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Feb. 18, 2011

Former R. Kelly mansion in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood gets price cut from $3.89 million to $3.5 million

Check out Bob's breaking-news alert on the Chicago Tribune's Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob broke the news of R&B star R. Kelly's former mansion in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood getting a price reduction from $3,890,000 to $3,500,000.

Kelly owned the house, which ...

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Sept. 26, 2010

Common puts Chicago condo unit up for rent, historic mansion in Glen Ellyn, IL available for $1.799M, vintage co-op on Chicago's Gold Coast that industrialist Brooks McCormick owned until his death s

Check out Bob's weekly real estate column in the Chicago Tribune from this past Sunday. The column is led by Bob's exclusive -- previously written about on this blog when the Tribune first published the item online item in the middle of the previous week -- about rapper and actor ...

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July 2, 2010

Hilary Duff pays $3.85M for a house in the Summit, high above Beverly Hills, CA

Young actress and singer Hilary Duff has paid $3,850,000 for a five-bedroom, 5,260-square-foot Georgian Colonial-style house in the once-and-again-celebrity-filled Summit neighborhood in Los Angeles County, high above Beverly Hills.

As plenty of others have reported recently, the recently engaged Duff, 22, made the purchase several weeks ago ...

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March 15, 2010

House in Los Angeles' Bel-Air area that rocker Fred Durst once owned comes back on the market for $6.45 million

A 6,624-square-foot house in Los Angeles' Bel-Air neighborhood that rocker Fred Durst once owned has come back on the market for $6.45 million.

In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the listing of the house, which is at 461 Bellagio Terrace in Bel-Air. Durst owned ...

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March 10, 2010

Singer Josh Groban lists his four-bedroom house in Malibu, CA for $6.1M

Singer Josh Groban has listed his four-bedroom, Tuscan villa-style house in Malibu, Calif. for $6,100,000.

 

We can't at all call this an exclusive, particularly when the listing of the house has been written about on several Josh Groban fan boards. And, it's really not all ...

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Feb. 26, 2010

Former Chicago TV reporter Andy Shaw has his home/B&B in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on the market for $3M; rocker Billy Corgan reduces asking price of his luxury condo on Chicago's Gold Coas

Check out Bob's weekly column in this coming Sunday's Chicago Tribune (available online now), where Bob breaks the news about former Chicago TV reporter Andy Shaw having his mansion in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood -- which also doubles as a bed-and-breakfast inn -- on the market for $3,000 ...

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Dec. 7, 2009

Rocker Jakob Dylan sells his house in Los Angeles' Brentwood area for $8.225M, off for points unknown

Rocker Jakob Dylan has unloaded his seven-bedroom, 5,065-square-foot house in Los Angeles' Brentwood area for $8,225,000, after previously listing it for $11,000,000 and later for $8,995,000.

 

In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on Dylan's sale of the house ...

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Sept. 23, 2009

House in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills that child actor and radio host Danny Bonaduce once owned sells for $1.381M after once having been listed for $2.9M

A five-bedroom, 5,676-square-foot house in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills that child actor and radio host Danny Bonaduce once owned has sold for $1,381,000 after once having been listed for $2,599,000.

In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on the sale of the house ...

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Sept. 19, 2009

Rocker David Draiman sells his house in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood for $695K

Check out Bob's weekly column from tomorrow's Chicago Tribune about rocker David Draiman of the band Disturbed selling his house in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood for $695,000. Also featured: Tim McIlrath of the band Rise Against buying a house in Arlington Heights, Ill.

Sept. 13, 2009

Rocker Matthew Followill of the band the Kings of Leon pays $800K for a two-bedroom condominium unit in West Hollywood, CA

Rocker Matthew Followill, who is the lead guitarist in the band the Kings of Leon, has paid $800,000 to buy a two-bedroom condominium unit in West Hollywood, Calif.

 

Blockshopper.com broke the story a few weeks back of Followill's purchase, which we're just now getting around ...

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