Year End

The Top 10 Most Expensive US Home Sales Are Giving Us Déjà Vu

New York, Los Angeles and South Florida continue to lead the market  in mansions selling for more than $50 million.

The pool at 9904 Kip Drive in Beverly Hills, California.

Source: Hilton & Hyland

Amid dramatically negative changes in the US housing market, the spending habits of the very rich have stayed remarkably consistent.

The top 10 most expensive residential sales this year were—just like last year—spread among New York and the Hamptons, Los Angeles, and South Florida, according to a list compiled by Jonathan Miller, the president and chief executive officer of appraiser Miller Samuel.