Forbes - World's Most Expensive Homes 2007

Along Australia's Gold Coast and across the French Riviera, they sit above the beach offering extraordinary views of the sea. In the U.K. they are palaces that humble the Queen's Belgravia mansions.

Others range from landed estates throughout continental Europe to nature preserves in Zambia.

These are some of the world's most expensive properties, and the prices are as unique as the homes.

$138 million Updown Court Windlesham, Surrey



$135 million Hala Ranch Aspen, Colo.


$125 million Maison de L'Amitie Palm Beach, Fla.


$100 million Waterfront Estate Istanbul, Turkey


$100 million Tranquility Lake Tahoe, Nev.


$99 million Bishops Avenue Hampstead, London


$75 million Three Ponds Bridgehampton, N.Y


$75 million The Portabello Estate Corona del Mar, Calif.


$70 million The Pierre Penthouse New York, N.Y.


$65 million Cap Ferrat Cote d’Azur, France

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