


Armchair travel lets you explore the world from the comfort of your couch, and when it comes to the world’s most beautiful and unique homes, there are plenty of TV shows serving up high-end properties, tiny houses, and vacation stays for your viewing pleasure. Below, check out some of the best real estate series to satisfy any house-hunting desire, showcasing everything from abodes nestled in the Hollywood Hills to snowy igloo rentals in Finland. They’re guaranteed to induce wanderlust, strike inspiration — and might even make you regret not getting your real estate license.





Come for the luxury real estate, stay for an inside look at the Umanksy family, who you may have seen on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Buying Beverly Hills follows the agents and clients within Mauricio Umansky’s billion-dollar brokerage, The Agency. And it’s a family affair — Mauricio is joined by his three daughters, Farrah, Alexia, and Sophia Umansky. You’ll step inside some magnificent homes across the Los Angeles area, from Malibu to Los Feliz and beyond, as The Agency expands to Miami in Season 2. This show has everything from extravagant events to office drama revolving around high-stakes listings to sweet moments amongst the Umansky family. And if you still have burning questions about Mauricio and Kyle Richards’ separation, Buying Beverly Hills has the answers you’re looking for.

This reality series poses an all-too-common conundrum facing newly engaged couples: Spend the money on the wedding or the down payment? With the average cost of weddings on the rise, many couples have to choose between fairy-tale nuptials and first homes. Marriage or Mortgage is here to ask the hard questions: marble kitchen island or wedding band? Two-story farmhouse or Instagram-worthy doughnut wall at the reception? In each episode, wedding planner Sarah Miller faces off against real estate agent Nichole Holmes to convince a Nashville-based couple to spend their hard-earned money on the wedding — or the home — of their dreams. If only we could all have the expertise of Nichole and Sarah to help us with our biggest life decisions.

Looking for your next luxury property? Real estate mogul Ryan Serhant has got you covered. Over eight episodes, Owning Manhattan follows Serhant, one of New York City’s top brokers, and his elite team of real estate agents as he works to build the largest — and best — luxury real estate brokerage in the world. New York is a cutthroat market, and the CEO of SERHANT. is hungry to come out on top. With his name on the line, and every broker in the city trying to join his new firm, Serhant leads his team in the effort to secure luxury listings for his ultrawealthy clients. Come for the beautiful homes, stay for the drama.

This French series follows the Kretz family, who own and run a luxury real estate company and close deals on some of the most extravagant and beautiful homes in the country and abroad. Run by couple Olivier and Sandrine and their sons, Kretz & Partners listings run the gamut from medieval homes to converted chapels and 32,000-square-foot castles. The series models how keeping it in the family can foster an environment of support, humor, and celebration. Plus, it showcases and celebrates some of the region’s most distinctive architecture — with most properties selling for many, many millions of euros.

Now eight seasons in, Selling Sunset follows a team of real estate agents closing luxury real estate deals in Los Angeles — and whether they’re fighting over property listings or who said what to whom, drama reigns inside and outside the office. There’s multimillion-dollar escrows, on- and off- and then on-again friendships, tear-filled breakups, will-they-or-won’t-they tensions, office politics, and vegan empanadas — all set against the backdrop of the sunny Hollywood Hills. And yet The Oppenheim Group’s cast of characters still manage an impressive number of impressive listings, celebrity clients, and unforgettable fashion moments.

Step inside The Oppenheim Group’s office in Orange County, one of California’s most affluent regions, with its own roster of agents, portfolio of jaw-dropping beachfront homes for sale, and, of course, a whole lot of drama for our viewing pleasure. Among the agents are Tyler Stanaland, former model Austin Victoria, and mean-girl besties Alexandra Jarvis and Alexandra Rose. And of course, the office wouldn’t be complete without the O Group’s signature giant deal-closing bell and those infamous metallic desks.

A new addition to the Selling franchise, Selling the City follows an elite team of agents at the Douglas Elliman brokerage in New York City as they navigate a cutthroat luxury real estate market. Eleonora Srugo, a real estate mogul who’s distinguished herself as one of the top agents in the Big Apple, has assembled an elite team of women agents who take the competition and hustle to the next level as they secure multimillion-dollar deals. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Selling series without a healthy dose of juicy personal drama, and Selling the City promises to deliver all the excitement of its West Coast counterparts — and then some.

Interior designer Genevieve Gorder and real estate expert Peter Lorimer are on a mission to transform America’s short-term rentals into five-star getaways that turn big profits. The pair travels from coast to coast helping vacation rental owners make over their properties with chic new interiors and improved business and marketing tactics to reveal one-of-a-kind, in-demand getaways. Encountering everything from rundown houseboats to outdated desert properties, Genevieve and Peter tap into the unique potential of every space and turn it into the next great destination. After you travel along for this series, you might just get inspired to take up property management as a side hustle.

This series follows renovation experts and hosts John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin on their tour of America’s most innovative tiny homes. And by tiny, we really mean tiny — all featured homes come in at under 500 square feet. Weisbarth and Giffin help families coast to coast downsize their spaces and construct the mini-homes of their dreams. The houses may be tiny — but their impact is anything but. This series shows how shrinking your living quarters can allow for more mobility, financial freedom, and, most importantly, plenty of space to dream big.

Hosted by real estate broker Luis D. Ortiz and content creators Megan Batoon and Jo Franco, The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals features some of the most extraordinary and exclusive vacation rentals around the globe. Whether it’s a futuristic invisible house in the desert, a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Wisconsin, an eco-lodge in Bali, or a tree house on an alpaca farm in Atlanta, this show will give you a serious travel bug. Better still, the rentals come at a wide variety of prices that can work for travelers on almost any budget — you just might decide to pack up and become a digital nomad. (Does it get cooler than getting to sleep in an igloo in Finland?) The best part: All the show’s featured properties are bookable online.








































































