1.Despite competition from sprawling homes in India and the US, Buckingham
Palace is the most expensive property in the world at just over
£1billion, according to a new study.
2.The 27-story Antilia tower, built by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani in
Mumbai, is the second-most expensive home, the research states
3.The lavish Villa Leopolda, built
by Belgian King Leopold II around at the end of the 19th century for
his mistress, is valued at £500million
4.The huge Fairfield Pond mansion of American businessman Ira Rennert in
New York State is valued at £156million in the new list. It boasts its
own power plant, as well as three swimming pools and even a bowling
alley
5.The home of Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal in Kensington Palace
Gardens, London - dubbed Billionaire's Row - comes fifth in the list
6.The beautiful, Japanese-style Woodside estate of computer software
billionaire Larry Ellison in California is valued at £126million
7.Hearst Castle, Beverly Hills, built for newspaper magnate William
Randolph Hearst in 1919, came seventh and is valued at £120million
8.The Pinnacle, the largest property at the exclusive Yellowstone Club in
Big Sky, Montana, is valued at £97million and came eighth in the list
9.Roman Abramovich's London's home, not far from Chelsea's home ground
Stamford Bridge, is worth £88million and came ninth in the list
10.An £80million coverted school in Upper Phillimore Gardens, Kensington,
London now owned by Ukrainian oligarch Elena Franchuk, came tenth in the
list
