Homeowners in prime resort areas Florida, Arizona and California have seen real estate prices tumble as much as 30 percent. Is this good news for vacation home buyers? Read Full Article »

Most real estate developments that have rolled out green building plans have been embraced by the press and environmentally sensitive buyers, but Ameya Preserve, a new development in Montana, is prompting some to question whether a $2 million, nearly 3,000 ... Read Full Article »

W New York-Downtown Hotel & Residences is slated to offer a new luxury whole ownership option in Manhattan in 2008. Read Full Article »

More luxury real estate developments and big name cultural institutions are headed for Abu Dhabi and shaking up the world of sheikhs. Read Full Article »

Will a combination of recognized name brand and more exotic destinations spell success for Nikki Beach in the condo-hotel game? Read Full Article »

Halogen Guides adds Cabo San Lucas to its lineup of destination guides, featuring details on current and future developments and what you need to know about buying in Mexico. Read Full Article »

A luxury hotel company joins the mix of developers rolling out vacation home real estate. Is there room for another resort company in this increasingly competitive market? Read Full Article »

The St. Regis is the latest luxury hotelier to bring its branded residences to Dallas. Read Full Article »

Capella brings its resort living development to a new, and lucrative, Asian market. Read Full Article »

Freddie Mac’s deal with three big lenders may loosen up dollars for luxury home buyers and push rates on the biggest loans lower. Read Full Article »

Fairmont is taking its residences and fractional brand to the Caribbean with a new development in the Dominican Republic’s Punta Cana region. Read Full Article »

A big resort developer has staked out a remote corner of the Dominican Republic for a new luxury condominium project. Read Full Article »

Poor sales derail one developer’s plans to transform a Honolulu boutique hotel into a luxury condominium development. Read Full Article »

Luxury developer Capella will offer whole and fractional ownership options at three of its upcoming resorts. Halogen Guides takes a look at what’s for sale and what you’ll pay. Read Full Article »

Sales of vacation homes have dipped this year, but high-end developers are still aggressively rolling out new luxury communities aimed at part-time residents. The Ritz-Carlton, for one, hasn’t slowed the pace of its development, with several new properties announced ... Read Full Article »

Sales jumped 30 percent last year at Mexico’s Punta Mita development but even if home prices are a third of those in the U.S., a $7 million lot is no… Read Full Article »

The Baja Peninsula, the home away from home for many a Los Angeleno and Arizona resident, is getting yet another luxury resort real estate development catering to the luxury vacation home buyer. In the summer of 2009, Quivira Los ... Read Full Article »

Some love the mountains, others crave the sun and sand of the beach. But for folks who choose to cruise, standard second home options like private residence clubs have not historically applied. Those looking for luxury at sea have ... Read Full Article »

Second home sales have taken a direct hit in the current real estate market slowdown, according the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) annual survey of investment and vacation home buyers. The realtors group, always eager to put a sunny spin on ... Read Full Article »

As the second installment of a two-part article on private residence clubs in Costa Rica, this piece will focus on clubs in the Southern regions of the country. Thanks in large part to its booming eco-tourism industry, Costa Rica—which is on ... Read Full Article »

Bal Harbour was founded by Robert C. Graham sixty years ago as a “dream village,” and the community’s small size has never been exploited; developers have long adhered to a philosophy of “quality, not quantity” here, and the result is ... Read Full Article »

If you’re a golfer, making a decision about purchasing resort real estate can have just as much to do with who designed the course on site as it does with the Viking appliances in the kitchen, or how many fixtures ... Read Full Article »

When big-name fashion designers and interior design stars sign on to create stylish interiors for resort real estate, the result is bound to be a community of second homes with serious wow-factor. So, where are the fashion industry trendsetters heading ... Read Full Article »

The latest must have luxury resort real estate amenity? A celebrity chef. In 2004, Chicago chef Charlie Trotter opened up his “C” restaurant at the Palmilla One & Only, a resort community in Los Cabos, Mex. featuring over ... Read Full Article »

