Spec Houses: The Kindling of the Class War

If and when America's class war-driven revolution begins in earnest, there would certainly be worse targets for guerilla action than unoccupied $100 million mansions—monuments to pure greed and speculation.
Someone Built the Minecraft Creator's Insane $70m Mansion in Minecraft
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson outbid Beyoncé and Shawn Knowles for the most expensive mansion in Beverly Hills, and nerds everywhere are celebrating their victory. Notch's net worth after selling out to Microsoft is estimated at $1.5 billion, roughly half a bil more than Beyoncé and her husband.
Nobody Deserves a New Mansion More Than Les Moonves
Lots of corporate CEOs are overpaid, but perhaps none is as spectacularly and flagrantly overpaid as Les Moonves, who runs CBS, a company most famous for making bad TV shows. This new $28 million mansion he bought is pocket change for ol' Les.
Archbishop Selling $2.2 Million Mansion Paid for With Church Funds
Are you in the market for a $2.2 million, eight bedroom, Tudor-style mansion? (In Atlanta?) Well, the Archbishop of Atlanta might have a property to show you! A property that he is begrudgingly vacating after coming under criticism for paying for it with church funds!
The 10 Most Absurd Quotes from a Story about Rich New Yorkers Whose Homes Are 'Too Big', In Ascending Order of Rage-Inducement
Recently, the New York Observer uncovered a new problem plaguing rich people: their giant homes are simply too big.
Huge Houses Are Morally Wrong
The news of the day: America is poor, but wealthy people are still building themselves huge mansions. Is it wrong for someone to build an obscenely luxurious home for themselves with their own legally obtained money and means? Yes. It is wrong.
Activists Take Over Saif Qaddafi's London Mansion
Saif Qaddafi, the Western-educated sociopath child of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, has some guests staying in his $16 million London sex pad today, while he isn't there. Uninvited guests at that: They're activists who say they'll occupy the mansion "until this property can be returned to the Libyan people."
Ryan Seacrest's LA Mansion Can Be Yours For $14.5 Million
Bubbly blond TV personality Ryan Seacrest is selling the mansion he bought from Kevin Costner in 2006. His redecorating efforts even landed the "Casa di Pace" a spread in Architectural Digest! Wanna live in Mr. Infotainment's crib? Photos below.
Want to Be Haunted by Michael Jackson's Ghost for $29 Million?
The mansion where Michael Jackson died—TMZ has dubbed it, charmingly, "The MJ Death Mansion"—is for sale! Michael Jackson's ghost would be one of the best ghosts to have, when you think about it. [Pic via Real Estalker]
Jann Wenner Just Scraping By
Facial-haired magazine mogul Jann Wenner's wife has paid him more than $20 million this year to buy his half of two properties the couple once shared, before Jann moved in with a guy 15 years ago. It's a living! [NYT]
The Law Of Aerial Spying
When reporting on The Rich, it's critical to prove that they are, in fact, rich. This is most easily accomplished by showing their homes, because every reader can immediately tell that they couldn't even afford the solid gold horse stable, much less the platinum guest house or uranium master bedroom. But most of The…
