Global Luxury Home Prices Fall for First Time Since 2009

New Zealand leads drop, while Dubai bucks the trend with a 44% surge.

Homes in Auckland. 

Photographer: Brendon O'Hagan/Bloomberg
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Global luxury home prices fell in the first quarter for the first time since the financial crisis.

An index of prime prices in 46 cities declined 0.4% year-over-year, the first drop since 2009, according to real estate consultancy Knight Frank. That’s a sharp reversal from 10% growth seen in the fourth quarter of 2021.