Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 05/31/09

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Actor Patrick Dempsey may have found a buyer for his four-bedroom Bel-Air home which was most recently on the market for $3.295 million.
--Los Angeles weather forecaster Kaj Goldberg has placed his three-bedroom house in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, shown above, up for sale for $1.249 million. The property website is here.
--Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has placed his Washington DC condo on the market for $570,000. The listing is here.
A renovated, Cape Cod-style home in Beverly Hills owned by the late actor Darren McGavin until he sold it just before his death in early 2006 has come back on the market for $2.795 million. The listing is here.
--The home that was used in the Ferris Bueller movie as his best friend's home is on the market in Highland Park, Illinois for $2.3 million.


From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Actor Hank Azaria paid $10 million for a seven-bedroom home in Bel-Air. As the Real Estalker reported last month this home was last listed $13.975 million.
--Oakland Raiders quarterback Jeff Garcia and his Playboy model wife, Carmella, have sold their Manhattan Beach home for $2.5 million.
Former NFL linebacker Mike Croel and his wife, Cassaundra, have sold their Sunset Strip-area home for $1.912 million.
--Actor Jim Belushi has leased out a Brentwood house he owns for $11,500 a month.
--L.A. Kings player Tom Preissing has put his Manhattan Beach home on the market. We checked this one out on Saturday.
--Shannen Doherty has listed her Malibu mansion for $4 million.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--James Marden, whose father, Bernard, was one of Berni Madoff's largest victims, has sold his Wainscott home at 42 Beach Lane. It is in contract for around $11.2 million.
--Another Madoff victim, David Silver, is also selling his oceanfront beach house, which is in contract for around $6.9 million but was originally listed at $14 million.
--Marden's ex-wife, Iris, a broker at Stribling, is selling her three-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath TriBeCa penthouse at 7 Hubert St. for $12.5 million. The listing is here.
--Hamptons developer Joe Farrell has bought property for the first time in 18 months picking up a couple acres in Bridgehampton and an acre in Southampton Village. He's planning to build two "small" houses. For him that means a house priced at just under $5 million and one for around $3 million.
--Seth Meyers looked at a one-bedroom $1.195 million condo at 380 W. 12th St. The listing is here.

From Newsday's Real LI:
--A piece of land just under nine acres in Amagansett has gone on the market for the steep price of $200 million.

From Cityfile's Buyers & Sellers:
--via the NY Post, Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has a NYC apartment but now he has a second home in Eldred, New York. His 10 acres of land also includes a barn with a recording studio.
--via the Real Deal, a full-floor apartment at the former Stanhope Hotel sold for $17 million. It was originally listed at $31 million.
--Furniture designer Stuart Parr has sold his condo at 25 Fifth Avenue for $1.35 million.
via Page Six, poker champ Vadim Trincher has picked up a condo at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue for $5 million which is $1 million less than the asking price.
Hedge fund manager/art collector Adam Sender and his wife Lenore have sold their fourth-floor apartment at 109 Greene Street for $3.695 million.
--Padma Lakshmi has transferred ownership of a full-floor loft at 211 East 2nd Street to a trust called "The Delicious Trust" for $0. Lakshmi purchased the loft in early 2008 for $1.65 million.
--JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's Chicago home is now listed for $10.5 million, $3 million less than it was back in 2007.

From the Real Estalker:
--Nicole Kidman has sold off her Sydney, Australia home in Darling Point for $13,200,000 (AUS) and picked up a duplex penthouse for around $6,000,000 (AUS).
--Actor/singer Jesse McCartney has put his two bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills on the market for $1.199 million. The listing is here.
--David Niven Jr. has put his home on Blue Jay Way in Los Angeles on the market for $5.75 million. The listing is here.
Kirsten Dunst has listed her home for $1.7 million.