Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed has listed his mountainside retreat in Santa Barbara for $4.95 million. The 25-acre ocean-view estate, which includes a single-level custom home, a swimming pool, fruit trees and a guesthouse, was designed as a creative environment. Avocado ranches sit on both sides of the property. Features include solar power, an art [...]
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Tavern Island: Connecticut’s Secluded Sanctuary There is perhaps no greater space than one’s own private island retreat. Listed in October 2012 for $12.9 million by Doug Werner, William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Darien, Conn., Tavern Island in Rowayton, Conn., is a dream. With a total lot of 3.5 acres (not including an additional 0.46 on [...]
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Regional Spotlight– Median home-sale price continues to grow by double-digits in the Bay Area of California, but with such a shortage of inventory and fewer new listings, there soon may be nothing left to buy. Year-over-year single family inventory continues its drop from January 2012 levels. Santa Clara County and San Mateo Counties were down [...]
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Britney Buys on Lake Sherwood We love when one celeb snags the living space of another. At the end of 2012, ’90s pop darling Britney Spears purchased the home of former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his actress of a wife, Paris Vaughan. The new home—built in 2010—sits on just under 1.5 acres in [...]
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Even though the time it takes to sell a luxury property has increased to as long as 260 days in Chicago, 287 in Miami and 197 nationally, overall, fewer sellers are cutting prices. Wintertime sluggishness has slowed luxury markets across the nation. Days on market have been increasing in nearly every major market tracked by [...]
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Hilary Lists Swanky Pad In between shooting her two newest films—“Mary & Martha” and “You’re Not You”—Hilary Swank has recently listed her L.A. home for just shy of $10 million. The super-luxe, three-story Mediterranean-style home, built in 1928, features six bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms and swoon-worthy ocean views. Despite being located in the mild Pacific Palisades, [...]
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Oscar award-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis and his wife, actress Deborah Rennard, have sold their home in Santa Monica for its asking price of $5.25 million. The East Coast-inspired traditional house sits on nearly a third of an acre of grounds with mature trees, lawn and formal gardens. The home features skylights, French doors that open [...]
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(MCT)—Pop star and singing competition judge Britney Spears has bought the Thousand Oaks home of former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan. The property came on the market in August at $8.5 million and was withdrawn from the Multiple Listing Service within a month. A withdrawal is a tactic sometimes [...]
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Leo’s Luxury Listing (MCT)—Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has put a Malibu investment property up for sale at $23 million. The oceanfront Cape Cod-inspired compound was leased out for three months this summer at $150,000 a month. All three homes, which sit on a lot that is less than a half-acre in size, have recently been remodeled. [...]
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(MCT)—Actress Sharon Stone has sold a compound in the Beverly Crest, Los Angeles area for $6.575 million. The buyer is producer Lili Zanuck, widow of film producer Richard Zanuck. Surrounded by walls and gated, the Mediterranean-style estate sits on 5 acres with pathways, bridges, waterfalls, fruit trees, a meditation garden, a swimming pool and a [...]
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