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Tommy Lee purchase price revealed; rocker paid $5.85M for his house in Calabasas, CA, which was $100K above its asking price
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 March, 2008, 2:16 am
Public records have cleared on the purchase price paid recently by Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee for a 8,841-square-foot house in Calabasas, Calif., and they reveal that the aging rocker paid $5,850,000 for the house, or $100,000 above its asking price — a clearly unusual thing in this slowing residential real-estate market. In a Big Time [...]
Read More >>Britney Spears' Malibu, CA home under contract? 'Serra Retreat' has been removed from the Los Angeles multiple listing service, signaling either that the house has gone under contract (which is likely), or that she's decided to keep it (very unlikely)….
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 March, 2008, 2:11 am
Britney Spears’ 9,130-square-foot mansion in Malibu, Calif., which had been listed for $11,999,999, has been removed from the Los Angeles area multiple listing service, likely indicating that the house has gone under contract to be sold. In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the removal of the listing for Britney’s ‘Serra Retreat,’ [...]
Read More >>Ozzy Osbourne purchased price revealed for the house in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills that he purchased, reportedly for his daughter, Aimee Osbourne; rocker paid $2.35M, or well above the asking price
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 March, 2008, 2:08 am
Public records have cleared on the purchase price that rocker Ozzy Osbourne paid in July for a 2,038-square-foot house in the Bird Streets area of Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills that he purchased, reportedly for his daughter Aimee, and they reveal that Ozzy paid $2,350,000 for the house, or more than $350,000 above the house’s asking [...]
Read More >>Marilyn Manson lists house in Los Angeles' Chatsworth area for $1.1M
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 March, 2008, 2:08 am
Rocker Marilyn Manson has listed his house in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley for $1,100,000. The Los Angeles Times’ Ruth Ryon today broke the story of Manson’s listing of the 4,484-square-foot house, at 10521 Laramie Avenue in Chatsworth. Puzzling to us — and of course, completely unaddressed by Ryon — is [...]
Read More >>Britney Spears sells Malibu home for $10M
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 March, 2008, 2:07 am
Yesterday we wrote about Britney Spears’ Malibu house having finally been removed from Los Angeles’ multiple listing service, indicating that a sale may have finally been imminent. Like everyone else, we had read the Real Estalker’s report back on July 24 about the home having been sold but then were perplexed that the listing remained [...]
Read More >>Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman pays $516K for a newly converted condo unit in Los Angeles' West Hollywood adjacent area
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 March, 2008, 2:06 am
Joe Trohman, the lead guitarist for the extremely popular/MTV darling band Fall Out Boy, has paid $516,000 for a newly converted condominium unit in a trendy condominium complex in Los Angeles’ West Hollywood adjacent area. In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the purchase by Trohman, 23, of his unit in the [...]
Read More >>Solo singer-songwriter and Evanescence co-founder Ben Moody pays $2.3M for a 3,986-square-foot house in the Oaks area of Los Angeles' Los Feliz district
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 March, 2008, 2:04 am
Ben Moody, who co-founded the band Evanescence before venturing out on his own in 2003, has paid $2,300,000 for a house in the Oaks area of Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood. In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the purchase by the 26-year-old Moody (pictured here with fellow Evanescence founder Amy Lee) [...]
Read More >>Rocker Donovan Leitch Jr. of the band Camp Freddy pays $1.435M for a house in Los Angeles' Studio City area and has listed his house in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills for $1.099M
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 March, 2008, 2:02 am
Rocker Donovan Leitch Jr., who is in the band Camp Freddy and who is the son of the ’60s rocker Donovan, has paid $1,435,000 for a 2,068-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Studio City area and has listed his 1,166-square-foot Spanish-style compound in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills for $1,099,000. In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we [...]
Read More >>"Doll" Carmit Bachar pays $700K for a house in Los Angeles' Valley Village area
By Bob Goldsborough at 1 March, 2008, 10:33 am
Carmit Bachar, who is one of the members of the pop/R&B group the Pussycat Dolls, has paid $700,000 for a three-bedroom, single-family house in the Valley Village area of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. Kudos to our friends over at the Real Estalker for breaking the story last month of the purchase of the house [...]
Read More >>Avril finally selling her house in the Mulholland Estates development in the Beverly Hills, Calif. post office? The Los Angeles MLS says the mansion, which has been listed for $6.2M, is "looking for backup," suggesting a deal may be imminent.
By Bob Goldsborough at 1 March, 2008, 3:31 am
A deal appears imminent for singer Avril Lavigne to sell her 6,864-square-foot mansion in the Mulholland Estates neighborhood in the Beverly Hills, Calif., with the house, which had been listed for $6,200,000, now showing that it’s “looking for backup” in the Los Angeles MLS. In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the [...]
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