Toyah Willcox Quotes

The boom for luxury goods is unending. There are people who never have to worry about whether they can afford something they like. In one part of the world or another there will always be someone with money to spend on luxury.

My dream is to have a beautiful old house in Monaco.

I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates.

New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You're in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.

Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.

Our success as a global brand has been directly related to how we select locations where we are confident our particular clients desire to be. Los Cabos, Mexico is the ideal Engel & Volkers market, growing in popularity among world luxury travelers seeking exceptional properties for second home opportunities.

The magic of property turns sand to gold

I always felt uncomfortable with real estate because buildings don't move, and neighborhoods change.

People think we're only into big buildings, but iconic houses have always been the real interest. We own 11 of the world's top hotels and all the support services needed to keep them running. Trump properties have to be the best - clubs, hotels, houses.

The luxury industry has always been a little bit counter-cyclical.

Of course I would buy a house in Marbella. In Marbella, you can buy a house by the beach, relax there, and later you can go there on holiday and everything.

Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.

I was pretty young when I bought my first place, and at that time didn't really view it as an investment. After living there for a few years I decided to move out of London, so I decided to rent it out for a few years. Then, as the property market continued to rise, I made the decision to sell.

When I left the work world, I started designing my dream house. I dived into architecture and bought seven vacant lots. My plan was to build one house, move in, and build the next. If the next was better, I'd move in and sell the previous one - so on and so forth.

I was in Cannes two years ago at our 'U23D' movie premiere. I love the French.

You've got the Trump water and Trump Steaks and Trump's very so-called dodgy university. And so many of the towers, the Trump towers around the world, the Trump resorts around the world, those are not owned by the Trump Organization.

We own a shopping center in Temecula that is occupied and making money. In Florida, I am doing a 500-home subdivision just north of Eglin Air Force Base.

I never buy a house thinking that I'm going to sell it.

I get a sparkle in my eye when we talk about redoing a property soup-to-nuts.

I tend to renovate properties when I'm not working.

I've got four houses in my street. I live in two, and the others are empty. I'll buy more as they come up, because I think it would be great to have the entire street.

During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture.

Our best hits are real-estate stories, going back to our first, JoJo in 1991.

I've got a condo in Miami, but I don't live in it.

I love Santa Barbara and have always dreamed of someday having enough money to have a spot up there.