Five years ago, $20 million home sales in Aspen, Colo., were rare, happening no more than a handful of times a year. An influx of uber-wealthy buyers has now upended that norm, handing the affluent ...

Native Tucsonan Lucas Irons lived day by day; he never thought too far ahead. But early last week, the 26-year-old orthopedic nurse living in Everett, Wash., broke pattern. In a telephone call with ...