Editor’s note: This article compiled with data and photos provided by Zillow.
A mix of celebrity and private luxury single-family (if you can call the White House single-family) residences made up the top 10 most-viewed homes on Zillow in 2011. Half of the top 10 are found in a cluster around New York City, and the other five range
from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.
Topping the list, at a Zillow-estimated $467,400 listing price, the lowest-priced home in the top 10 list is the notorious "Jersey Shore" house, where MTV filmed the first season of the reality TV phenomenon. People must have been curious where
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Snooki" and "The Situation" (nicknames for a couple of the show’s stars) first entered
public life.
The White House is No. 8 on the list, but is by far the most expensive, with a Zillow-estimated $261.76 million value. The Woolworth’s retail magnate Frank Woolworth built
a French Gothic-styled Upper East Side townhouse, ranking No. 3 on the list, for his daughter Helena, which is going for a mind-boggling $90 million.
An art gallery resides in a beautifully landscaped, sleek and ultramodern Santa Barbara, Calif., home, No. 4 on the list, priced at just under $20 million. No. 6 is the gaudy and notorious Champ d’Or Estate in Hickory Creek, Texas, which was modeled on a chateau just outside Paris (in France — not Paris, Texas).
Apparently, it’s been on the market since 2003 and can’t sell, which could be because of its $58 million list price, or its overgilded aura — or both.
Rap mogul Fifty Cent’s sprawling 50,000-square-foot Connecticut mansion and its 21 bedrooms makes the list at No. 5, and is priced just under $10 million — which, on this list, may seem like a comparative bargain.
Location: Seaside Heights, N.J.
Listing Price (Zillow Estimate) | $467,400 |
Bed/Bath | 6/3 |
Square Feet | 1,896 |
1209 Ocean Terrace, Seaside Heights, N.J. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Listing Price | $49.5 million |
Bed/Bath | 9/13 |
Square Feet | 36,000 |
9577 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Location: New York City, N.Y.
Listing Price | $90 million |
Bed/Bath | –/– |
Square Feet | 19,950 |
4 E. 80th St., New York, N.Y. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Location: Santa Barbara, Calif.
Listing Price | $20 million |
Bed/Bath | 5/5.5 |
Square Feet | 13,875 |
(Undisclosed address) Santa Barbara, Calif. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Location: Farmington, Conn.
Listing Price | $10 million |
Bed/Bath | 21/25 |
Square Feet | 48,515 |
50 Poplar Hill Dr., Farmington, Conn. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Location: Water Mill, N.Y.
Listing Price | $58.5 million |
Bed/Bath | 8/10 |
Square Feet | 20,000 |
(Undisclosed Address) Water Mill, N.Y. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Location: Montville, N.J.
Listing Price | $1.64 million |
Bed/Bath | 6/6.5 |
Square Feet | 13,500 |
8 Pond View, Montville, N.J. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Location: Washington, D.C.
Listing Price (Zillow Estimate) | $261.76 million |
Bed/Bath | 16/35 |
Square Feet | 55,000 |
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Location: Meeker, Colo.
Listing Price | N/A |
Bed/Bath | 8/11.5 |
Square Feet | 13,907 |
36843 County Road 17, Meeker, Colo. Image courtesy
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Location: Hickory Creek, Texas
Listing Price | $35 million |
Bed/Bath | 6/10 |
Square Feet | 36,630 |
1851 Turbeville Road, Hickory Creek, Texas. Image courtesy of Zillow.
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Inman News reporter Paul Hagey compiled this report.