Clientele Luxury Global Magazine has released its Q1 2026 luxury market insights, offering a front-row view into how high-net-worth buyers are moving across the country's most coveted luxury markets, including Park City, Greenwich, Seattle, California, Georgia, and Saddle River, New Jersey. The first quarter reveals a market defined by low-inventory trophy properties, design-driven renovations, and clients who expect both elevated presentation and serious advisory from their agents. Clientele Luxury is tracking the price points, product types, and marketing strategies that are quietly setting the tone for the rest of 2026.
In Park City, Utah, Paul Benson of Engel & Völkers Park City is a trusted leader in one of America's most exclusive mountain markets, guiding discerning buyers to the rare combination of lifestyle, privacy, and year-round recreation. Among his listings is Monitor's Rest, a ski-in/ski-out masterpiece at 253 White Pine Canyon Road inside The Colony at White Pine Canyon, offered at $60,000,000. Benson's deep local expertise and global network position him as the first call for clients pursuing the market's most coveted properties. For Q1 2026, Clientele Luxury continues to track his team's top-tier listings and cross-market referrals as a bellwether for the broader mountain luxury segment.
In Greenwich, Connecticut, Shelly Tretter Lynch of COMPASS has been the advisor high-net-worth clients call when the calculus is about risk, time, and how a property will quietly upgrade their life. Many of her clients are thinking in terms of generational wealth, asking whether a property will hold long-term value for their children and grandchildren. Lynch is known for orchestrating complex, often confidential transactions on significant estates and waterfront properties, bringing a strategist's mindset and disciplined discretion to every move her clients make.
Judi Renfroe of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties is a recognized authority on Northern Georgia's ultra-affluent lifestyle, advising luxury buyers and sellers across gated estates, equestrian properties, and private lake and mountain retreats. Her properties routinely attract cash buyers and repeat clients who trust her to quietly place or acquire some of the region's most significant homes.
In Seattle, Moira Holley of Realogics Sotheby's International Realty specializes in luxury penthouses and high-rise residences above the Seattle skyline. Her portfolio showcases sought-after residences in Seattle's most recognizable towers, with dramatic city and water views. In recent years, she has set multiple price records at the top of the in-city market, attracting buyers from around the world who expect privacy, architecture, and best-in-class amenities.
Jaime Krupnick of Rodeo Realty Fine Estates is a Southern California luxury real estate specialist known for pairing high-net-worth buyers with exceptional homes, from private design-driven estates to expansive ranch and equestrian properties. Through her boutique brand, Krupnick Signature Properties, she delivers a highly tailored, elevated experience, overseeing every detail from premarket preparation to launch strategy.
In Rancho Santa Fe and greater San Diego and Los Angeles, Cathleen Shera & Associates specialize in architecturally significant estates, such as a current off-market property listed over $10 million. Their team's reach across coastal and inland luxury submarkets, combined with polished presentation and quiet access to qualified buyers, positions them as a trusted resource for high-net-worth clients moving between these areas.
Brett Dickinson and Ross Clark of COMPASS in San Diego lead a global luxury team representing high-end buyers and sellers across Southern California. One of their signature listings is Sandcastle La Jolla, an iconic waterfront jewel with captivating ocean views featured in Top 10 Homes USA and multiple global magazines, positioned as a true showcase of La Jolla's ultra-luxury lifestyle.
In Saddle River, New Jersey, Vicki Gaily of Special Properties Brook Hollow Group Inc. has set the pace for upper-tier sales in the region, with chateau-style estates and luxury country properties in the $1.5 million to $4 million range. Just 25 miles from New York City, Saddle River has long been a haven for CEOs and senior executives who want estate-style living with fast access to Manhattan, and they consistently turn to Gaily as their quiet strategist.
Clientele Luxury also debuted a special design issue celebrating high-net-worth design, featuring firms and artists at the top of their fields, including Tropical Architecture Group and artists Michael Sean Stolworthy, George Singer, Paul Gerben, and Jim Jordan. At the center of the issue is Los Angeles–based Mark Weaver & Associates, widely regarded as one of the leading interior design firms in the country, known for creating interiors that feel both artful and deeply personal.
For more than a decade, Clientele Luxury magazine's focus on real estate profiles, agent roundups, and exclusive travel content has engaged this growing yet highly selective customer niche. Behind it, Erin Green, Editor-in-Chief and an original Investor, has curated an extensive global network. As Green comments, "The HNW audience we cater to has a natural ability to find the luxury they love and desire. We just make it much easier by presenting the top real estate agents who can help navigate the steps to the property they desire." Buy a copy from MagCloud.
