How Much do the Mega-Rich Spend on Real Estate?

Have you ever wondered how much you would have to spend to own the most expensive house in your state, or even the country? We sure have. And though we run the risk of leaving you green with envy, we have compiled a list of the most expensive houses in each US state.

Using data from Trulia, we collected data on the price, type of home, number of bedrooms, total square footage, price per square foot, and the lot size for each of the most expensive houses in 2015. The most expensive house in the US is in East Hampton, New York, listed at a price of $140,000,000. The second and third most expensive are in Wasilla, Alaska ($119,500,000), and Fulshear, Texas ($115,000,000). The World-famous Sunset Boulevard is home to the most expensive house in California, available for a cool $85,000,000. Rounding out the list are the Dakotas, where you would need to shell-out about $2,900,000 to own the most expensive house in Deadwood, South Dakota, or Fargo, North Dakota.

The detailed results are presented below, starting with the most expensive:

1. New York - $140,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 9 full, 1 partial Bathrooms
  • 10,300 sqft
  • $13,592/sqft
  • Lot size: 11.2 acres
  • Built in 1931

2. Texas - $115,000,000

  • Single-Family Home

Nevada Most Expensive Home

3. Nevada - $98,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • Lot size: 133.03 acres

California Most Expensive Home

4. California - $85,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 17 Bedrooms
  • 30,000 sqft
  • $2,833/sqft
  • Lot size: 2.81 acres
  • Built in 1939

Florida Most Expensive Home

5. Florida - $75,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 6 full, 3 partial Bathrooms
  • 9,854 sqft
  • $7,611/sqft
  • Lot size: 2.02 acres
  • Built in 1925

Connecticut Most Expensive Home

6. Connecticut - $65,000,000

  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 8 full, 4 partial Bathrooms
  • Single-Family Home
  • Lot Size: 40.26 acres
  • Built in 1916
  • 17,493 sqft

New Hampshire Most Expensive Home

7. New Hampshire - $49,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • Lot size: 16.56 acres
  • Built in 2000

Georgia Most Expensive Home

8. Georgia - $48,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 full, 3 partial Bathrooms
  • 17,776 sqft
  • $2,700/sqft
  • Lot size: 4.79 acres
  • Built in 1993

Rhode Island Most Expensive Home

9. Rhode Island - $45,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 full, 2 partial Bathrooms
  • 7,698 sqft
  • $5,846/sqft
  • Lot size: 45.75 acres

Hawaii Most Expensive Home

10. Hawaii - $38,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5 full, 3 partial Bathrooms
  • 10,320 sqft
  • $3,682/sqft
  • Lot size: 5.11 acres

Maryland Most Expensive Home

11. Maryland - $36,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 2 full, 1 partial Bathrooms
  • 2,236 sqft
  • $16,100/sqft
  • Lot size: 8,259 sqft
  • Built in 2000

Washington Most Expensive Home

12. Washington - $32,800,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 8 full Bathrooms
  • 11,520 sqft
  • $2,847/sqft
  • Lot size: 2.6 acres

Arizona Most Expensive Home

13. Arizona - $32,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 10 full Bathrooms
  • 29,700 sqft
  • $1,077/sqft
  • Lot size: 17.0 acres

Colorado Most Expensive Home

14. Colorado - $30,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 4 full, 2 partial Bathrooms
  • 11,509 sqft
  • $2,607/sqft
  • Lot size: 0.67 acres
  • Built in 2007

Utah Most Expensive Home

15. Utah - $29,500,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 14 full, 2 partial Bathrooms
  • 22,000 sqft
  • $1,341/sqft
  • Lot size: 60.0 acres

Virginia Most Expensive Home

16. Virginia - $28,800,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 full, 3 partial Bathrooms
  • 28,000 sqft
  • $1,029/sqft
  • Lot size: 2.41 acres

Massachusetts Most Expensive Home

17. Massachusetts - $25,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 full, 4 partial Bathrooms
  • 10,974 sqft
  • $2,278/sqft
  • Lot size: 1.9 acres
  • Built in 2010

Wyoming Most Expensive Home

18. Wyoming - $24,750,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 10 full, 2 partial Bathrooms
  • 14,277 sqft
  • $1,734/sqft
  • Lot size: 72.0 acres

Minnesota Most Expensive Home

19. Minnesota - $24,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6 full, 7 partial Bathrooms
  • Lot size: 12.91 acres
  • Built in 1918

District of Columbia Most Expensive Home

20. District of Columbia - $22,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 8 full, 6 partial Bathrooms
  • 26,900 sqft
  • $818/sqft
  • Lot size: 0.78 acres
  • Built in 1914

Montana Most Expensive Home

21. Montana - $22,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 full, 1 partial Bathrooms
  • 4,868 sqft
  • $4,519/sqft
  • Lot size: 35.0 acres
  • Built in 1989

Illinois Most Expensive Home

22. Illinois - $18,775,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8 full, 4 partial Bathrooms
  • 30,000 sqft
  • $626/sqft
  • Lot size: 70.66 acres

Tennessee Most Expensive Home

23. Tennessee - $17,999,999

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 8 full, 3 partial Bathrooms
  • 20,533 sqft
  • $877/sqft
  • Lot size: 5.86 acres
  • Built in 1999

Kansas Most Expensive Home

24. Kansas - $14,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5 full, 5 partial Bathrooms
  • 13,000 sqft
  • $1,077/sqft
  • Lot size: 103.0 acres

