What a luxury home really earns
Rankings, guides and cross-border tax, built by operators on nights actually sold, never an occupancy guess. The numbers nobody else publishes. The individual owner figures we collect stay private, always. What you see here is the market.
Cross-border taxFrance taxes your villa for existing: the IFI wealth tax, explained for a foreign owner
France's real-estate wealth tax (IFI) explained for a non-resident owner: the 1.3M euro threshold, the bands, what a mortgage does to the bill, and the two reliefs you do not get.
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Cross-border taxWhat a foreign owner actually pays in capital gains tax when they sell in France
France's non-resident capital gains tax walked through in full: the three layers of tax, a worked example, and how it meets the US Foreign Tax Credit. Sourced, not tax advice.
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Cross-border taxThe French property taxes a foreign owner actually pays each year
Taxe fonciere versus taxe d'habitation on a French second home: who pays what, how the second-home surcharge works, and how it differs from a US property tax bill.
Read →Cross-border taxAmerican, renting out a home in France: who taxes you, and do you pay twice?
French rental income, US reporting, FBAR and FATCA, and the treaty that stops you being taxed twice. General information for American owners, with sources, not tax advice.
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GuideDubai or the Mediterranean: where does a luxury villa earn more?
The year-round Gulf against the Med’s one great season. Two shapes of income, and the tax story owners actually ask about, on nights actually sold not occupancy.
Read →ResaleWhat is your luxury villa worth to sell, not just to rent?
Rental value and resale value are two different questions. Why online tools miss the sale price of a luxury home, and the honest floor a real income figure sets.
Read →MeasuredWhy online estimates fail on luxury homes, measured
Automated home valuations land 30 to 72% under the real sale price of luxury homes. We measured it on officially recorded French sales, and we publish the numbers nobody else does.
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GuideSki chalet or beach villa: which earns more?
Luxury ski chalet or beach villa: which is the better rental investment? The honest comparison, on nights actually sold and the service each demands.
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InsightSeasonal or year-round: where the money really is
Why a year-round luxury villa market can out-earn a more expensive seasonal one, entirely on the number of nights actually sold across the calendar.
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GuideWhat letting a luxury villa really costs
A villa does not keep what it earns. Management, staff, the platform or agency cut, marketing, wear and the empty weeks all come out of the gross first.
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GuideAgency or self-manage: the honest trade-off
Should you hand your luxury villa to an agency or self-manage it? The honest trade-off between the cut, control, and the nights each route delivers.
Read →GuideHow to raise your luxury villa nightly rate
The levers that actually raise a luxury villa nightly rate: view, finish, service and photography, almost never the bedroom count. From thirty years operating.
Read →GuideHow to estimate your luxury villa rental income
A practical guide to estimating what your luxury villa could earn: the four inputs that matter and the occupancy mistake to avoid.
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RankingsThe hardest-working luxury villa markets
Which luxury villa markets turn a nightly rate into the most annual income. A yield ranking built on nights actually sold, not headline prices or occupancy.
Read →InsightWhat actually sets a luxury villa rental rate
View, address, finish and service set a luxury villa rental rate, almost never the bedroom count. Why two similar villas rent worlds apart.
Read →InsightHow many nights does a luxury villa actually rent?
The real number of nights a luxury villa sells per year, by destination. Why occupancy percentages mislead owners about seasonal markets.
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RankingsWhat a luxury villa actually earns, by destination
Gross annual rental income for a four-bedroom luxury villa, ranked by destination. Counted on nights actually sold, never occupancy.
Read →RankingsThe most expensive luxury villa destinations in the world
The luxury villa markets with the highest peak-season nightly rates in 2026, ranked. Built by operators, on nights actually sold, not occupancy guesses.
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