| A $135 million home tops the list of the most | | | | |
| expensive homes for sale in America. compiled | | | | 5. Three Ponds - Bridgehampton, New York, $75 |
| a list of the world's most valuable homes on | | | | million: This home, designed by architect |
| the market for the year 2007. The following | | | | Allan Greenberg, is located amidst three |
| are the top ten of America's priciest | | | | lakes on 60 acres of Hamptons farmland. It |
| mansions pulled out from the Forbes list. | | | | features its own USGA-rated Rees Jones golf |
| Interestingly six of the top ten of the | | | | course, 14 gardens, a 75-foot-long swimming |
| world's most expensive homes in 2007 are | | | | pool, golf pro shop, grass tennis court, and |
| American. | | | | a guest house. The main house has a great |
| | | | room with a domed ceiling, 28 foot high. |
| The top 10 most expensive homes for sale in | | | | |
| the United States in 2007 are: | | | | 6. The Portabello Estate - Corona del Mar, |
| | | | California, $75 million: This modern estate |
| 1. Hala Ranch - Aspen, Colorado, $135 | | | | home built in 2002 is located on a triple |
| million: This 95-acre ranch estate consists | | | | oceanfront lot along the Pacific Ocean. The |
| of an expansive 56,000-square-foot mansion, | | | | 30,000-square-foot home features eight |
| with 15 bedrooms and 16 bathrooms. America's | | | | bedrooms and 10 full baths. |
| priciest mansion, owned by Prince Bandar bin | | | | |
| Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, former Saudi Arabian | | | | 7. Malibu, California, $75 million: This is a |
| ambassador to the United States, also boasts | | | | beach home with a difference. Located on a |
| several smaller buildings, stables, a tennis | | | | flat seven-acre lot the beach house is |
| court, an indoor pool, a steam room, an | | | | surrounded by picturesque ocean views. It |
| exercise room, cross-country ski trails and a | | | | features seven bedrooms, two riding stables, |
| fishing pond. | | | | a riding ring, swimming pool, tennis court, |
| | | | and private access to the beach. |
| 2. Fleur de Lys - Beverly Hills, California, | | | | |
| $125 million: Modeled after the palace of | | | | 8. The Pierre Penthouse - New York City, $70 |
| Louis XIV at Versailles, this | | | | million: The eight most expensive home in the |
| 45,000-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion is | | | | U.S. is a penthouse with balconies and |
| priced at $125 million making it the second | | | | windows that offer 360-degree views of |
| most expensive home in the U.S. It had taken | | | | Manhattan, Central Park, the East River, and |
| five years to complete this palatial home. | | | | the Hudson River. Consisting of the top three |
| | | | floors of one of the grandest hotels in New |
| 3. Maison de L'Amitie - Palm Beach, Florida, | | | | York, the Pierre is located overlooking |
| $125 million: Previously owned by former | | | | Central Park. The penthouse features a grand |
| health care magnet Abe Gosman, the home was | | | | salon that has a 23-foot high ceiling. |
| purchased by New York billionaire Donald | | | | |
| Trump in 2004 at a bankruptcy auction for | | | | 9. Belvedere, California, $65 million: This |
| $41.25 million. Now refurbished, the mansion, | | | | 10,000-square-foot home California home |
| featuring a ballroom, conservatory, a | | | | features six-bedrooms, herringbone floors, |
| 100-foot swimming pool and 475 feet of | | | | marble baths and front gates designed by |
| ocean-front, is on the market for sale for | | | | Hearst Castle architect Julia Morgan. The |
| $125 million. | | | | home offers the combined beauty of the scenic |
| | | | San Francisco Bay, Angel Island and the |
| 4. Tranquility - Lake Tahoe, Nevada, $100 | | | | Golden Gate Bridge. |
| million: This expensive mansion sitting on a | | | | |
| sprawling 210 acres is located on the | | | | 10. San Francisco, $65 million: This |
| tax-free Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. The | | | | limestone palace is on the market for $65 |
| property is owned by Joel Horowitz, the | | | | million. It was sold for $32 million two |
| co-founder of Tommy Hilfiger. The | | | | years ago. It is significant that the |
| 20,000-square-foot main house is modeled | | | | limestone that the Gold Coast palace is clad |
| after a northern European mountain home. The | | | | in comes from a single quarry in France. |
| Lake Tahoe house boasts of several luxuries | | | | Among the elite billionaires' row neighbors |
| such as a 3,500-bottle wine cellar, a giant | | | | are the Getty family. The mansion features |
| indoor swimming pool and atrium, and a | | | | European windows and the guest house has a |
| 19-seat movie theater. | | | | 19th-century Italian tile roof. |