who says the u s real estate market is soft.  the russians are still buying.  just wait until the chinese and japanese start unloading u s treasuries and start buying us real estate.  the boom is on the horizon.  following is a copy of a link to an article by  juliet chung and s mitra kalita appearing in the march 31, 2011 on-line edition of the wall street journal on the subject of the highest priced single-family home ever sold in the

united states.