Updated 21 October 2026. We re-opened each report below and kept only deals described from registration documents or a developer's own announcement. Most pages that rank for this question list celebrity homes by estimated value. This one separates valuations from registered sales, states carpet against super built-up rates, and ends with what a buyer at this level should check.

The recorded deals, largest first

Each line gives the address, size, price, rate and date as reported. We describe deals by place and size only; we do not name individual buyers.

  • Lavelle Road · 25,824 sq ft property with an old bungalow · ₹165.6 Cr · about ₹64,000 per sq ft · September 2025 (Trade Brains, 19 December 2025)
  • Koramangala 3rd Block · 10,000 sq ft land parcel · ₹67.5 Cr · about ₹70,300 per sq ft · April 2024 (Trade Brains)
  • Jayamahal Extension, Savyasachi Sarayu · apartment on floors 13–14 · 12,800 sq ft super built-up, 9,929 sq ft carpet · ₹64 Cr · ₹64,457 per sq ft of carpet · July 2025 (Constro Facilitator, citing Zapkey registration data)
  • Sampangiram Nagar, MAIA Estates' 27 Summit · penthouse on floors 25–26 · 10,629 sq ft super built-up, 7,065 sq ft carpet · ₹54.38 Cr · ₹77,000 per sq ft carpet, ₹51,170 per sq ft super built-up · May 2025 (The Realty Today, citing Zapkey)
  • UB City, Kingfisher Towers · apartment of about 8,400 sq ft · about ₹50 Cr · about ₹59,500 per sq ft · December 2024 (Trade Brains)
  • Defence Colony, Indiranagar · independent house on 8,800 sq ft of land · about ₹47.5 Cr · roughly ₹54,000 per sq ft of land (our arithmetic) · August 2024 (Trade Brains)
  • 27 Summit · duplex penthouse of about 7,000 sq ft super built-up, five car parks · ₹45.71 Cr · stamp duty and registration about ₹2.74 Cr · registered May 2026 (PropNewsTime, 22 May 2026)

Which is the most expensive apartment in Bangalore?

It depends on the measure. On total price, the ₹64 crore Jayamahal Extension residence leads the reported apartment deals. On rate, the 27 Summit penthouse leads at ₹77,000 per sq ft of carpet area.

The older benchmark is Four Seasons Private Residences at Embassy ONE on Bellary Road. Embassy Group announced in October 2017 that a 16,000 sq ft single-level residence on the 30th floor had sold for ₹50 crore, then the highest price for a branded residence in south India (Embassy Group via PR Newswire, 12 October 2017). That works out to about ₹31,250 per sq ft, our arithmetic.

One note on the May 2026 27 Summit report: it names a different developer and locality from the 2025 Zapkey-based report. We follow the 2025 report, which places 27 Summit in Sampangiram Nagar under MAIA Estates.

Carpet or super built-up: read the rate correctly

The same 27 Summit penthouse reads as ₹77,000 per sq ft on carpet area and ₹51,170 on super built-up area. The gap is the loading for common areas, about 50% in that deal (our arithmetic from the reported 7,065 and 10,629 sq ft).

Compare like with like. A developer's price list usually quotes super built-up. A registered deed and a RERA filing state carpet area. Land deals, such as Lavelle Road or Koramangala, are quoted per sq ft of land, which is a different asset again.

Valuations are not sale prices

Many lists of Bangalore's costliest homes rank family residences by an estimated value. Those homes have not been sold, so there is no deed, no stamp duty and no recorded rate. We leave them out.

Government guidance values are also not market prices. They set the floor for stamp duty, and on the addresses above, recorded deals sit well above them.

What the record does show is how central land has moved. A 4,300 sq ft bungalow plot on Lavelle Road sold for ₹27.5 crore in 2022, about ₹64,000 per sq ft of land, against about ₹40,000 five years earlier (Venture Intelligence, 26 May 2022, citing The Times of India). The same report recorded an 8,321 sq ft Kingfisher Towers apartment resold for ₹35 crore, roughly ₹42,000 per sq ft (our arithmetic).

Which is the costliest area in Bangalore to buy a home?

On rate, the recorded deals cluster in a small central ring: Lavelle Road and UB City, Koramangala 3rd Block, Jayamahal Extension, Sampangiram Nagar and Defence Colony in Indiranagar. These are tightly held streets where large parcels rarely come up.

On volume, the picture differs. In FY26 Bengaluru sold 128 homes priced ₹10 crore and above, worth ₹1,957 crore, up from 84 in FY25, and the top locality by value was Rajanukunte in the north at ₹572 crore (MGS Architecture, reporting the India Sotheby's International Realty and CRE Matrix study, May 2026). Only 19 apartments above 8,000 sq ft sold in the city that year, against 355 in Hyderabad (same report).

The mix is also changing. Propstack's co-founder said the segment above ₹50 crore was historically bungalows and is now seeing a significant increase in luxury apartment deals (Constro Facilitator, 23 July 2025).

What stamp duty is actually paid at this level

The one deal in this list with a reported duty figure is the May 2026 27 Summit penthouse: about ₹2.74 crore of stamp duty and registration on ₹45.71 crore, roughly 6% (PropNewsTime, 22 May 2026; percentage ours). Duty is charged on the deed, so it is a real cost that a valuation list never shows. Current Karnataka rates and a calculator: Bangalore stamp duty calculator

If you are buying in this band: what to check

  • Title depth: for an old bungalow or land parcel, a 30-year chain of title, mutation entries and any family or partition history, read by your own advocate.
  • Measure: the carpet area in the agreement and the RERA filing, not only the super built-up figure.
  • Density and privacy: units per floor, lift lobbies per unit, and how many homes share the building.
  • Parking and storage: the number of covenanted car parks; the reported penthouse deals included four to five.
  • Resale depth: few homes trade at these rates each year, so plan for a long sale window when you exit.
  • Discretion: deeds are public records and are routinely reported. If privacy matters, take advice on how the purchase is structured, within the law.

Homes we list in the same addresses

These are listings, not recommendations. Prices are the developer's published starting figures on our project pages.

Further reading: the Lavelle Road and UB City guide at Lavelle Road and UB City, Bengaluru: Buyer's Guide 2026 — Ultra-Luxury Homes, Prices and What to Know, penthouse terrace rights at Penthouse in Bangalore 2026: Prices, Terrace Rights, and how off-market deals work at How the Ultra-Rich Buy Property Off-Market in India. All luxury listings: Luxury Apartments, Bangalore