By Camilla McLaughlin Along with our yearly Outlook, Unique Homes puts together an annual list of luxury real estate markets to watch for the coming year. Beverly Hills (and LA’s prime neighborhoods) as well as Manhattan are perennials, so this year we focus on 10 others that are worthy of note for their performance in [...]
By Camilla McLaughlin With wealth creation back in high gear, the worldwide race for prime properties is back on. However, even for the ultra wealthy, things have changed. Security and stability, from both an investment and a political perspective, have become top motivations to purchase. Everyone, it seems, is looking for a safe harbor. Upscale [...]
By Camilla McLaughlin Fall means new beginnings and the Beverly Hills property featured on the cover couldn’t be more fitting for a fall issue. Not only is this stunning Mediterranean villa the “ne plus ultra” of California living, but it also creates a new luxury aesthetic for upscale homes worldwide. Architect Grant Kirkpatrick of KAA [...]
The Most Expensive Homes You Can Buy If you’re looking for the most expensive real estate in the United States, you’ve come to right place. At Unique Homes, we’ve been covering the luxury real estate market for 40 years. And for seven years, we’ve been producing Ultimate Homes, which features a compilation of the most [...]
The best of today’s high-end homes contain many of these features. By Camilla McLaughlin Forty years ago, Unique Homes was founded to showcase upscale real estate. During that time, we’ve seen a parade of extraordinary features: bowling alleys, discos, helicopter pads, indoor shooting ranges, landing strips, beauty salons, recording studios, private golf courses, professional laundries, [...]
By Camilla McLaughlin A stunning residence on the water is easy to find but a signature home with extensive views on one of the most desired locations on the harbor in Newport Beach is almost impossible to acquire. Add to that dockage for a 156-foot yacht, the harbor’s largest private yacht facility, and it is [...]
Luxury home sales were up throughout 2010. But the road to overall housing recovery has not been smooth. Economists fear lingering uncertainties will bring much of the same in 2011. by Camilla McLaughlin It’s been a bumpy ride and it’s not over yet. The beginnings of a recovery finally came in 2010, but the road [...]
Worldwide wealth is up, and there is value to be found in many corners of the globe. Internationally, luxury real estate has never looked like this. by Camilla McLaughlin Recently, an island in Bora Bora came on the market for 5 million euros, substantially less than the owner would have had in mind two years [...]
By Camilla McLaughlin Vacation homes come in all sizes and shapes, but very few match the profile of luxury presented by this month’s cover, a landmark country estate sited on the tip of its own private peninsula on Lake Arrowhead, roughly two hours by car from Los Angeles. “It’s rare to find a vacation home [...]
Voting is over, and our readers overwhelmingly selected Frank McKinney’s Acqua Liana as having the Ultimate Pool/Outdoor Entertainment Space as part of our yearlong Ultimate series. Built on spec and listed for $22.9 million by Pascal J. G. Liguori of Premier Estate Properties, the home was featured on our November 2009 cover as “The Greenest [...]
