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World’s Most Expensive Shopping Mall

January 27, 2011

The Dubai Mall In the US, we think of shopping malls as places for teenagers to hang out and purchase things for more than they’d cost just about anywhere else, places to get our holiday shopping done and places to walk in comfort for exercise. Will the same be true of the most expensive shopping [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Castle

January 12, 2011

While every medieval fortress is a treasure trove of history, some are such cultural icons that they are virtually priceless. England’s Tower of London and Windsor Castle are such landmarks, and merely suggesting a price tag for either of those would be unthinkable. Not so is Bran Castle in Romania. Archduke Dominic von Habsburg, a [...]

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Most Expensive Homes on the Market

November 18, 2010

Selling a Most Expensive home can take awhile and, especially in this day and age, may end up disappointing the seller. Dunnellen Hall, for instance, was originally listed at $125 million, but is now being offered for less than half that. With that in mind, we present these—the most expensive homes on the market. Versailles [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Hotel Suites

November 10, 2010

The most important element of a vacation, aside from the destination, is the hotel where you spend your downtime. If you’re going to take a true luxury vacation, of course, it won’t do to have anything less than one of the most expensive hotel suites in the world. Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens, Greece – [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Wood Flooring

October 5, 2010

Hardwood floors are not only affordable, they’re also easier to maintain and promote healthier indoor air than other flooring materials. If affordability isn’t an issue, though, maybe you should consider the most expensive wood flooring in the world. Macassar ebony, also known as Calamander wood, comes from India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and South East Asia. [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Floor Tiles

September 24, 2010

If you’re remodeling your mansion and want your floor to have all the elegance of a royal palace, it would be hard to think of a tile more suitable than Pietra Firma’s LuxTouch, the most expensive tile in the world. Pietra Firma takes floor tiling to new heights with this black marble creation. Each tile [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Cities

September 17, 2010

Tokyo, Japan What is the most expensive city in the world? Before you can even begin to answer that, you must first decide what “most expensive city” actually means. Several companies have done just that over the last few years and, due to the different methodologies used, compiled lists with surprisingly different results. We’ve compiled [...]

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Most Expensive Apartment

September 14, 2010

In the US, we usually think of apartments as rental properties. The most expensive apartments, like condominiums, are purchased outright. One Hyde Park penthouse – $220 million The four penthouse apartments atop London’s most luxurious address sold well before its construction finished. The buildings, developed by Candy & Candy and funded by Qatar’s foreign minister, [...]

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America’s Most Expensive College Dorm Rooms

August 10, 2010

Unless you’re going to school in your home town (and who wants to do that?), room and board will likely be a large portion of your college expenses. That’s not likely to change any time soon, either, as Forbes reports the price of freshman room and board has increased by 11% over the last three [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Gardens

August 2, 2010

You might think gardens would escape the gold and diamond trend endemic to “most expensive” objects. You’d be wrong. While supremely expensive and completely organic gardens do exist, so too do gardens bejeweled for millions of dollars (or, in this case, euros). Leonardslee Garden – $7.62 million Leonardslee Garden in West Sussex is a lush, [...]

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America’s Most Expensive Boarding Kennel

July 28, 2010

It’s great to be able to provide your pooch with the trappings of luxury, but what happens when you leave home for that 12-day cruise from Barcelona to Venice? Well, if you happen to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can lodge your canine companion at the most expensive boarding kennel in the [...]

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Most Expensive Rental Home in the US

April 20, 2010

The Hamptons—that easternmost stretch of Long Island catering to the financial elite—have just seen a record set, as a recent rental is the most expensive in the area’s history. Is this the most expensive rental home in the US? If not, it’s pretty close. Sandcastle, an 11.5-acre estate with a 31,000 square foot main house, [...]

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World’s Top Three Most Expensive Marinas

April 16, 2010

Looking for an expensive place to moor your super yacht? Well, look no further than the Italian Peninsula, home of the most expensive marinas in the world. Three Italian marinas—Capri, Porto Cervo and Portofino—topped Wealth Bulletin’s list of the world’s most expensive marinas. While the prices tend to fluctuate, especially during these times of economic [...]

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Most Expensive Ballpark for Fans

April 7, 2010

Whether or not the Boston Red Sox are the most successful team of the decade may be questionable, but one thing is for sure—they’re certainly the most expensive team to see at home. A recent Team Marketing Report has surveyed the Fan Cost Index of Major League Baseball teams and, after being overtaken in 2009 [...]

