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Yacht Sales Insights

This month has seen a lot of political change around the world, and so for November we have been watching for any changes in the yacht market as a result….

The market is very active although this is more evident in some Berthon offices than others. The brokerage market and also higher quality new yacht market are more active than…

September has galloped past for the Berthon Sales Group with the Cannes, Newport, Genoa and Southampton Boat Shows. These autumnal shows, which mark the very end of the sailing season…

Across the Northern hemisphere, August is the last month of summer, where many shipyards close, our clients go sailing and yacht brokers normally take some annual leave – hopefully getting…

We are busy across all offices but are seeing differing trends in different territories and in different market segments. In Sweden where the average sizing is 38 to 55 feet,…

Traditionally across the Berthon Sales Group, we see a slow down in market activity as the sailing season gets underway in June and clients defer their plans to buy or…

Across all our offices we are having a busy period with a lot of closings, enabling new owners to prepare their new yachts and to have them in position for…

As we hurtle towards the Palma Superyacht Show, we find the yachting season has now started. We are seeing a lot more activity internationally and in all our local markets….

As we gallop toward the Boot Düsseldorf Boat Show 2024, here are the first yacht sales insights for the new year from the Berthon team. Enquiries and activity dropped off…

As we hurtle through the last of the autumn into winter, yachts are still selling in all Berthon offices. The main trends for this month are consistent through our markets…

It has been yet another busy month for all the Berthon offices. We are just out of the Annapolis Show where numbers were good and there was a lot of…

September is a key month for Berthon with boat shows in Newport, Rhode Island, Cannes and Southampton. They provide a focus for brokerage yacht buyers and sellers alike and enable…

Activity levels are extremely healthy at the moment, with high enquiry rates and lots of yacht viewings. We are showing more yachts internationally than at this time in 2022. Insights…

Enquiry levels have risen significantly in July across all offices – the yacht sales market at the moment is sparkling but 2 months later than we would expect. There is…

As we reach the other side of mid-summer in the northern hemisphere, the yacht sales market continues to move. We expect a small slow down in the volume of sales…

The boat show and event season for yacht sales is upon us, with the Palma Superyacht Village and International Boat Show, the Mandelieu Boat Show and the British Motor Yacht…

The Berthon Yacht Market Report 2023 has been published. It is available both online and in hardcopy. It provides an overview of the market conditions in our offices in the…

As we hurtle towards the start of the yachting season in the Northern hemisphere, we are starting to see some trends develop in the yachting/yacht sales market, although the coming…

After a break of 2-years because of COVID-19, the big beast of a boat show that is boot Düsseldorf was back. A few manufacturers did not attend but there was…

A short yacht sales market update from the Berthon crew as we prepare for boot Düsseldorf, which traditionally heralds the start of yachting market activity at the beginning of the…

As we approach the end of 2022, the yacht sales market is showing some encouraging signs – despite the expected natural slowdown as we approach Christmas and our New Year…

Now that we have attended the autumn boat shows in Cannes, Southampton, Newport and Annapolis, and from our analysis of the brokerage market in all 5 Berthon Sales Group offices…

Having completed Cannes, Newport and Southampton Boat Shows, and now getting ready for Annapolis, against the backdrop of extraordinary international events, as a Sales Group we have taken stock and…

For August/September Berthon USA’s Managing Broker Alan Baines brings us some insights on the yacht sales market from our helm based in Newport, Rhode Island – USA. We keep a…