Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates appears to be trimming back his famed  Washington  compound—listing a home that sits next to his  sprawling Xanadu 2.0 dwelling  for $4.8 million, just months after insisting he would “never downsize” the enormous property. The 70-year-old Microsoft founder  put a four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom  Medina , WA, dwelling on the market on Feb. 5, 2026, property records show. Gates has owned the home since 1995, when he purchased it for $1 million, just one year after