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Top Ten Most Expensive Rental Markets in the US

March 26, 2010

Do you think your rent is too much? Well, you might think again after seeing rental prices in the most expensive rental markets in the United States. Compiled by the Center for Housing Policy, an affiliate of the National Housing Conference, the report ranks 210 metropolitan areas in the US by the fair market rent [...]

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World’s Top Ten Most Expensive Domain Names

March 11, 2010

For over half a decade, Business.com reigned as the world’s most expensive domain name after its 1999 sale for $7.5 million. That was shortly after the site was founded by former Walt Disney Internet Group chairman Jake Winebaum and Earthlink founder Sky Dayton. The domain retained its record until 2006, when Match.com founder Gary Kremen [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Real Estate

February 4, 2010

Luxury gadgets, clothing and food are all well and good, but let’s face it—history is written by the land barons. Real estate put the feud in feudalism, made legends of early explorers and put Donald Trump on primetime television. So where is the most valuable land in the world? The world’s most expensive real estate [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Fountain

November 9, 2009

Things have been a little quiet on the Dubai front lately, but that doesn’t mean they’ve given up on expensive creations. The recently completed Dubai Fountain, for instance, is the most expensive fountain in the world. The construction of the fountain by WET Design, the same company that designed the only slightly less impressive Fountains [...]

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Most Expensive Hotel in Europe

May 28, 2009

Russian billionaire Telman Ismailov opened a hotel this month that is being widely proclaimed as the most expensive hotel in Europe. As it’s situated along the Mediterranean Sea in transcontinental state of Turkey, there seems to be some confusion surrounding the hotel’s continental status. That didn’t stop a gaggle of A-list celebrities—including Sharon Stone, Mariah [...]

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Ten of the Most Expensive Suburbs in the US

May 4, 2009

BusinessWeek has put together a list of fifty of “The Most Expensive Suburbs to Live in Now” for 2009. The list features the most expensive suburb in each state rated by median home price, median property tax and cost of living, each compared to the state average. Of course, “compared to the state average” doesn’t [...]

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Most Expensive USB Flash Drive

February 18, 2009

What could be more useful than a USB stick made of gold? Actually, don’t answer that. White Lake’s golden USB flash drive is, at least, sure to make an impression. Custom made with either fourteen- or eighteen-karat gold and maybe even some diamonds thrown into the mix, the most expensive USB drive is guaranteed to [...]

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Most Expensive Hotel to Build

February 6, 2009

The Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi may or may not be a profitable enterprise, but it’s certainly an impressive one. Costing over three billion dollars to build, the Emirates Palace is the most expensive hotel ever built. The hotel is, reportedly, intended to raise Abu Dhabi’s profile among international travelers. And what a profile [...]

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Most Expensive Homes Ever Sold

January 28, 2009

The true measure of an expensive home isn’t how much it cost to build or how much you’re selling it for. After all, who cares how expensive a home is if no one is buying? All of the following homes have passed the test of the real estate market with flying colors. They truly are [...]

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Most Expensive Club Membership

January 22, 2009

Being filthy rich probably isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Imagine how much trouble it is planning which beach to lounge at, which ultra-luxury vehicle you’re going to drive that day and any other ways you may need to display your wealth that day, lest those around you forget their place. Résidence Supérieur – [...]

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Most Expensive Kennel

November 30, 2008

We all know that some dog owners are a bit too attached to attached to their canine companions—bringing them to family gatherings, restaurants or even that unexpected visit to your place. So what happens when a person like that also happens to be a surgeon who can afford to drop nearly $400,000 on a whim? [...]

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Most Expensive Homes on the Market

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World’s Most Expensive Wood Flooring

World’s Most Expensive Floor Tiles

World’s Most Expensive Cities

Most Expensive Apartment

America’s Most Expensive College Dorm Rooms

World’s Most Expensive Gardens

America’s Most Expensive Boarding Kennel

Most Expensive Rental Home in the US

World’s Top Three Most Expensive Marinas

Most Expensive Ballpark for Fans

Top Ten Most Expensive Rental Markets in the US

World’s Top Ten Most Expensive Domain Names

World’s Most Expensive Real Estate

World’s Most Expensive Fountain

Most Expensive Hotel in Europe

Ten of the Most Expensive Suburbs in the US

Most Expensive USB Flash Drive

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