Mapping the 10 Most Expensive House Sales in Los Angeles So Far This Year

By Adrian Glick Kudler May 7, 2015, 3:12pm PDT

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By Adrian Glick Kudler May 7, 2015, 3:12pm PDT

We spend so much time talking about how most normal people can't afford to live in Los Angeles anymore and you know what, it's totally unfair to the dozens of abnormal people who have tons of money to piss away on in-home operating rooms and several-hundred-thousand-dollar staircases. Today is their day. With data from PropertyShark, we've mapped the 10 most expensive LA house sales of the first quarter of 2015, with a list of buyers and sellers largely dominated by hedge funders and guys who founded Beats Electronics, plus the man who lost a Senate race to Barack Obama in 2004 and plenty of mysterious LLCs and trusts. Because if there's one thing super-rich people don't want you to know, it's literally anything about how much money they have or how they made it or how they spend it. The prices start at $21.5 million and climb to $60 million.

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27852/27834 Pacific Coast Hwy.

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The year began with Roseanne producer Marcy Carsey selling her spread in Malibu to Beats cofounder Jimmy Iovine for a total of $60 million.

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27852 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265

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33218/33222 Pacific Coast Hwy.

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On January 6, a Monticello Properties sold this two-parcel compound in Malibu to a Triunfo Trust for $50.5 million.

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33218 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265

616 Nimes Rd.

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Kenny Rogers's old Bel Air estate, Liongate, sold to rich couple James H. and Eleanor Randall, who plan to use it mostly for parties and weekend getaways from their home in the San Gabriel Valley. They paid $46.25 million.

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616 Nimes Road, Los Angeles, CA 90077

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28126/28118 Pacific Coast Hwy.

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On the last day of the first quarter, an LLC called Rosalita paid $44 million for these two properties in Malibu. The seller was Jack Ryan, owner of the Malibu Surfside News, who is most famous for losing a 2004 Illinois Senate race to Barack Obama.

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28126 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265

10410 Bellagio Rd.

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This house in Bel Air, which belonged to former St. Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere for many years, is perpetually a big winner—it sold in 2008 for $27.5 million, in 2010 for $18 million, and in 2011 at $19.15 million. Real estate investor David Margulies sold it again on March 4, to a California Hillside Pueblo, LLC, for $38 million. It's now up for sale yet again for $45 million.

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10410 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles, CA 90077

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1163 N. Hillcrest Rd.

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Private equity dude Henry F. Burroughs sold this house in Beverly Hills to a trust that may or may not be tied to hedge funder David Kabiller for $35.3 million.

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1163 North Hillcrest Road, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

9161 Oriole Wy.

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In late January, Beats cofounder Dr. Dre sold his Bird Streets house to private equity dude Alex Soltani for $32 million. Soltani plans to tear it down and build something in the $100-million range.