Famous Homes

July 8, 2009

• Penthouse in Manhattan’s Time Warner Center sells for $37.5M; unit once had been listed for $65M!

May 27, 2009

• Suburban Chicago house used in the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” comes on the market for $2.3M

April 16, 2009

• Actor Justin Berfield lists his 6,483-square-foot house in Calabasas, CA for $3.995M

April 2, 2009

• Gangster legend Al Capone’s onetime house in Chicago is on the market for $450K

March 26, 2009

• AIG scoundrels’ mansions in Fairfield, CT: how big they are, and how much they paid for them

January 18, 2009

• Los Angeles-area price cuts continue; 7,590-square-foot “Bachelor”/”Bachelorette” mansion in Agoura Hills, CA sees its price reduced again, to $6.75M (original asking price was almost $13M!)

November 1, 2008

• Spanish-style house in Los Angeles' Bel-Air area where alleged Errol Flynn misdeeds occurred in 1942 listed for $18.95M

September 9, 2008

• Legendary Pickfair mansion (or rather, today’s incarnation of it) in Beverly Hills, CA comes on market for $60M

February 29, 2008

• Former Bette Davis estate in Palm Springs, CA sells for $4.8M

August 23, 2007

• Three Ponds Farm in Bridgehampton, N.Y. reduced in price from $75M to $68M

July 10, 2007

• All-time U.S. listing record set in Beverly Hills, CA: massive estate listed for $165M

April 13, 2007

• $125 million listing in L.A.

February 15, 2007

• Lasata mansion has been sold
• Al Capone died here

January 12, 2007

• If Transylvania is too far, how about a silly castle in Malibu?

January 11, 2007

• Dracula’s castle for sale

December 12, 2006

• Forbes most Expensive homes for sale for 2006