Mansions

When I wrote about Jennifer Aniston’s $40,000-a-month rental yesterday, the Pity Party Patrol came out in full force to claim that Brangelina NEVER gets the kind of mild criticism Aniston ENDURES for their respective excesses. I beg to differ – we always cover Brangelina’s real estate rumors, especially when the alleged purchases/rentals are crazy and/or … Continue reading »

Ellen DeGeneres’ Beverly Hills mansion was sold to Ryan Seacrest for about $49 million, according to celebrities’ site TMZ.com.Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi married at the mansion in 2008. The property is a collection of three separate purchases cobbled together into one sprawl. It has nine bedrooms, 2.87 acres of land, swimming pool, … Continue reading »

One-time Cadbury heiress sells her mansion to fund chocolate venture Felicity Loudon is moving on with a vengeance after Kraft’s purchase of Cadbury in 2010 Adrian Sherratt/Alamy/Getstock It didn’t take long for the British media to dub the move “sweet revenge.” Felicity Loudon announced this week that she had sold her $48-millon mansion in the … Continue reading »

“Bubble Hill” – the former Englewood home of comedian and movie star Eddie Murphy that has languished on the market since 2004 – may finally have a buyer. FILE PHOTO The 25,000-square-foot, 30-room mansion on Brayton Street in Englewood has been on the market since 2004. Dennis McCormack, a broker with Prominent Properties Sotheby’s, confirmed … Continue reading »

Bidding for a Newport Coast estate once priced as high as $87 million topped out last month at $18.5 million, the property’s bankruptcy lawyer said. The sale of 1 Pelican Hill Road North, a mansion formerly called Villa del Lago, will be reviewed by a bankruptcy court judge within a week. ADVERTISEMENT “In today’s market, … Continue reading »

A mansion in Broadneck is being sold for $32 million, making it one of the most expensive homes on the East Coast. The gigantic home, called the Friary on the Severn, was listed Friday for $32 million by Sotheby’s International Realty, which handles sales for some of the most luxurious homes in the country. The … Continue reading »

The Miami New Times Riptide blog is reporting that the Miami, Florida mansion where scenes from the 1972 porno flick Deep Throat were filmed is currently listed for sale. The home was built in 1961 and was owned by aristocrat Baron Joseph “Sepy” De Bicske Dobronyi before he passed away in 2010. Miami New Times … Continue reading »

Owners of French-style chateau in Wales slash price by £800,000 to beat ‘mansion tax’ Plas Cilybebell is set two acres of gardens and boasts an indoor pool, jacuzzi, tennis courts and croquet lawnWould-be buyer balks after Chancellor George Osborne announces new levy on £2million-plus properties By Tom Gardner PUBLISHED: 15:54 EST, 9 May 2012 | … Continue reading »

A HOME IN THE FARMHOUSE STYLE IN MALTA 1,900,000 euros ($2.5 million) This four-bedroom house in the countryside of Malta, a Mediterranean island nation off the Italian coast, was built in 2008 using the limestone of a dismantled 18th-century Maltese palace. The 4,200-square-foot house has the solid exterior frame of a traditional Maltese farmhouse, but … Continue reading »

NINE months after the billionaire British heiress Petra Ecclestone set this city buzzing with her purchase of a 123-room estate for $85 million, the real estate community here is hoping the sale will help propel prices high enough to crack the elusive $100 million barrier. Even in this town of fast fortunes and extravagant mansions, … Continue reading »