The most expensive house ever sold? Which is the most expensive and biggest house sold in the

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   Donald Trump’s Palm Beach mansion - $100 million
   
   The Donald takes pride in having sold this beautiful 68,000-square-foot mansion at a time when the real estate market is doing poorly. Trump purchased the mansion—and the seven acres of beachfront it sits on—in 2004 for less than half of what he sold it for.
   
   Lakshmi Mittal’s Kensington Palace Gardens mansion - $103 million
   
   Most Expensive Homes Ever Sold - Lakshmi Mittal's Kensington Palace Gardens mansion
   
   Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal was widely reported to have purchased this property on one of London’s most exclusive streets for £70 million ($126 million at the time). As it happened, the Indian tychoon paid only £57,145,967 for the mansion—still enough to put the mansion on the list of the most expensive houses ever sold.
   
   Victorian Villa, West London - $159 million
   
   Most Expensive Homes Ever Sold - Victorian Villa
   
   Purchased in February of 2008 by a Ukrainian businesswoman, this five-story Victorian villa was used as a girls’ school until it was purchased by developers in 2006. The luxurious residential dwelling has over ten bedrooms and an underground swimming pool. It also includes a gym, a sauna, a theatre and a panic room to be used in case of emergency. It was sold for £80 million (almost $159 million US), displacing the Kensington Palace Gardens home of Lakshmi Mittal as the most expensive house ever sold at the time.
   
   La Leopolda, France - $750 million?
   
   Most Expensive Homes Ever Sold - La Leopolda
   
   Originally built for the mistress of King Leopold of Belgium, this mansion overlooking the French Riviera has been said to be owned by several prominent people over the years, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Fiat Group’s Gianni Agnelli. Now, a mysterious Russian billionaire has supposedly purchased it from Lily Safra, the widow of a Lebanese banker who was killed in an arsonist’s fire in 2003. It may sound sketchy at best, but this is popularly believed to be the most expensive house ever sold.

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