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Luxury Market
Luxury Home Prices Keep Climbing Despite Sluggish Demand
Luxury home prices rose 4.6% in December—more than triple the gain in non luxury prices. Only two major metro areas saw declines. Redfin agents say
West Palm Beach Tops 10-Year Luxury Home Price Growth as Traditional Giants Like New York Lag Behind
Luxury home sale prices in West Palm Beach, FL have jumped 187.3% to a median $4.04 million over the past decade—the fastest growth among major
U.S. Luxury Home Prices Jump 5.5% in October, Triple the Pace of Non-Luxury Homes
Luxury home sale prices rose 5.5% year over year to a median $1,278,950, a record high for October. Non-luxury home prices grew 1.8% to a
October’s Most Expensive Home Sales Include Adam Levine’s Former Montecito Compound
California and Florida dominated October’s ultra-luxury housing market, with oceanfront estates and celebrity homes going for more than $30 million. A brand-new oceanfront estate in
U.S. Luxury Home Prices Rose 5% in September, Twice the Pace of Non-Luxury Prices
The typical U.S. luxury home sold for $1,262,000 in September, up 4.8% from a year earlier to a record high for the month. Luxury home
September’s Most Expensive Home Sales Include Ellen DeGeneres’ Former Montecito Mansion
California compounds and Colorado ski houses made up the lion’s share of September’s most expensive home sales. The Green Gables estate in the Bay Area,
2014 Luxury Report: Sales of Priciest 1% of Homes Climb While Rest of Home Sales Still Down
Home sales so far this year are lower than they were in 2013, but there’s one sliver of the housing market that’s going strong: the very top of it. Sales of the priciest 1 percent of homes are up 21.1 percent so far this year, following a gain of 35.7 percent in 2013.
How the Top 1% Fared in the Housing Crash
Five years after the crash, the economy may not be back on its feet, but the ultra-rich are sitting pretty. According to new research done by UC Berkeley, the richest one percent of Americans captured 95 percent of the income growth in the United States between 2009 and 2012. With homes always on our mind, this stunning stat made us wonder: How did the top 1% of homes fare the housing crash?
Luxury Home Sales Hit 6-Year High
As the housing market and the economy both continue to recover, the luxury housing market is making big gains as well.
