From the White House to the halls of Congress, U.S. government officials have responded to the death of Nelson Mandela with a hail of testimonials to the late South African presidentâs leadership in the struggle for freedom and human rights.
Measuring just one square mile, it is one of the wealthiest towns in the area--don't bother looking for a house under $1 million. Little surprise, then, that Belvedere is home to the most expensive residence on the market in California--and one of the priciest in the country. Locksley Hall, a 10,000-square-foot house that sits at the tip of Belvedere Island, can be yours for $65 million.
And the two homes could end up selling for far less, since nine-figure price tags are often used more as marketing tools than as real valuations. The most expensive home sold in the United States is believed to be an East Hampton estate that sold for $147 million in 2014. In California, the biggest sale is believed to be that of a nine-acre estate in Woodside that sold for $117.5 million in 2013.