From Panama to Shanghai, buyers are paying top dollar for properties with pedigrees and developers are prioritizing careful renovations of historic buildings.

Puna is not the most obvious second-home paradise on Hawaii, but there is a magical quality in this craggy, tangly, jungly region of the Big Island?s southeast.

A London-based operation that is building a fleet of 10 yachts, YachtPlus, is the latest company to jump into the luxury shared-ownership market.

For many, fractional ownership offers an opportunity to buy at least a bit of a high-end vacation home.

The National Perspectives article last Sunday, about a new mixed-used development on the west side of Annapolis, Md., misidentified the river that touches this part of the city. It is the Severn River, not the Potomac.

The continuing growth of luxury residential and resort development around the world is fueling a high-stakes competition in the traditionally staid community of golf course designers.

On Cape Cod, a restaurateur and his partner have transformed a cottage that was once part of a motel complex into a cozy retreat from work and city life.

A growing number of first-time buyers, most of them young and with no experience in building management, are running their co-ops or condos.

The New York City Council is considering a bill to shed light on the process of applying to buy a co-op apartment.

Andrea Trinchieri?s luxurious apartment in Milan?s city center balances two worlds ? the heritage of Italy and the sleek modernity of a New York City loft.

Vineyards, orchards and great weather are luring second-home buyers to Naramata, a British Columbia village 50 miles north of the United States border.