Elon Musk’s Maybe Club and the sale of Bret Baier’s $25 million mansion are fueling the gentrification of D.C.’s Hamptons
Now just a second Donald Trump The presidency has begun, and the rich and famous have realized that DC might be the place to go if they hope to get Donald’s attention and fight for their cause for four years. next. The problem is that they all have to sleep somewhere.
Due to the large-scale influx of new personnel—MAGA and those who want to influence them—attack the area, the demand for high-end real estate is very high, New York Times report. “We are truly overwhelmed by the wealth factor that has come to Washington since the election,” said TTR Sotheby’s International Realty Executive Vice President Jim Bell told time, note that some agents have called previous clients whose homes might fit the bill and asked them for quotes.
Jonathan Taylorfounder and managing partner of the same company, told the newspaper that “there are a lot of very wealthy people looking a seat at the table.”
Founder of the Carlyle group David Rubensteinfounder of private equity firm Carlyle Group, has pointed out that housing in the government town is more affordable than other meccas for the super-rich. “If you want to buy a house in New York or Southampton, a really good house, it can cost $100 million to $150 million,” he told The New York Times. time. “You couldn’t spend $25 million in Washington even if you tried.”
Cantor Fitzgerald’s Chairman and CEO became Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnickhowever, tried—and succeeded. Lutnick recently closed on a new home, paying $25 million for a mansion formerly owned by the Fox News host Bret Baier. The 16,250 square meter estate is inspired by a French Chateau and features a 56 meter heated swimming pool, private putting green and other amenities. Baier originally listed the home at $31.9 million in October 2023, but even with a discount from the list price, the all-cash transaction set a new record for a real estate transaction Most expensive in DC history.
Sotheby’s agent Daniel Heiderlist representative, told Washington style“I am currently selling more real estate than I have ever sold in a short period of my career. That wasn’t Trump’s bump. It was a Trump mutation.”
by Amazon Jeff Bezos got in early and snapped up real estate during Trump’s first term. Bezos bought the 27,000 square foot property that formerly housed the Textile Museum for $23 million in 2016. Rumor has it that Elon Musk is eyeing DC properties, with Eater DC reports that he was considering bidding on the 220-room Line Hotel to create a private club, a mini Musk-a-Lago. The property will be sold at public auction on Thursday. (Musk’s spokesperson did not respond time or VF.)
So, what to do if you have a good place to live, don’t need to be in DC, and are disgusted by the new people in town who didn’t even bother to deny it Would they give the Nazi salute while appointing a new president?
Consider throwing some gold paint on it, buying it back, and getting rid of it while you still can. Another advantage: You won’t have to watch whatever the hell burns your eyeballs Melania decided to do with the Christmas tree this period.
