The growing demand for luxury homes is being fueled by hybrid work and increasing wealth generated by cryptocurrency, according to Sotheby’s International Realty Luxury Outlook 2022 report published on Monday. The report, which looks at trends that are likely to shape the global high-end real estate market in the year ahead, was compiled by surveying Sotheby’s International Realty agents around the world who conduct and carry out business within the $10 million-plus price category. It found that the increasing number of people turning to hybrid work—which allows employees to work partly from the office and partly from home—along with wealth from cryptocurrency, combined with low-interest rates, is seeing a demand for luxury homes with big price tags. Across the globe, luxury-home sales reached record levels in 2021, despite the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. This combination of factors “make investing in a concrete, fixed asset like real estate attractive to many as they balance their portfolios,” Bradley Nelson, …