New Mexico Most Expensive Home

25. New Mexico - $13,650,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 3 full, 4 partial Bathrooms
  • 13,779 sqft
  • $991/sqft
  • Lot size: 16.61 acres
  • Built in 2006

Iowa Most Expensive Home

26. Iowa - $12,800,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 16 full Bathrooms
  • 24,876 sqft
  • $515/sqft
  • Lot size: 1.22 acres

South Carolina Most Expensive Home

27. South Carolina - $12,600,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 full, 7 partial Bathrooms
  • 19,169 sqft
  • $657/sqft
  • Lot size: 9.76 acres
  • Built in 2004

Mississippi  Most Expensive Home

28. Mississippi - $12,500,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 15 Bedrooms
  • 25,000 sqft
  • $500/sqft

Vermont  Most Expensive Home

29. Vermont - $12,500,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8,150 sqft
  • $1,534/sqft
  • Lot size: 85.62 acres

Wisconsin Most Expensive Home

30. Wisconsin - $12,200,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 7 full, 3 partial Bathrooms
  • 11,000 sqft
  • $1,109/sqft
  • Built in 2002

Indiana Most Expensive Home

31. Indiana - $11,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 2 full Bathrooms
  • 1,386 sqft
  • $7,937/sqft
  • Lot size: 16.7 acres
  • Built in 1862

Idaho Most Expensive Home

32. Idaho - $11,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 13 full Bathrooms
  • 15,900 sqft
  • $692/sqft
  • Lot size: 13.0 acres

Oregon Most Expensive Home

33. Oregon - $10,995,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 full, 1 partial Bathrooms
  • 10,036 sqft
  • $1,096/sqft
  • Lot size: 28.17 acres

Michigan Most Expensive Home

34. Michigan - $9,900,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 full, 1 partial Bathrooms
  • 13,532 sqft
  • $732/sqft
  • Lot size: 38.0 acres

North Carolina Most Expensive Home

35. North Carolina - $9,500,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 9 full Bathrooms
  • 13,000 sqft
  • $731/sqft
  • Built in 2007

Pennsylvania Most Expensive Home

36. Pennsylvania - $8,860,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 full, 2 partial Bathrooms
  • 15,000 sqft
  • $591/sqft
  • Lot size: 102.72 acres

Ohio Most Expensive Home

37. Ohio - $8,750,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 full, 2 partial Bathrooms
  • 22,657 sqft
  • $386/sqft
  • Lot size: 11.5 acres

Maine Most Expensive Home

38. Maine - $8,000,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 5 partial Bathrooms
  • 4,119 sqft
  • $1,942/sqft
  • Lot size: 116.0 acres

New Jersey Most Expensive Home

39. New Jersey - $7,500,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 full, 1 partial Bathrooms
  • 6,000 sqft
  • $1,250/sqft
  • Lot size: 6,164 sqft
  • Built in 2011

Delaware Most Expensive Home

40. Delaware - $6,700,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 7 full Bathrooms
  • 10,000 sqft
  • $670/sqft
  • Lot size: 0.34 acres

West Virginia Most Expensive Home

41. West Virginia - $5,995,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5 full, 2 partial Bathrooms

Missouri Most Expensive Home

42. Missouri - $5,895,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 full Bathrooms
  • 16,020 sqft
  • $368/sqft
  • Lot size: 1.57 acres

Louisiana Most Expensive Home

43. Louisiana - $5,460,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 full, 2 partial Bathrooms
  • 6,100 sqft
  • $895/sqft
  • Lot size: 8,481 sqft

Kentucky Most Expensive Home

44. Kentucky - $5,450,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 full, 1 partial Bathrooms

Alabama Most Expensive Home

45. Alabama - $5,400,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 full, 1 partial Bathrooms
  • 7,000 sqft
  • $771/sqft
  • Lot size: 0.85 acres

Oklahoma Most Expensive Home

46. Oklahoma - $4,900,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7 full, 1 partial Bathrooms
  • Lot size: 2.0 acres

Arkansas Most Expensive Home

47. Arkansas - $4,250,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 full, 6 partial Bathrooms
  • 14,500 sqft
  • $293/sqft
  • Lot size: 3.06 acres

Nebraska Most Expensive Home

48. Nebraska - $2,999,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 5 full Bathrooms
  • 6,303 sqft
  • $476/sqft
  • Lot size: 4.72 acres
  • Built in 2002

South Dakota Most Expensive Home

49. South Dakota - $2,950,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 full Bathrooms
  • 3,776 sqft
  • $781/sqft
  • Lot size: 130.0 acres

North Dakota Most Expensive Home

50. North Dakota - $2,900,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5 full, 5 partial Bathrooms
  • 10,500 sqft
  • $276/sqft
  • Lot size: 1.07 acres

51. Alaska - $1,195,000

  • Single-Family Home
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 full Bathrooms
  • 3,750 sqft
  • $31,867/sqft
  • Lot size: 1 acre
  • Built in 2011

How do these houses compare with the most expensive houses in the World? Well, it turns out that the most expensive house in the world is a 5-story penthouse complete with its own waterslide in Monaco. But when it comes to average home prices in the US, the top 10 most expensive markets are almost all located in California: the most expensive market is Los Altos (home of Apple, Google, and Facebook headquarters).

The data we have compiled includes the most expensive houses on the market at the time of writing. However, it is possible that some even more expensive homes are privately listed and not available for public viewing. One thing that is clear is that the house prices for the ultra-rich have been increasing over the past several years. But will these houses actually sell for their asking price? Could there be even more expensive homes that are privately listed?;

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