Most Expensive Homes In North Texas

Here is the list of the most expensive home sales for 2011 in North Texas. Not surprisingly, the Park Cities (as Highland Park and University Park are collectively known) delivered 4 of the 10 most expensive sales, with the Preston Hollow area only accounting for two.

#10 - 1745 Turbeville Rd. (Hickory Creek)

List Price - $5.6M.

Sold Price - Not Disclosed

#9 - 4636 Chapel Hill (White Rock Lake)

List Price - $5.995M

Sold Price - Not Disclosed

#8 - 10340 Gaywood Rd. (Preston Hollow)

List Price - $6.495M

Sold Price - Not Disclosed

Only 26 days on the market!

#7 - 6900 Baltimore Dr. (Uber Swank Volk Estates in University Park)

List Price - $6.99M

Sold Price - $6.5M

Only last 14 days on the market!

#6 - 9338 Meadowbrook (Preston Hollow)

List Price - $6.795M

Sold Price - Not Disclosed

#5 - 6815 Baltimore Dr. (Volk Estates Lot in University Park)

List Price - 6.99M

Sold Price - $6.5M

Only 27 days on the market!

#4 - 3816 Turtle Creek Dr. (Private street that overlooks Turtle Creek)

List Price - $7.9M

Sold Price - Not Disclosed

#3 - 3711 Lexington Ave. (Highland Park)

List Price - $8.5M

Sold Price - Not Disclosed

Only 27 days on the market!

#2 - 3851 Windsor Ln. (Two Adjacent Lots in University Park)

List Price - $9.6M

Sold Price - Not Disclosed

#1 - 1850 Turbeville Rd. (Hickory Creek)

List Price - $15M

Sold Price - Not Disclosed

Another BIistering Asking Price in Highland Park

I guess I'm infatuated with ridiculously priced homes because I know I'll never be able to afford one. 4412 Lakeside Dr. just hit the market with a staggering $15 million price tag. What will that get you you're wondering? First, you'll have the privilege of living on one of my favorite streets in the country. You're facing Lakeside Park which is one of the most beautiful places you'll ever see on a Spring Day. You should see all the parents dragging their gussied up kids to this place come March and April not to mention the flurry wedding photos. Jerry Jones is within a stone's throw and Troy Aikman is a 5 minute jog away on Highland. But other than that the almost 10,000 square foot house was built in 1918 on a half acre and is was completely gutted from 2000 to 2003. The pictures look phenomenal and that wine room makes me wanna pop open a Pinot Noir just looking at it. And if $15 million is too steep for you why don't you scoot down the street and check out 4808 Lakeside Dr. Asking a paltry $10.9 million, this home has been lingering on the market almost 500 days after starting off at almost $12 million.

Tax Appraisal, Shmax Appraisal

While many of us fight our tax appraisals every year because we don't want to pay more taxes than we have to, some people are enjoying more than a $4 million gap in their favor when it comes to how much the city of Dallas thinks their home is worth.

Check out this story that gives some nice examples of this serious oversight by the city of Dallas. I could go down the list of D-Magazine's 100 Most Expensive Homes list and come up with enough tax dollars that'll make your head spin. But honestly, the people I would be tattling on have a lot more money than me and I am scared of them and the people they could hire to shut me up.