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Monterey 2026 closed at a record USD 758.3 million, up 75% on last year. But sell-through was flat at 75%: the same proportion of cars sold, at much higher prices. A supply story wearing a demand headline.
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.
Miami’s real estate market continues to attract some of the most influential names in global development, luxury branding, and private capital.
The latest movement around the Mercedes-Benz Miami condo project reflects the city’s growing role as a world center for branded residences, hospitality-led living, and Ultra High Net Worth investment.
JDS Development Group, led by Michael Stern, is reportedly nearing a major partnership with Jeff Soffer’s Fontainebleau Development, alongside an expected financing package of more than $1 billion for the Mercedes-Benz branded residential project in Miami. Once finalized, the structure would provide fresh momentum for one of the most ambitious branded condominium developments in South Florida.
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.
The global real estate market opened 2026 with remarkable momentum as Ultra High Net Worth Individuals continued to invest heavily in trophy properties across the world’s most influential luxury destinations.
According to new industry data from Knight Frank, the first quarter of the year recorded more than 527 ultra prime residential transactions valued above $10 million, representing a combined volume of approximately $9.4 billion.
India’s real estate market is entering one of its most dynamic periods of growth, driven by rising wealth creation, global lifestyle aspirations, and a new generation of affluent buyers seeking experiential ownership.
Across destinations from Goa and the Himalayas to Alibaug and Udaipur, luxury second homes are becoming a defining asset class for the 1%.
Luxury marketing in Miami is no longer about exposure.
Miami continues to redefine the global real estate market, and the arrival of Fouquet’s within the Miami Design District marks a new chapter in how Ultra High Net Worth Individuals experience property, hospitality, and investment.
In today’s real estate market, even those with eight-figure budgets are finding it harder than expected to secure . .
The legendary legacy of Karl Lagerfeld is taking new architectural form in Lisbon, as the fashion house introduces its first . .
