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27th March 2008

Checkout some of the world's most expensive properties

Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan's Aspen ski lodge is listed as $135 million, while a 64-room Istanbul waterfront mansion is on the market at $100 million.

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is so far the only person to have paid more than $100 million for a home, when he bought a Kensington townhouse for $127 million in 2005.

Although there are a few on the market for higher amounts

Tim Blixseth is asking $155 million for his planned Montana lodge a 53,000-square-foot stone-and-wood mansion in the billionaire's members-only Yellowstone Club.

This year's most expensive property ($165 million) in Beverly Hills, Califonia is a 75,000-square-foot villa once owned by William Randolph Hearst.

While in Romanian a castle built in 1212 that was once home to Vlad the Impaler (the inspiration for Count Dracula) is on the market for a mouth watering $140 million.

 

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