Whispers out of General Dynamic’s ’s Falls Church, Vir. headquarters suggest that something big is in the works for the company’s business jet subsidiary, Gulfstream. Speculation is that the private jet leader is set to unveil designs for a new ... Read Full Article »

The new Sawmill Village, a gated whole ownership development atop West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain, is touting the fact that it’s the first development of its kind in the state to receive an Energy Star label at the top of its ... Read Full Article »

San Francisco, the universally beloved City by the Bay, is starting to see some much deserved attention from big-name luxury developers in the fractional market. With Ritz-Carlton Club and Fairmont Heritage Place both opening San Francisco properties in early ... Read Full Article »

There is no shortage of open space at Cornerstone, a 6,000-acre resort real estate development tucked on to the Uncompahgre Plateau in the southwestern Colorado town of Montrose, not far from Telluride. This part of the state is a ... Read Full Article »

Set amid Wyoming’s dramatic Teton Mountains, bordering Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, it’s no wonder outdoor enthusiasts flock to Jackson Hole in year-round pursuit of fun in the snow and sun. Four-hundred inches of powder each year and 2500 ... Read Full Article »

Las Vegas is a city of extremes. One minute you’re riding high with a couple of Empire State building-sized stacks of chips in front of you, the next minute you’ve crapped out with barely enough money left for the all ... Read Full Article »

Nearly 300 inches of snow have fallen this ski season, and real estate sales of mountain homes and fractional residences remain strong, but the founders of Idaho’s Tamarack Resort couldn’t escape the fallout from the multi-billion dollar French banking scandal. ... Read Full Article »

With luxury real estate developments cropping up in the most unexpected of places, those with a taste for the exotic are finding vacation homes in far flung locations. Is Uruguay poised to become as hot and sexy as Brazil? Is ... Read Full Article »

Afraid you missed the boat on the Costa Rican real estate market? It might be time to direct your gaze a little further south. Based on the crop of new resorts and luxury real estate offerings, it looks like Panama ... Read Full Article »

Luxury hotel company Enchantment Group announced plans to build a 30-room resort with 25 residential condominiums in Punta Mita, a gated resort community on Mexico’s Pacific coast just north of Puerto Vallarta. The move by the five-star hotel company is in ... Read Full Article »

Recent years have seen hotelier Four Seasons expanding its presence in the luxury real estate market, with 14 private residence properties currently in operation, ten new locations in pre-sales, and 25 additional projects in various stages of planning and construction. ... Read Full Article »

Think Idaho, and likely the second home hub and celebrity mecca, Sun Valley, comes to mind. But Idaho’s resort living footprint is now expanding to other areas. Most notable is Tamarack Resort, a ski mountain and growing vacation ... Read Full Article »

David Beckham, soccer royalty and perennial papparazi target, is getting into the resort real estate business. At a beachside announcement in Brazil, Beckham along with South American resort developer Brazil Development Investimentos Turisticos, announced Cabo Sao Roque, a 3,000-acre ... Read Full Article »

Dubai is the land of over the top gimmicks, from its vast indoor ski resort to its man-made palm tree-shaped private islands. It’s no surprise then, that two of its newest luxury real estate developments, Damac Heights and Lincoln ... Read Full Article »

Two new real estate developments in Mexico are bringing a welcome breath of fresh air to our southern neighbor’s real estate and tourism industries. As available land is gobbled up by developers intent on capitalizing on Mexico’s alluring mix of ... Read Full Article »

With environmental concerns on the rise, green travel is gaining popularity around the world. Punta Dominical, the largest landowner in the Dominical region of Costa Rica, now has four vacation home developments in the works each using a ten-point sustainable ... Read Full Article »

With the U.S. real estate market in a slowdown, international developers are rolling out incentives to entice hesitant American buyers to invest in their luxury resort real estate properties. These packaged perks and programs are designed to appeal to ... Read Full Article »

Luxury hoteliers Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and St. Regis have long been in the second home business with real estate developments that appeal to their jet setting travelers, but a new high-end brand is diving into this competitive market. Hong Kong-based ... Read Full Article »

