Clientele Luxury Magazine Reveals Q1 2026 Strategies for High-Net-Worth Real Estate Markets

Clientele Luxury Global Magazine enters 2026 with 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 has revealed 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.

Paul Benson of Engel & Völkers Park City guides discerning buyers to the rare combination of lifestyle, privacy, and year-round recreation that defines Park City, Utah. Among his offerings 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. His deep local expertise, global network, and Mastermind standing within Engel & Völkers position him as the first call for clients pursuing the market's most coveted properties. For Q1 2026, Clientele Luxury continues to track its team's top-tier listings and cross-market referrals as a bellwether for the broader mountain luxury segment.

Shelly Tretter Lynch, based in Greenwich, Connecticut with 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 in a changing world. Lynch is known for orchestrating complex, often confidential transactions on significant estates and waterfront properties, bringing a strategist's mindset, disciplined discretion, and a multigenerational perspective to every move her clients make.

Judi Renfroe, an emeritus associate with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties, brings decades of top-tier production, deep local relationships, and a reputation for discretion that keeps her on speed dial with high-net-worth families across Northern Georgia's ultra-affluent lifestyle market. Renfroe's properties routinely attract cash buyers and repeat clients who trust her to quietly place or acquire some of the region's most significant homes.

Moira Holley of Realogics Sotheby's International Realty specializes in luxury penthouses and high-rise residences above the Seattle skyline. 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 in one package. Her long-standing collaboration with Clientele Luxury reflects a results-driven approach to marketing, positioning Seattle's most extraordinary in-city properties in front of a national high-net-worth audience.

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, Jaime has built a reputation for delivering a highly tailored, elevated experience. Her portfolio spans everything from architecturally significant homes to lifestyle driven ranches and horse properties, where land, privacy and possibility are just as important as design.

Russell Stafford and Cathleen Shera, based in Rancho Santa Fe and working across greater San Diego and Los Angeles, specialize in architecturally significant estates like a current off-market property listed over 10M USD. 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 Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, and Los Angeles.

Brett Dickinson and Ross Clark of COMPASS lead a global luxury team that represents high-end buyers and sellers across the most coveted markets of Southern California. One of their signature listings is Sandcastle La Jolla, an iconic waterfront jewel with captivating ocean views that has been featured in Top 10 Homes USA and multiple global magazines. Through SandcastleLaJolla.com and curated media placements, Dickinson and Clark have positioned this residence as a true showcase of La Jolla's ultra-luxury lifestyle.

Vicki Gaily of Special Properties, a division of Brook Hollow Group Inc, has been a force in Saddle River, New Jersey's luxury market for more than three decades. Recently, Gaily set the pace for upper-tier sales in Saddle River and neighboring communities, with chateau-style estates and luxury country properties from the 1.5Million-4M range. High-net-worth clients rely on her for discretion, market reach, and a marketing program that has been refined over decades specifically for Fortune 500 leadership and other top-tier buyers and sellers in the area.

Clientele Luxury recently debuted a special design issue celebrating high-net-worth design, with glossy pages showcasing firms and artists at the top of their fields. 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. With projects spanning historic estates in California, New York, and Nantucket, the firm is known for getting to know each client personally and creating interiors that feel like a sophisticated, deeply personal reflection of the owner.