Tag: Luxury real estate
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Europe’s New Wealth Is Heading for Barcelona’s Seafront
As fortunes rise across Central and Eastern Europe, a Mediterranean base is increasingly becoming high on wealthy individuals’ wish lists. For a significant period of time, the map of European wealth had a short list of established addresses such as London, Paris, and Geneva. Now, that list is getting longer. Fortunes built over the past…
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What Casa Maserati Says About Car Brands and Real Estate
Maserati Hands You a Key Maserati, the Modena carmaker founded in 1914 and now part of the Stellantis group, announced on November 2 that it is moving into branded residences with a project called Casa Maserati. A branded residence is, in plain terms, a home that carries a famous name: the brand licenses its identity,…
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A Medieval Castle for Less Than a Florida Beach House
There is a particular kind of person who collects castles the way others collect watches. Sir Robert Worcester, the American-born founder of the polling firm MORI, was one of them. In 1996 he bought Allington Castle, a medieval fortress in Kent that had slipped into disrepair, and spent nearly three decades bringing it back. He…
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Saving for a House Before Learning to Tie Shoes
Coldwell Banker, the century-old American real estate brokerage (founded in 1906 and now part of Compass International Holdings), has published its 2026 American Dream Report, based on a Harris Poll of 2,060 US adults surveyed in early September. The headline reads that 82% of parents of children aged five and under are saving, or have…
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The Garage Gets a Membership Card: Porsche Design Builds Clubhouses for Car Collectors
When a parking space becomes a studio, a club and a social calendar, you are no longer storing a car. You are joining a lifestyle. There was a time when the height of car-collecting luxury was a heated garage and a good cover. That time has been politely escorted out by a concept with a…
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$24 Million and No HOA: The Beachfront Deal That Says Everything About Ultra-Wealthy Taste
A house just broke its own sales record for the third time. That’s not a fluke — that’s a strategy. Most homes are lucky to set one record. Mont Blanc, a gulf-front estate on Scenic Highway 30A in Seagrove Beach, Florida, has now done it three times since 2020 — and this time, courtesy of…