If you think real-estate in Manhattan or San Francisco is expensive, consider Monaco.
The price of real-estate in Monaco — the world’s most expensive locale — is now an average of $5,408 a square foot, according to a report from Citi Private Bank and Knight Frank, the London real-estate firm. Spending $1 million will get you a 200 square-foot closet – presumably without a water view.
The second most expensive locale is Cap Ferrat in the south of France, at more than $4,800 a square foot. That’s followed by London, at $4,534 a square foot, and then by Hong Kong, at $4,406 a square foot.
New York is a relative bargain, coming in at number 17, at more than $2,161 a square foot (this seems to be a little high, even for Manhattan). The only other U.S. locations on the top 50 are Aspen, at number 39, with $974 a square foot, followed by Telluride ($760 a square foot) and Miami, at about $580 a square foot. Now Atlanta is looking REALLY affordable!
Here is the list of the Top 10:
LOCATION AVG PRICE PSF
Monaco – $5,408
Cap Ferrat — $4,800
London — $4,534
Hong Kong (houses) — $4,406
Courcheval 1850 — $4,081
St. Moritz — $3,951
Gstaad — $3,701
St. Tropez — $3,600
Geneva – $2,959
Hong Kong (apartments) — $2,625