Then, in the 1920s, patrician reformers Anne Harriman Vanderbilt, Elisabeth Marbury, and Anne Morgan had the audacious idea of living near the downtrodden, and they rebuilt Sutton’s broken-down brownstones. The New York Times scoffed at their personal urban renewal project, branding it the “Amazon Enclave”; indeed, Marbury and Morgan were queer pioneers. But the Amazons’ social rank (they also...

One of the greatest joys of watching Succession—besides bearing witness to the supreme dysfunction of the billionaire Roy family—is getting to revel in their fictional 0.001 percenters' lifestyle. Some markers of wealth and status are discreet—their unflashy taste in jewelry; their understated, but very expensive, Loro Piana baseball caps; their logo-less Cucinelli vests. Others are about as subtle...

In Southampton, New York, a lavish six-bedroom home built by a prolific architect who designed several iconic buildings on the Princeton University campus in the late 19th century sold Wednesday for $13.75 million. Known as the Sunnymead Estate, the home was built in the late 1800s and designed by the architect R. H. Robertson, who worked on a host of houses, churches and institutional buildings across the...

Then, in the 1920s, patrician reformers Anne Harriman Vanderbilt, Elisabeth Marbury, and Anne Morgan had the audacious idea of living near the downtrodden, and they rebuilt Sutton’s broken-down brownstones. The New York Times scoffed at their personal urban renewal project, branding it the “Amazon Enclave”; indeed, Marbury and Morgan were queer pioneers. But the Amazons’ social rank (they also...

Tech titan and space entrepreneur Elon Musk has found a buyer for his last remaining residential property, a historic California estate listed for nearly $32 million. The 16,000-square-foot mansion in Hillsborough, California—an affluent area in Silicon Valley—went into contract over the weekend for an unknown amount, according to the Multiple Listing Service. No public  information about the price or...

In the Hamptons, like anywhere else, it’s all relative. Despite home prices climbing in the ritzy enclave, five of the six towns among the nation’s 40 most expensive fell in the rankings this year, according to Property Shark. On the plus side, the Hamptons claimed seven of the 100 most expensive zip codes, one more than last year. The new entry was Sag Harbor at No. 69. The rankings are based on...

October delivered an unmistakable sign of recovery for prime central London’s property sector, a long-floundering market that has had to grapple with the one-two-punch of a drawn-out Brexit followed almost immediately by the coronavirus pandemic. Across the city’s upscale neighborhoods last month, prices grew at their fastest pace in more than six years, according to a report Friday from Knight...

A $66.5 million two-unit combo penthouse on the Upper East Side was the most expensive of 46 luxury home deals made in Manhattan last week, according to Olshan Realty’s weekly market roundup on Monday. It marked a continuation of the borough’s “rip-roaring hot streak,” with five straight weeks where contracts were signed on 40 or more luxury homes, wrote Donna Olshan, author of the report and...

The vacation home of the U.S.’s reigning domestic goddess has sold for a premium. Martha Stewart parted with her long-time East Hampton, New York, home for $16.5 million last month, according to records with PropertyShark. That’s close to twice as much as its reported asking price of $8.4 million. Records of the off-market deal were made publicly available last week. Another media mogul picked up...

Venture capitalist Joshua Kushner and supermodel Karlie Kloss are in contract to buy a sprawling New York City penthouse developed by his family’s real-estate empire, according to people familiar with the transaction. The purchase price isn’t known; the unit was last asking $42.5 million. The couple inked a deal to purchase the last remaining unit in the Puck Penthouses in Nolita, a condominium...