Michael Kaminer

6 days ago | mansionglobal.com | Michael Kaminer

While golden visa schemes proliferate, Switzerland remains famously protective about buying property in the country.Rules known as Lex Koller, introduced in 1983, prohibit foreigners from buying homes in cities like Geneva and Zurich. And in the few locations where foreigners can buy, purchase permits come with rules around size and occupancy. But non-Swiss buyers who have coveted an Alpine home now have a pathway to ownership, and it’s likely to come with financial upside.

1 week ago | mansionglobal.com | Michael Kaminer

The San Pedro Garza García section of Monterrey, Mexico, has been one of the wealthiest pockets of the Americas for more than a century—home to many Mexican conglomerates and regional headquarters for multinationals like Siemens, PepsiCo, Honeywell. Its postcard-perfect position at the base of the Sierra Madre mountains has also made San Pedro an enviable place to live.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Michael Kaminer

The bids are in and show a growing cohort of young, cashed-up house hunters are turning to buying and selling via auction. They might just be on to something. Auction sites, with their growing inventory of luxury homes, quick timelines for sales and pools of qualified buyers, are emerging as preferred platforms for sellers seeking speedy transactions―and buyers who believe auctions reveal a property’s true market value.

2 weeks ago | mansionglobal.com | Michael Kaminer

If it fetches its asking price of $5 million, this three-story, 3,160-square-foot residence in downtown Santa Barbara, California, will set a record as the most expensive condominium ever sold in the city. Designed and built by Santa Barbara architect Robin Donaldson as his own family residence, the angular, solar-panel-covered home is “like nothing else in downtown Santa Barbara,” said David Kim of Village Properties/Luxury Portfolio International, the listing agent.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Kaminer

A modern farmhouse near Lac-Brome, a hilltop house in Racine and a sprawling home in SuttonSet near the shore of this southern Quebec town's eponymous lake, this four-bedroom, three-bathroom house is part of a community of 32 custom homes built in 2021. The property was a weekend home for the sellers, who are returning full-time to Montreal.