2021 is the year of all records… The luxury real estate market has not escaped this, attracting investors and billionaires eager to find the home of their dreams. Some properties sold for exorbitant prices.
Since the start of the pandemic, the price of detached houses with gardens has soared, +15% on average. 75% of French people dream of this type of dwelling… And they are not the only ones.
Rebound effect, luxury real estate also broke records in 2021. Here are the 5 most expensive properties sold in 2021, according to the Expansión website.
A mansion in Malibu
© Google Earth
It was Serge Azria, CEO of Joie, Equipment and Current/Elliot, who achieved this feat. The mansion he owned since 2013, bought for $41 million and then extensively renovated, sold for $177 million last year, or around 156.1 million euros.
The new – and happy – owner, the investor Marc Adreessen, will now be able to enjoy 28,300 m2 of land, a cinema, a spa and two guest houses.
All in the temple of Hollywood stars: Paradise Cove in Malibu. What to live a possible confinement with serenity…
An apartment with a view of Hyde Park
© Rob DEUTSCHER FOLLOW / CC BY 2.0
129.7 million euros: this is the sum that will have had to be spent, in the spring of 2021, to afford a real jewel. The former owner is said to be Hasan Ismaik, former CEO of a Dubai-based construction company, Arabtec Holdings.
Located in the One Hyde Park district in London in the heart of a complex of 86 luxury apartments (photo), right next to the Mandarin Oriental, the property has a living area of 1,300 m2. It will still be necessary to renovate it before enjoying it.
A house in Palm Beach
© PICTUREITSOLDFL.COM
Located in Palm Beach, on land that once belonged to Donald Trump, the property sold for a whopping $108.1 million.
The new owner and co-founder of Tiger Global Management, Scott Schleifer, took no more than fifteen minutes to make his decision.
The house is spread over 8,000 m2 and has 9 bedrooms, a cinema and even a swimming pool. All fully furnished, one imagines, with taste.
A palace in the Hamptons
© BESPOKE REAL ESTATE
Does it look familiar to you? It must be said that this summer palace is none other than the home of the Roy family in season 2 of Succession. It has a sumptuous view of the ocean and 17 hectares of land. Luxury, calm and voluptuousness…
Originally built for Henry Ford II in the 1960s, the mansion sold for 92.6 million euros this year. The actors of the HBO series can at least boast of having filmed in one of the most popular places in the world.
A sumptuous pied-à-terre in Hong Kong
© LWK+PARTNERS (HK) LTD
A 360-degree panorama of Hong Kong, in the Victoria Summit district, and exceptional services: an apartment in the Mont Nicholson complex was sold for 72.53 million euros.
The 423 m2 apartment, designed by two world-renowned architects, offers 4 bedrooms and a dressing room.
It is located in an ultra-secure residence with swimming pool, clubhouse and gym.