Chava Gourarie

1 week ago | mansionglobal.com | Chava Gourarie

Palm Beach continues to draw the world’s billionaires, while its sister town across the water bore the signs of a cooling market—which was more in line with the rest of South Florida, according to data from Douglas Elliman released Thursday. In Palm Beach, the number of single-family sales jumped by 63.2% to 31 in the first quarter, with a median price of $13.95 million, up 11.6% from last year.

1 week ago | mansionglobal.com | Chava Gourarie

An oceanfront home on the Isle of Palms outside Charleston, South Carolina, has come to market asking $6.8 million. Built on stilts, the two-story house on Ocean Boulevard spans 3,562 square feet and features four bedrooms, a new shingle roof, a backyard deck and salt water pool that meets the beach. It’s located at the southern end of the barrier island, south of 3rd Avenue, on a stretch known as Millionaires’ Row because of its coveted location.

1 week ago | mansionglobal.com | Chava Gourarie

Median rents fell nationwide in the U.S. last month, continuing a 20-month run of annual declines that began in the summer of 2023. And yet, despite nearly two years of sliding prices, the median rent remained above the pre-pandemic baseline in every major U.S. city except for San Francisco, according to data from Realtor.com released Wednesday.

1 week ago | mansionglobal.com | Chava Gourarie

Jeff Bezos has sold one of his Seattle-area mansions for a record-breaking $63 million. The Amazon founder purchased the 9,420-square-foot waterfront home in Hunts Point in 2019 for $37.5 million, located in the same peninsular neighborhood as fellow billionaire Bill Gates, the Puget Sound Business Journal first reported. The buyer was Cayan Investments, a Delaware-registered limited liability company.

1 week ago | mansionglobal.com | Chava Gourarie

The conversion of the storied Hotel Le Provençal in the French Riviera into luxury apartments is in its final stages. And now, one fully furnished apartment in the development is on the market—and on display—asking €9.75 million (US$11.06 million). The seventh-floor unit is one of 41 apartments at the development—now simply called Le Provençal—in Juan-les-Pins, which is reviving the glamorous 1920s property after decades of decay.