{
  "id": 7860155,
  "title": "See Elon Musk's properties over the years, from Bel Air mansions to his secret house in Texas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/see-elon-musks-properties-over-the-years-from-bel-air-mansions-to-his",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-16T20:03:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-real-estate-portfolio-over-the-years-2024-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Elon Musk's real estate journey has been as diverse as it has been lavish. In 2012, the SpaceX CEO purchased a $17 million, 16,251-square-foot mansion in Bel Air, California. This property boasted a two-story library, a pool, and a tennis court with views of the Bel-Air Country Club.\n\nJust a year later, Musk added another Bel Air property to his collection, purchasing a historic four-bedroom home for $6.75 million from the late Gene Wilder. This four-bedroom, 2,750-square-foot house featured wood-beamed ceilings, a pool, gardens, and a view overlooking a country club and the ocean.\n\nAfter vowing to sell most of his possessions, Musk listed the Bel Air mansions for $30 million and $7 million, respectively. He eventually repurchased the Wilder property after it was foreclosed, and sold it to a couple for $7 million, even providing them with financing.\n\nMusk's property portfolio expanded to include a 7,000-square-foot mansion in Hillsborough, California, a 16,000-square-foot mansion in the same area, and a tiny $50,000 home in Boca Chica, Texas, where SpaceX maintains a launch facility. His latest residence, an Airstream trailer near Memphis, where he claims to be \"couch-surfing,\" suggests his living arrangements have grown increasingly modest amid his vast wealth.",
  "summary": "Elon Musk has sold most of his California real estate portfolio, but he's building a new one in Austin. See the homes he's owned, including a trailer.",
  "key_points": [
    "Elon Musk bought a $17M Bel Air mansion in 2012 with library and pool",
    "Purchased Gene Wilder's historic home for $6.75M in 2013",
    "Repurchased and sold Wilder property to couple for $7M"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Elon Musk's companies ordered to explain why they dropped antitrust claims against Apple",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/elon-musks-companies-ordered-to-explain-why-they-dropped-antitrust",
        "published": "2026-09-16T20:52:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}