Paul Klee, Cultural Capital, and the Italy-U.S. Property Play
The Jewish Museum of New York's upcoming retrospective on Paul Klee's late work, running March through July 2026, is not simply a cultural event. For anyone who tracks how artistic…
Demand in residential in Florence is on the rise and the Tuscany region is enjoying great dynamism. This is what emerges from data compiled by the RE/MAX Italy Study Center.
Florence Is Having Its Moment. Serious Buyers Are Already Inside
The Americans started arriving quietly. Not the tourists, the buyers. In the past three years, U.S. nationals have become the single largest source of foreign visitors to Florence, close to…
Where Culture Moves, Capital Follows
This March, Mozart's own clavichord crossed the Atlantic for the first time. His violin came with it. So did his letters, his portraits, and the intimate debris of a life…
The Sleeping Giant: Inside Italy’s Most Ambitious Real Estate Play
Forty-four hectares of Tuscan countryside. Ninety rooms. A private church. An olive grove that has been producing oil for centuries. And a price that nobody will confirm publicly. The medieval…
Nicolas Cage Just Bought a $6.5M Central Park Condo
Nicolas Cage knows how to find treasure. On screen, anyway. In real life, his record with property has been considerably messier: German and English castles, a New Orleans mansion, a…
When Trophy Properties Change Hands: What Manhattan’s Luxury Retail Moment Means for the Transatlantic Market
Richemont did not buy a building. It bought a statement. When the Swiss luxury conglomerate, parent company to Van Cleef & Arpels, paid $54.5 million for 690 Madison Avenue last…
Florence Leads Italy’s Luxury Property Surge. American Buyers Are Taking Note
Start with a number: 29.5%. That is the share of Florentine property listings that qualify as prestige real estate, according to a new analysis by Gruppo Gabetti. No other major…
Park Avenue, Manhattan Upper East Side, New York City. Image shows 432 Park Avenue Luxury Condominium Tower, street, sidewalk, cars, green grass and trees and blue sky with clouds. Canon EOS 6D (Full Frame censor) and Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS lens. Circular polarizer. HDR photorealistic image.
The $14 Million Lesson: What Ivana Trump’s Townhouse Tells Us About Two Luxury Markets
When Ivana Trump's townhouse at 10 East 64th Street finally changed hands this spring, it closed at $14 million. The last asking price had been $17.9 million. The original 2022…
When $170 Million Moves to Miami, the World’s Luxury Markets Take Notice
Mark Zuckerberg just paid $170 million for an unfinished mansion on a private island in Biscayne Bay. Read that sentence again. Not a finished trophy property with a Michelin-starred kitchen…
Milan’s Housing Crisis Has a Supply Problem. American Investors Should Pay Attention.
The headlines sound encouraging: new affordable housing projects across Milan, some priced as low as 210,000 euros. Former industrial sites repurposed, dormant military barracks revived, entire new districts sketched out…