July 2, 2008
- Football player Carson Palmer lists his four-bedroom house in Laguna Beach, CA for $2.949M
Pro football player Carson Palmer has placed his four-bedroom house in Laguna Beach, Calif. on the market for $2,949,000.
In another in a long series of recent scoops, The Los Angeles Times’ ‘Hot Property’ columnist Ann Brenoff on Tuesday broke the story online of the listing of the house at 739 Nyes Place in Laguna Beach [...]
June 27, 2008
- Tennis star Mats Wilander lists his estate near Sun Valley, ID for $8.5M
Tennis star Mats Wilander has placed his estate near Sun Valley, Idaho on the market for $8,500,000.
The Wall Street Journal’s “Private Properties” column today breaks the story of Wilander and his wife Sonya’s listing of their approximately 81-acre property, which has a 10,532-square-foot main house that was built in 1999. The Wilanders made the [...]
June 13, 2008
- Pro skateboarder and reality TV star Rob Dyrdek pays $2.459M for a 4,706-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills
Professional skateboarder and reality TV star Rob Dyrdek has paid $2,459,000 for a 4,706-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills.
In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on Dyrdek’s purchase of the house in the Hills, which closed on April 18, according to public records. The deal was recorded on May 14. [...]
June 8, 2008
- Ex-major league baseball player Lenny Dykstra asks $24.95M for mansion and 6.69-acre estate in Thousand Oaks, CA that he purchased last August from hockey great Wayne Gretzky for a reported $18.5M
Retired major league baseball player Lenny Dykstra has placed his eight-bedroom mansion in the Lake Sherwood area of Thousand Oaks, Calif. on the market for $24,950,000, less than a year after purchasing it from hockey great Wayne Gretzky for a reported $18.5 million.
In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on Dykstra’s listing of [...]
May 9, 2008
- Retired baseball great Hank Aaron reportedly lists one of his houses in West Palm Beach, FL for $900K
Retired baseball great Hank Aaron has listed a house he owns in West Palm Beach, Fla. for $900,000, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal’s “Private Properties” column today broke the story of Aaron’s listing of the house, which is at 2029 Embassy Drive in the Presidential Estates area of West Palm Beach. [...]
May 2, 2008
- Retired ballplayer Jose Canseco’s 7,344-square-foot house foreclosed in Los Angeles’ Encino area
Retired major league baseball player – and admitted steroid user – Jose Canseco has had his 7,344-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Encino area foreclosed after he was unable to keep making payments on it.
The newswires yesterday reported on the foreclosure of Canseco’s house, which is at 18011 Karen Drive in Encino, and the Wall Street [...]
April 3, 2008
- Contemporary-style house in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills that former NFL quarterback Cade McNown had owned until last year is on the market for $3.595M
A contemporary-style house in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills that former NFL quarterback Cade McNown had owned until selling it last April has come back on the market for $3,595,000.
In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the listing of the two-bedroom house at 7933 Fareholm Drive in the Hollywood Hills. The gated [...]
April 2, 2008
- Tennis stud Andy Roddick reportedly pays $1.19M for an apartment in Manhattan’s Gramercy area
Tennis stud Andy Roddick reportedly has paid $1,190,000 to purchase a pied-a-terre in Manhattan’s Gramercy area.
The New York Observer today wrote about Roddick’s purchase of the condo unit in the former brewery at 205 E. 22nd Street in Manhattan.
We can’t doubt the Observer’s report, but public records do not yet show that any [...]
March 25, 2008
- Charlotte Bobcats shooting guard Jason Richardson lists his five-bedroom, single-family house in Oakland, CA for $3.1M
Charlotte Bobcats shooting guard Jason Richardson has listed his five-bedroom, single-family house in Oakland, Calif. for $3,100,000.
In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the listing of Richardson’s 5,437-square-foot house at 5616 La Salle Avenue in Oakland, which is in Oakland’s La Salle Estates area. Records show that Richardson, 27, paid $2,780,000 [...]
March 24, 2008
- Retired football star Drew Bledsoe lists his 5,491-square-foot, Tudor-style house in Westlake, TX for $1.995M
Retired football star Drew Bledsoe has placed his 5,491-square-foot house in Westlake, Tex. on the market for $1,995,000.
As the Wall Street Journal’s ‘Private Properties’ noted about a week and a half ago in its lead item about the former Dallas Cowboy’s listing of his house, no fewer than four current or former professional athletes have [...]
March 18, 2008
- Whom to believe? Tiger Woods’ reported massive Southampton, N.Y. purchase now is in dispute (which is why we use “reportedly” whenever we write about others’ accounts where we lack independent proof), and he may not have been the buyer. At the same time, hard as it may seem to believe, agents and PR reps actually, sometimes, you know, lie.
