Christie's International Real Estate exclusive Affiliate Lila Delman Real Estate has announced the sale of Sakonnet Vineyards in Little Compton, Rhode Island, listed at US$8,950,000. According to the statewide MLS service, this is the highest sale in Little Compton in the last two years.

Exclusive Affiliate Lila Delman Real Estate has announced the sale of a luxury waterfront residential condominium at Stone Harbour, in Bristol, Rhode Island. According to the statewide MLS service, the sale price of the two bedroom unit is the highest on record for any condominium sold in Bristol this year.

The natural overlay of fine art and luxury real estate was on prominent display December 4 – 9 at Art Miami as a record crowd of 60,000 entered the pavilion and were immediately greeted by the Christie’s International Real Estate booth. Enticed by a 72-inch video screen showing the network’s top properties from around the globe, and personally welcomed by corporate and affiliate personnel, one traveling as far as Hong Kong, the message was clear: the world’s leading art auction house is in the real estate business.

Owning a permanent ski heaven is becoming a popular lifestyle choice among HNWIs. The trend is set to grow as it is swiftly adopted by buyers from Russia, China, and Asia—highlighting that property prices are holding up well in key resorts.

Christie’s International Real Estate’s Exclusive Affiliate in the UK, Strutt & Parker, welcome getting some more clarity concerning the taxation for wealthy foreign purchasers who buy properties through vehicles such as companies and partnerships.

Strutt & Parker has begun a fundraising initiative in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, its chosen charity for 2012/2013, with a launch event in Mayfair, London. The property firm will concentrate its fundraising efforts on the charity's Raising the Roof appeal for the year ahead as it aims to raise £100,000 towards a new centre for neurosciences, in particular a dedicated patient interview room.

Daniel Féau Conseil Immobilier, Christie's International Real Estate exclusive Affiliate in Paris, is marketing the Hôtel de Chambon, located in Paris' 6th arrondissment, rue du Cherche -Midi.

A waterfront estate at 8347 Midnight Pass Road has become this year’s highest selling bay front property on Siesta Key. The home, which sold for US$4.075 million, was listed by the Addy & Wittig Team of the Longboat Key South office of Michael Saunders & Company.

Pickering Spring Farm is a five-bedroom, four-bath stone farm house-style home, situated on six acres that were once part of a land grant given to Pennsylvania founder William Penn. Located in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, the estate includes a main residence that dates back to 1760, and is listed for US$2.299 million by Lorna M. Isen, a sales associate with Long & Foster's Haverford office.