Kauai is known as the least commercial of the Hawaiian islands, which is part of its charm. Resort real estate development has been slow on the island despite its big tourism draws: five golf courses, a rugged natural ... Read Full Article »

They had us at daily hot stone massages. Wellness, the catch-all term for spa pampering and mental and physical care, is big business these days, and well-known luxury spas such as Canyon Ranch, Miraval, and Red Mountain Spa are beginning ... Read Full Article »

Anguilla is known for its celebrity-attracting luxury resorts, 33 glittering sand beaches, and sail-flecked sea vistas. This is where boat racing isn’t just a hobby, but the national sport. But it’s not just about fun in the sun and sand in ... Read Full Article »

Hollywood has taken quite a shine to Toronto and a bevy of films are being shot in this cosmopolitan Canadian city. But it’s not just the movie industry eyeing our northern neighbor. Developers have flocked to Toronto, which now has ... Read Full Article »

A new luxury lodge—a green chateau of sorts—is set to open at Heavenly Village in South Lake Tahoe as part of a $420 million redevelopment plan. At the base of the Heavenly Mountain Resort near the California state line, the Chateau ... Read Full Article »

Green Living is a new regular column on Helium Report devoted to covering eco-trends in second homeownership and private jet travel. The new eco-standard Green. Organic. Sustainable. As if there weren’t enough terms to classify the eco-friendly movement, here’s another one to ... Read Full Article »

The secret is out: Riviera Maya is the chic destination of choice for travelers who want a hearty dose of sophistication along with their Mexican sun. Though it’s only 30 minutes from Cancun International Airport, the open-air restaurants and boutiques ... Read Full Article »

The Dominican Republic, once a distant second fiddle to such Caribbean destinations as St. Thomas and Anguilla, has confidently stepped into the spotlight thanks to an impressive crop of luxury resort developments, 21 golf courses (including designer courses by Dye, ... Read Full Article »

A condo in Cabo never looked so boring. Perched on the end of a man made, palm-shaped island in the Middle East, a new private residence club is rising. Touting itself as the first fractional development in Dubai, ... Read Full Article »

It’s no secret that the Florida real estate market has taken a broadside hit. There have been high profile project flame outs (who can forget the failed Hilton sister entrance into hospitality with the never opened, Nicky O condo ... Read Full Article »

Turks and Caicos, without a doubt, now ranks among the most desirable Caribbean destinations. Its appeal is obvious. An archipelago of 40 islands and cays, Turks and Caicos offers visitors secluded white-sand beaches, an expanse of sparkling ocean, incredible ... Read Full Article »

A certain Muppet once lamented that it’s not easy being green, but these days it’s getting easier and easier to make travel choices that positively impact the environment. Even when we’re talking luxury travel. As the popularity of ecotourism continues ... Read Full Article »

After leaving AOL Time Warner, Steve Case switched gears and invested his time in everything but technology. One of his many projects includes Exclusive Resorts, the leading destination club which was acquired by Case’s Revolution LLC in 2004. Revolution’s latest ... Read Full Article »

Real Estate: State of the Lake Tahoe Market When considering where to buy homes in the Lake Tahoe area, Helium Report asserts that market research is essential. Tom Bruno, a Coldwell Banker broker with 30+ years of experience in the Lake ... Read Full Article »

Top-of-the-Line Homes Don’t Demand a Blockbuster Budget Ultra-luxurious vacation homes dominate the white beaches of Cabo, a consistently top-ranked vacation destination. No big surprise then, that A-list celebs like George Clooney and Gwynneth Paltrow live the good life at Esperanza Resort, ... Read Full Article »

Consumers in the market for a luxury second home can choose from destination clubs, private residence clubs, condo hotels and wholly-owned homes. Helium Report has outlined the top five reasons for why a consumer would choose each option. ... Read Full Article »

General Info About Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas, the neighboring town of San Jose Del Cabo, and “The Corridor” in between are collectively called Los Cabos. Los Cabos is located on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, about 1,000 miles ... Read Full Article »