above 4,000ft, the Catskills lie in the southern part of New York state and spread over several counties....
...It sits in South Africa’s Mediterranean climatic zone, perfect for wintry scenes – the higher elevations get snow in the colder seasons. There’s a good sense of history too....
...Who: Sotheby’s International Realty www.sothebyshomes.com tel: +1 212-606 7660....
...Bob Oakes, of Village Realty, estimates that about 75 per cent of the 900 homes in the village are holiday retreats or rental investments....
...The threat of global warming means long-term buyers should look for islands with some elevation, which rules out many Pacific atolls. Local fauna should be taken into account....
...Tom Fazio designed the course, taking advantage of three elevations created from quarrying stone....
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