The plot has thickened involving the tale that the New York Post’s fine celebrity real estate columnist Braden Keil reported this morning about Tiger Woods allegedly purchasing the “By the Sea” estate on 5.9 acres in Southampton, N.Y., which had been on the market for $65,000,000.
Newsday’s Laura Mann now is reporting that the listing agent [...] - Tiger Woods reportedly shoots a 104; that is, the golf stud reportedly was the winning bidder for the oceanfront estate at 104 Gin Lane in Southampton, N.Y., which had been on the market for $65M
Golfer Tiger Woods reportedly has purchased a mansion in the Hamptons on New York’s Long Island that had been on the market for $65,000,000.
The New York Post’s fine celebrity real estate columnist Braden Keil broke the story today that Tiger won a bidding war to purchase the 5.9-acre property, which is at 104 Gin Lane [...]
March 13, 2008
- Ballplayer Bobby Abreu lists his two-bedroom, 37th-floor apartment in mid-town Manhattan for $7.9M
New York Yankees right fielder Bobby Abreu has placed his two-bedroom, 37th-floor apartment in mid-town Manhattan on the market for $7,900,000.
The New York Observer’s “Manhattan Transfers” column yesterday broke the story of Abreu’s listing of the unit at One Beacon Court, which is at 151 E. 58th Street. Indeed, listing information shows that Abreu [...]
March 3, 2008
- Former Wilt Chamberlain mansion in Los Angeles’ Bel-Air area sells for $6.555M
A renovated mansion in Los Angeles’ Bel-Air area that belonged to basketball great Wilt Chamberlain until his death in 1999 has sold for $6,555,000.
In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the sale of the mansion at 15216 Antelo Place in Bel-Air. Records show that an Eastern European couple purchased the house [...]
January 25, 2008
- Tennis star Pete Sampras *again* lists his estate in Beverly Hills, CA, this time for $25M
Tennis star Pete Sampras and his actress wife Bridgette Wilson-Sampras have listed their 10,376-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. for $25,000,000 — the second time they have had the mansion on the market since buying it in 2001.
Props to our friends over at the Real Estalker for their fine post the other day breaking the [...]
December 29, 2007
- Former Georgia Frontiere-owned mansion in Los Angeles’ Bel-Air area sells for an undisclosed amount after having been listed for $29.975M; also, Nicolas Cage pulls his Bel-Air estate from the market after it had been for sale for $35M
An 11,818-square-foot mansion in Los Angeles’ Bel-Air enclave that once was owned by St. Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere and that had been on the market recently for $29,975,000 has sold for an undisclosed amount.
The Los Angeles Times’ Ruth Ryon tomorrow will break the story of the sale of the mansion at 10410 Bellagio Road [...]
December 9, 2007
- Retired NFL star Jerry Rice lists his 23-room mansion in Atherton, CA for $22M
Today we’re going to catch up on a few items that we’ve ignored over the last few weeks — starting with retired NFL star Jerry Rice’s ‘California French-style’ mansion in Atherton, Calif., which is on the market for $22,000,000.
The Los Angeles Times’ Ruth Ryon wrote about Rice’s listing of the 23-room mansion last Sunday, and [...]
December 8, 2007
- Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton pays $2.75M for a new house in Manhattan Beach, CA, and sells his town house nearby for $1.235M
Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton has paid $2,750,000 for a new house in Manhattan Beach, Calif. and has sold his town house nearby for $1,235,000.
Tomorrow, the Los Angeles Times’ Ruth Ryon will break the story of Walton’s recent real estate transactions.
Records show that on October 23, Walton, 27, sold his town house at 48 [...]
December 3, 2007
- Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich pays $4.4M for a house in Chicago’s north suburbs; Chicago TV anchor Rob Elgas pays $324K for a penthouse condominium unit in Chicago
Monday, December 3, 2007
Chicago Tribune — RedEye Edition
Famous Places
Bulls guard scores new home
By Bob Goldsborough for RedEye. Bob Goldsborough is a RedEye special contributor.
Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich has paid $4.4 million for a newly built French Country-style mansion in north suburban Bannockburn.Hinrich, 26, was signed last year to a lucrative contract extension. He [...]
November 24, 2007
- Magic Johnson pays $7.6M for a mansion in Dana Point, CA
Basketball great Magic Johnson has paid $7,600,000 for a newly built, 7,764-square-foot mansion on Monarch Beach in Dana Point, Calif., which is south of Los Angeles, in Orange County.
Last Sunday, the Los Angeles Times’ Ruth Ryon broke the story of Johnson buying the three-story, Mediterranean-style house, which is at 74 Ritz Cove Drive in Dana [...]
