The Wall Street Journal reports on the most a home has been sold for in 2009:
Despite the recession, a mansion in Aspen, Colo., has fetched a boom-market price. The 21,400-square-foot home sold this week for $43 million. Brokers say it’s the most expensive home that has sold in the U.S. so far this year. The 10-bedroom contemporary mountain home on 4.5 acres sits at the base of Aspen’s exclusive Red Mountain. The home of wood, glass and stone, completed in 2006, overlooks downtown Aspen and includes a heated outdoor pool, four-car garage and a guest house. – from WSJ