{"id":347729,"date":"2026-08-07T12:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.sothebysrealty.com\/?p=347729"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:55:25","slug":"luxury-lens-where-will-the-next-wave-of-wealth-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/luxury-lens-where-will-the-next-wave-of-wealth-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury Lens: Where will the next wave of wealth come from?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wealth creation doesn\u2019t stand still. As new fortunes are made, where that wealth resides also changes. Two recent reports offer a snapshot of the globe\u2019s most affluent locations today\u2014and where they could be in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North America currently hosts the greatest store of global wealth, with high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) accumulating a total of US$32.9TN by the end of 2025, according to the World Wealth Report 2026<\/a>, published by Capgemini, June 4, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s up 9.9% on 2024. However, Asia Pacific saw the fastest wealth acceleration between 2024 and 2025, according to the research, with 10.5% growth resulting in the region\u2019s HNWIs holding US$29.7TN in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, 2026 Global Wealth Report: The Great Reordering<\/a>, published by Boston Consulting Group, May 27, 2026, focused solely on emerging market wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It predicts that financial wealth will increase by US$6.89TN across emerging markets between 2025 and 2030. India is set to lead this charge, according to the report, generating US$2.37TN in new financial wealth by 2030. It is followed by Brazil (US$1.08TN), and Mexico (US$0.55TN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe affluent remain engaged and confident in the luxury housing market,\u201d says Philip A. White Jr., president and CEO, Sotheby\u2019s International Realty, in the company\u2019s 2026 Mid-Year Luxury Outlook<\/a> report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cover Property: Greece Sotheby’s International Realty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wealth creation doesn\u2019t stand still. As new fortunes are made, where that wealth resides also changes. Two recent reports offer a snapshot of the globe\u2019s most affluent locations today\u2014and where they could be in the future. North America currently hosts the greatest store of global wealth, with high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) accumulating a total of US$32.9TN […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232770370,"featured_media":347735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1561,1403],"tags":[1505],"class_list":["post-347729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-luxury-lens","category-market-insights","tag-united-kingdom"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf4gbL-1ssx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":346255,"url":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/luxury-lens-where-does-investable-wealth-meet-luxury-real-estate\/","url_meta":{"origin":347729,"position":0},"title":"Luxury Lens: Where Does Investable Wealth Meet Luxury Real Estate?","author":"Kate Marburger","date":"March 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"There\u2019s wealth, and then there\u2019s investable wealth. 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