Luxury marketers used social media to create stronger bonds with consumers by allowing them to become a crucial part of the social campaigns during the first half of 2013. Some marketers branched out to new platforms, while others created contests to …

Although, the sector felt the impact of government limits on official gift giving and slowing economic growth in China, purchases by Chinese and other Asian tourists to Europe “buoyed luxury sales in the economically troubled markets of western Europe …

Tom and Mary Beth Corrigan, with their children, Matthew, 9, Ryan, 3, and Elizabeth, 7, stand in front of their new home in Viera, which is under construction by Christopher Burton Luxury Homes. The family moved from Queens, N.Y. / Tim … That wealth …

Metrostudy, a real–estate consulting firm based in Houston, analyzes the health of the residential market in metropolitan areas across the U.S. and issued prescient warnings about the coming housing bust as early as 2004. One of its main analytical …

Chang, a former flight attendant, is looking to buy her third apartment in Tokyo, which is increasingly attracting foreign buyers after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December with a pledge to end the deflation that's depressed real estate …

In addition, specific high–end features such as media rooms with specialized audio, visual or gaming equipment may be appealing to a few prospective buyers, but many potential home buyers would not consider paying more for the home simply because of …

We all know that far too many marriages end in divorce, yet this institution does not adapt. Indeed, many people today want to expand … Why don't we borrow from real estate and create a marital lease? Instead of wedlock, a "wedlease." Advertisement …

As we pass the halfway point of the 2013 Aspen real estate market, the market continues to favor the buyer, although less so than at any point since the market bottomed in 2009. At the end of May, the overall volume of real estate sales in Pitkin …

… of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries. While this index reports a 6 percent 12-month total return for Washington, the U.S. return is 11 percent for the same period. Lower-end market. Through early June, there were 19 Class B apartment sales – five …