Foreign buyer activity in the U.S. surged 44% in 2026. Explore what’s driving the renewed international interest in Los Angeles luxury real estate, and what globally mobile buyers should understand before acquiring here.
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For globally mobile buyers, Dubai and Los Angeles represent two distinct luxury real estate propositions — each with its own logic, its own buyer profile, and its own role in a considered portfolio. Understanding how these markets relate, rather than compete, offers a more useful framework than evaluating either in isolation.
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The South of France — from Nice to Saint-Tropez and the hillside estates above the Côte d’Azur — has long attracted globally minded buyers for reasons that go beyond lifestyle preference alone. Jean Baptiste Rugiero, whose background includes direct familiarity with France and a global network, offers a perspective on what draws serious buyers to this market and what they should understand before evaluating it.
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The South of France occupies a singular position in the geography of global luxury real estate. Understanding why buyers are drawn there — and what those buyers are thinking — offers useful perspective for anyone navigating the upper tier of any international market, including Los Angeles.
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When a high-net-worth buyer considers adding real estate to their portfolio, the question is rarely limited to a single city. The most thoughtful buyers I work with are evaluating Beverly Hills alongside Dubai, comparing markets across continents, and asking which combination of assets gives them the most coherent global position. Understanding how sophisticated buyers think about multiple markets simultaneously is one of the most useful perspectives an advisor can offer.
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In luxury real estate, architecture is never decorative — it is strategic. The way a property is designed communicates something that square footage and bedroom counts cannot. Here is what sophisticated buyers are paying attention to in Los Angeles.
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For a growing segment of global buyers, the question of where to live — or where to invest in lifestyle real estate — no longer has a single answer. Bali has entered that conversation with purpose, offering design quality, spatial generosity, and a lifestyle dimension that established markets rarely match.
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International buyers rarely arrive at a Los Angeles real estate decision impulsively. Their process is deliberate, multi-layered, and shaped by a set of criteria that differs meaningfully from the domestic buyer’s checklist. Understanding that framework is the first step toward serving them well.
A specific kind of buyer has emerged in global real estate — one who is not simply acquiring a vacation home, but
positioning themselves at the intersection of lifestyle, wellness, and long-term value in markets that traditional portfolio
thinking has largely overlooked. Bali has become one of the clearest expressions of this shift.
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Among the world’s major luxury real estate markets, Los Angeles — and Beverly Hills in particular — holds a consistent appeal for international buyers that goes well beyond climate or culture. It is a market that offers a specific combination of lifestyle quality, institutional stability, and long-term capital security that few cities can match.
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