Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 06/27/10

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jun 27th 2010 at 9:02AM

From the LA Times Hot Properties:
"The X-Files" composer Mark Snow has listed his Venice, California home at $1.899 million. Snow bought in 2007 for $2.2 million. The Cape Cod-inspired house, shown above, is listed with Tina Stern of Ewing & Associates, Sotheby's International Realty.
--Actor David Boreanaz has sold his Hollywood Hills compound for $2.6 million. It was listed at $3.249 million when it was our estate of the day last year.

Gallery: David Boreanaz in Los Angeles

--The Santa Monica estate that the late film star and singer Kathryn Grayson called home for 65 years is listed for $8.995 million with Hilton & Hyland.
--Actress Alex Kingston and her husband, German writer Florian Haertel, have listed their Hollywood Hills home for $3.995 million. We first checked out this house in 2008 when it was listed for $4.75 million.The property website is here.

Gallery: Kingston in the Hills

--The longtime family home of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" actor Morey Amsterdam has come on the market at $6.495 million. The listing for the Beverly Hills Midcentury modern is with Jade Mills of Coldwell Banker Beverly Hills South and Gloria Benveniste of Coldwell Banker's Marina del Rey office.
--Celebrity photographer Firooz Zahedi has sold his Hollywood Hills home for $1.53 million.
--A longtime home of film comic Groucho Marx is listed in Beverly Hills. The Spanish-style estate is on the market for $6.995 million.
--"Gossip Girl" writer and executive producer Josh Safran and his husband, producer Ted Alexandre, have purchased a Hancock Park area property for $2.75 million.

From Move Trends:
--Actress Charlize Theron is renting out her 2,095-square-foot Malibu beach house for $50,000 a month. The listing is here.
--An A. Quincy Jones designed home originally made for actor Gary Cooper and his wife is on the market for $18.9 million.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--The former chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment, Tommy Mottola has listed his 324-acre ranch near Aspen, Colorado for $27.5 million.
--Singer-songwriter Carole King has relisted her 128-acre ranch in Stanley, Idaho $16 million. The listing is here.
--TV producer and executive Douglas S. Cramer, whose credits include "Dynasty" and "The Love Boat," has bought a Miami Beach house for $7.4 million.

From the Real Estalker:
--Patrick Dempsey has picked up a three-bedroom Malibu home for $7 million.
--Blythe Danner has listed her Santa Monica condo for $1.86 million. The listing is here.

From the NY Post:
--Kate Hudson is still apartment hunting. She recently checked out the penthouse duplex at the Fairchild condo building at 55 Vestry St. in north TriBeCa, a $6.95 million, three-bedroom, 2,664-square-foot unit that was also recently checked out by Usher.
--Arianna Huffington's ex-husband Michael is house hunting for her, touring West Village townhouses in the $10 million range for his ex-wife.
--The 100 11th Ave. condo that decorator Nate Berkus recently showed off on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" doesn't belong to him, he's renting from photographer Mario Testino.
--Norman Ambrose lowered the price of his Art Deco two-bedroom, 3,450-square duplex on West 14th Street from $5.99 million to $5.49 million.
-- Pras of the Fugees bought a two-bedroom, $2.46 million unit at the Platinum building on 247 W. 46th St. but now wants out of the deal because he got 9-foot ceilings after being promised 12-foot ceilings.

Tags: a. quincy jones, alex kingston, carole king, celebrity real estate, charlize theron, david boreanz, douglas cramer, firooz zahedi, gary cooper, groucho marx, josh safran, kathryn grayson, mark snow, morey amsterdam, ted alexandre, tommy mottola

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Stephen Roesler Jun 28th 2010 1:18PM

This Cape Cod Home is immaculate. Perfect for someone who enjoys the beach and luxury. You can view the property at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzUKIYrn1o