According to the < Daily Mail > report, the new year begins, let`s review the 2016 large real estate transactions. Some extremely luxurious homes have even sold record-high nine-figure prices.
One of the most expensive real estate deals in 2016 is a huge garden villa in Suzhou, China, with 32 bedrooms and 32 bathrooms. It is known for its listing price of 1 billion yuan, the highest price in mainland China: a $154 million (£126 million).
The villa has even become a source of peach blossoms.
The house is already expensive enough, but it is second, still behind a luxury home in Hong Kong, which sold A $270 million (£ two hundred and twenty million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine) last year at a record price of A $270 million (£ two hundred and twenty million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine).
A $270 million mansion in Hong Kong.
Crespi Hicks Estate., a luxury home sold for A $100 million in Dallas, Texas, USA
Crespi Hicks Estate Homestead.
Inside the Crespi Hicks Estate mansion.
Luxury homes sold in the Los Angeles area of Holmby Hills for A $100 million.
Inside the mansion.
Inside the mansion.
Outside the mansion.
Playboy founder and editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner`s Playboy Mansion sold for A $100 million.
There is also a penthouse at 432 Park Avenue, New York, where anyone with more than A $90 million (£74 million) in a bank account can give it a try.
The apartment building, the third-tallest building in the United States, is the world`s tallest residential building, with 85 stories, 495 apartments and a new Manhattan skyscraper. Its penthouse sold A $87.7 million (£71.9 million) last year.
In Texas, Andrew Beal, founder of Beal Bank, spent A $100 million (£82 million) on a 27,999-square-foot Crespi Hicks Estate. in Dallas. The 25-acre mansion, with seven bedrooms and multiple bathrooms, has a 14-foot ceiling and has been owned by Tom Hicks, a prominent Dallas businessman.
In Los Angeles, Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores bought a 30, 000-square-foot mansion in unique Holmby Hills for A $100 million (£82 million). The mansion, located at 301 North Carolwood Drive, was once owned by Barbara Streisand, an American superstar, across the street from the former home of famous singer Frank Sinatra.
The mansion has 10 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, entertainment rooms, bar rooms, screening rooms, wine cellars and separate servant entrances, as well as a 5300-square-foot oversized master suite with a stand-alone terrace. There`s even a stove bar, a small swimming pool, several stadiums and a walking trail.
In addition, Hugh Hefner`s Playboy Mansion, initially asked for A $200m (£ one hundred and sixty three million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine), but ended up trading for A $100m (A $82 million). The buyer is 33-year-old Daren Metropoulous, one of the owners of Twinkies producer Hostess.
Hefner has been home in Playboy Mansion since 1971, with seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a wine cellar, home theater, gym, tennis court and swimming pool.
