Spencer Elliott

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Spencer Elliott

The subliminal. Does it have a place in architecture? While literature traffics in metaphor and art in symbol, can a structure also carry something quieter—an emotional undercurrent felt more than seen? Developer Hemal Patel thinks so. “I’m a big believer in details that are felt before they’re seen,” he says.

3 weeks ago | forbesglobalproperties.com | Spencer Elliott

Ah, the arrival of spring. For many, it’s a season of fresh starts and blooming opportunities. For the world’s skiing devotees? Not quite. As the snowline retreats up the mountains, it often leaves behind a twinge of longing. Yet these powder hounds need only glance at recent real estate data to discover that, contrary to popular assumption, property activity in ski communities doesn’t hibernate when temperatures climb.

3 weeks ago | forbesglobalproperties.com | Spencer Elliott

From Lake Como to Lake Keowee, Texas to Toorak, and beyond, these corners of the globe have attracted headline-making sales in 2025. Lake Como. A region shaped by centuries of aristocratic elegance and sumptuous villas.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Spencer Elliott

Austin’s new-construction landscape in 2025 is experiencing something remarkable: a controlled cooling that feels less like a letdown and more like a long-awaited exhale. After the frenzied bidding wars and razor-thin inventory of 2021—when Austin emerged as “the hottest market in the U.S.” amid surging commercial real estate investment and out-of-state corporate relocations—both builders and buyers have settled into a more measured rhythm.

1 month ago | forbesglobalproperties.com | Spencer Elliott

Picture a realm of silent peaks and swirling winds, where a lone figure sat motionless for epochs. That figure was Shiva, the cosmic dancer and sage of Hindu myth. After eons of stillness, the god was awakened by the earnest devotion of seven sages. As a gift, he bestowed upon humanity the art of yoga – an interlacing of posture, breath and the elemental force of nature itself. Leap ahead to the 21st century and one might well question whether Shiva’s gift remains intact.