Tech fortunes made the Bay Area a housing world unto itself long before AI arrived. The newest money is joining a discreet, private life of estates and century-old clubs. By Chris Caggiano Life on the San Francisco Peninsula’s grandest estates…
Around Jacksonville, Ashland, and the Applegate Valley, buyers trade the small urban lot for land, water, and a long-deferred vineyard dream. By Chris Caggiano In most luxury markets, the house sets the price. In Southern Oregon, the land does. Buyers…
Dana Point’s oceanfront communities have long held some of Orange County’s most coveted addresses. Now a sweeping harbor redevelopment aims to give the town a public life on the same level. By Chris Caggiano In Dana Point’s gated enclaves, a…
For many buyers, Napa Valley starts as a daydream. Once they arrive, they find a life built on far more than wine, protected by land rules that make every existing parcel more precious. By Chris Caggiano By midmorning, the fog…
On Guanacaste’s Pacific coast, luxury homes are now selling faster than entry-level ones, and the surf, the tide, and a wave of young families are shaping who buys where. By Chris Caggiano For buyers at the top of the market,…
In a resort world built for being seen, Idaho’s Sun Valley has spent nearly a century perfecting the opposite. By Hunter Snow For nearly a century, Sun Valley has drawn movie stars, moguls and literary giants without making a fuss…
In Montecito, the most coveted addresses are defined less by ocean frontage than by hedgerows, mountain views, and a social life built on belonging. By Chris Caggiano On Friday mornings, local growers set up along Coast Village Road for the…
Buyers who could afford a hidden hillside compound are instead choosing level streets, city services, and neighbors within walking distance, and accepting a life in plain view as part of the bargain. By Chris Caggiano In the Beverly Hills flats,…
Beyond the celebrity image is a town where wealth goes unannounced, neighbors meet over coffee in flip-flops, and the Pacific is the ultimate amenity. By Chris Caggiano On a weekday morning in Malibu, the line at the local coffee counter…
Telluride has quietly joined the top tier of mountain real estate, and the buyers driving it are choosing the town precisely because it doesn’t feel like the others. Along the road into West Meadows, a subdivision just beyond Telluride’s Mountain…
Downtown Nashville has its towers and its $30 million penthouses. But the most coveted address in Middle Tennessee may be a gated drive, a rolling pasture, and no neighbors in sight. By Chris Caggiano Head south out of Nashville and…
Travelers know San Miguel de Allende as Mexico’s most celebrated colonial town. Ultra-luxury buyers are restoring its centuries-old homes, settling its countryside, and staying for good. By Chris Caggiano Late in the afternoon, the pink stone spires of the Parroquia…
