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Luxury collectibles are now the second-largest revenue stream at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. The houses are not selling watches for the margin, they are buying a client relationship at twenty-five to consign a painting at fifty.
Luxury buyers pushed US home prices to new records in 2026, in a market where the top end has decoupled from everything beneath it.
The global real estate market is entering a new era as Ultra High Net Worth Individuals continue to increase their exposure to luxury residential assets across the world’s most desirable destinations. From Miami and Dubai to Lisbon, Monaco, New York, and the Mediterranean coast, prime real estate is attracting unprecedented levels of private wealth.
For the 1%, real estate has evolved far beyond homeownership. It has become a strategic wealth preservation tool, a lifestyle asset, and an essential component of long term portfolio diversification.
