If you don’t think the rich are getting richer, just look at the asking prices for some of their homes.
The latest survey of the country’s most expensive residential properties by Forbes.com, shows that, while the real estate market is generally cooling off, the asking prices for high-end residences continues to hit new levels.
Leading the pack is Donald Trump’s $125 million spec house with 18 bedrooms under 60,000 square feet on six acres in Palm Beach, which he bought at a bankruptcy auction a few years ago for $41.25 million, and has since enhanced.
“There’s already interest from qualified buyers,” said broker Dolly Lenz.
Tied for second place at $75 million is Three Ponds Farm in Bridgehampton, L.I., a 60-acre estate that features an 18-hole golf course.
The other $75 million pad is “Portabello Estate,” a sprawling California home of 30,000 square feet that takes up its entire half-acre oceanfront lot.
In third place, at $70 million, is the triplex penthouse apartment atop the Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue owned by financial guru Martin Zweig.
Three California homes are in a three-way tie for fourth place at $65 million.
One of the residences, a limestone townhouse in San Francisco requires prospective clients to have at least $800 million in the bank before they can see the property.
Two other New York properties that made Forbes’ top 10 are a 47-acre estate in Lloyd Neck that includes a massive Tudor-style home and two helicopter pads for $60 million, and a large $55 million fixer-upper townhouse in the East 70s.