What is the most expensive house currently on sale within 5 miles of yourself?

[Spinneret]

And would you buy it yourself

For me 1+.5 million and no I wouldn't

 

[disneyfan123]

There is one listed at $3.5M and no, I wouldn't buy it (assuming I could afford it), due to the layout. But being in Canada means that there are lots of houses valued at or around $1M, it's rather crazy how expensive housing is here. I feel for my kids generation and believe they will be worse off than my wife and I.

 

[mjkacmom]

In my little town it’s $899,999 but I’m sure there are several million+ homes within 5 miles of my house.

 

[Meriweather]

over $7 million and no, not interested!!

 

[bcwife76]

$3.25 million and no, it's 6400 SQ ft, too big for me

 

[EveV]

And would you buy it yourself

For me 1+.5 million and no I wouldn't

$30M and I could, yes.

 

[EllieJedi]

$6M and no. There are a couple around $1M that I would be interested in though.

 

[NYCgrrl]

According to a google search, $18.5 M is the most expensive property in a 5 mile radius of here. Didn’t look at the sq ft or amenities but know it’s not one of those bizarre (IMO) needle tower apts since many of them cost substantially more.
I’m likely in my “forever” home that I recently renovated so no need to get R/E envy.

 

[Threehearts]

$28,995,000. It's a new build in a more expensive neighborhood which has lovely older homes.. This one is quite unattractive with bright gold fixtures everywhere and "interesting" finish choices. It is faux chateau.

 

[cats mom]

$54,000,000
It's 24,000+ sq ft on 4+ acres, with a 14,000+ sq ft garage.
It's a bit more than 5 miles away, but not much.
Way more house, lot, garage than I would want... which is a good thing since barring a huge lotto win (and I don't play, so that's not happening) there's no way I could afford it. LOL

 

[China Expat]

16 million

 

[JulieBeeRN]

5.8 million. 8 acres and has an additional building with an indoor bball court, hot tub, indoor & outdoor pool, sauna, and some kind of golf & baseball sim.

And that's a big fat no.

 

[tvguy]

$2.75 million. Been on the market for 3 months, price was cut a month ago from $3.19 million.

3 bedroom 3 bath 3,091 square foot house in a gated community. Owner paid $1.6 million for it 17 years ago.

 

[Moliphino]

In my town it's about $900k. 3500 sq. ft. on almost 7 acres. I would like the land, the house is a bit dated. Within 5 miles, but the next town over there's one for $2.1 million. 10,000 sq. ft. on about 4 acres, way too much house for me.

 

[justafigment27]

There is one house that’s 1.1M. It’s too much house for our area and would be difficult to re-sell.

 

[Aladora]

14M and probably not, it is over 13000 sq ft so way too big for us.

As a comparison, the least expensive house currently on sale where I live is $700,000, only 975 sq ft, and is described as "one bathroom house does need work. A fixer-upper project, or take it down and build your dream home."

 

[Eeyore daily]

$1.45 million but nope. I have no desire to live on the ocean, or gulf in this case.

 

[tvguy]

Ran into a friend who is a Realtor and asked her. She didn't know specifically but said homes selling for $4 million or more are rarely ever listed on the MLS so you never know they were ever for sale until they are sold and it becomes public record. Those houses usually are sold by Realtor who has a list of potential buyers on hand, so no need to advertise them in public as being for sale.

 

[lovin'fl]

3.3 miles away is one for 7.75 million. And probably wouldn't ever buy it (if we won powerball or something). Would rather multiple homes up the coast...nice ones but cheaper than 7.75 mil.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Ran into a friend who is a Realtor and asked her. She didn't know specifically but said homes selling for $4 million or more are rarely ever listed on the MLS so you never know they were ever for sale until they are sold and it becomes public record. Those houses usually are sold by Realtor who has a list of potential buyers on hand, so no need to advertise them in public as being for sale.

I've heard that as well, so I decided to check out HAR.com (Houston Association of Realtors) and dig into the really swanky areas. If you pan out, you can search all over TX, but within the Houston area, I can see a chunk of River Oaks area listings, including one for $27.5M (several others in the $4-10M range around it). Still, I know I've seen homes for sale around me that never show up on HAR. While it may vary by state, I see that realtors here are required to register all listings with MLS if they're NAR (National Assoc. of Realtors) members. If they're not NAR members and aren't tied to a parent firm that is an MLS member, they aren't required to put listings on MLS. Not sure if this varies by state, but it's still interesting that some things show while others don't.