Luxury Lens: Is upsizing until it’s time to downsize a thing of the past?

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White state hosue successful Germantown, caller York, with views of a pond and hills successful the background.

Quite possibly. More and much buyers privation homes they tin unrecorded successful for life—especially astatine the apical extremity of the market.

38% of US$10M+ existent property professionals worldwide accidental homebuyers progressively privation to “age successful place,” according to the 2026 Mid-Year Luxury Outlook® cause survey, published by Sotheby’s International Realty, June 15, 2026.

U.S. buyers meantime wage 22% much per quadrate ft for “multigenerational” homes, configured to fto residents bask the spot passim their lives, reports “Under the Same Roof: Multigenerational Living successful the U.S.” by Realtor.com, May 5, 2026.

38% of homebuyers program to property successful place, the lifelong location terms premium is 22% higher than modular listings, 19% of location buyers property 46-60 acquisition multigenerational homes.

On apical of this, astir 1 successful 5 U.S. homes purchased by 46-60-year-olds betwixt July 2024 and June 2025 was a multigenerational residence, according to the “2026 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report” by the National Association of REALTORSⓇ, April 15, 2026.

Even 27-35 year-olds are successful connected the trend, with multigenerational homes they tin property into making up 9% of their purchases, the aforesaid survey shows.

Cover Property: Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty