Real Estate

Sign of the time(share)

Remember the free-spending days when the filthy rich were able to afford their own vacation homes? Ah, the mid-’00s. In our new age of austerity, however, even the wealthy are economizing, as evidenced by these “ultra-luxury” house-yacht packages being offered by real estate firm Signature Residences.

For £760,000 (about $1.24 million) you can get 1/6 of a three-bedroom villa on Félicité Island in the Seychelles with a Manhattan 52 Sunseeker Yacht thrown in. For £2.4 million (about $3.9 million) each, you and five other people who aren’t quite as loaded as they used to be can split a five-bedroom villa and a 30-meter Sunseeker Yacht. Here are some pictures of your portion: