Madonna recently bought some more space in her New York City co-op building and now it looks like she's set to divest herself of some real estate. The Sun reports that Madonna is looking to sell Ashcombe, her English country house in Wiltshire. She and Guy Ritchie bought the home in 2001 for £9 million and are now hoping to put it on the market for £12 million. The eight-bedroom home is listed as a Grade II structure by English Heritage. It was originally part of a larger building and was restored in the 1930s and 1940s by the photographer Cecil Beaton. Madonna and Guy are reportedly selling because they do not spend enough time at the estate especially since Madonna has been recording and touring again. We wish them luck, this is certainly not the best time to be selling England's housing slump is starting to rival the problem we have had in the States.

[Thanks, Lana]

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Developer Harry Macklowe is buying up multiple apartments at the Plaza for a spread of around 7,500 square feet. His new digs cost nearly $35 million.
-- Giuseppe Cipriani buys into his own Cipriani Club Residences and astonishingly enough paid the asking price (around $6 million) for three units in the building.
--Denzel Washington  is in a buying mood, this time he has been spotted checking out a 15-room duplex with a $10.9 million asking price at the Campanile building.
--Katie Couric has paid around $8 million for a home in the Hamptons.
--Maggie Gyllenhaal is apartment hunting and may have settled on a TriBeCa condo for $2.7 million.
--Terra Holding is throwing a "Billion Dollar Party" for the future residents and brokers on the 15 CPW condo project.
--Christie Brinkley has lowered the price of her Bridgehampton mansion to $26.5 million (down from $30 million).


From the NY Times Big Deal:
--Sir Harold Evans, the historian and former publishing executive and his wife Tina Brown are involved in a battle over the ivy-covered wall next to their five-story townhouse. The wall was set to be torn down for a new condo going up next  door. Sir Harold and his co-op board filed suit against the developer. The problem is a question of inches and both sides are going deep into the archives to try and determine who actually owns the wall.  The co-op and Sir Harold withdrew their lawsuit after the  Buildings Department had blocked the work.
--An investment group belonging to the family of S. Daniel Abraham, the former chairman of the Slim-Fast diet products company, paid $6.1 million for a 2,500-square-foot apartment at 200 East 65th Street. It is the fourth purchase in the same building for Mr. Abraham and family and all the apartments are pieds-à-terre for when the family is in the city.
--Look out New York real estate brokers, the Brownstoner real estate blog has launched a new site, Brokerate that lets New Yorkers rate their brokers.

From the New York Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Another real estate scuffle. This time between photographer Jan Staller and  developer Barry Leistner. Mr. Staller says that the construction of a complex being build by Mr. Leistner caused damage to his townhouse and backyard carriage house.  Mr. Staller managed to thwart next-door neighbor, art dealer Kenny Schachter's plans for a nine-story building and so Mr. Schachter sold  Mr. Leistner. Mr Leistner is working on an eight-story building and wanted Mr. Staller's air rights.  Mr. Staller started to notice problems with his house as the construction proceeded. The two have lawyered up but still haven't quite worked everything out.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Pamela Anderson has but her Malibu home, shown here, on the market for $6.5 million. The  2,300-square-foot home faces the ocean and has deeded beach access across the street. The home is decorated in a vintage French Country style and the buyer can buy the furniture too. The listing is here.
--Actor James Denton of "Desperate Housewives" has purchased a Glendale home for around $1.5 million.
--Ethan Supleee, who plays Randy on "My Name Is Earl" has bought a $2 million home in Studio City. The home once belonged to Jane Fonda and has seven bedrooms.
--Timothy Puzo, grandson of "Godfather" novelist Mario Puzo, has purchased a condo in the Hollywood Hills for $485,000.
--Clay Graham, an executive producer and writer for "The Drew Carey Show" has sold his four-bedroom, four-bathroom Pacific Palisades home which was listed at  just under $4 million.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Howard Stern has spent more than $600,000 for an oceanfront rental in Southampton, The home is listed for sale at $35 million. The listing is here. The shingle-style home sits between Wickapogue Pond and the ocean and has nine bedrooms. a two-story living room, elevator, wine cellar and an oceanside pool with a gazebo.
--Russell Simmons has been spotted looking for a Hamptons bachelor pad.
--Roy Scheider is selling his house in Sagaponack for $20 million.
--A 26.6 acre summer camp that philanthropist Anthony Drexel Duke donated to the Boys & Girls Harbor in East Hampton is now on the market for $12 million.
--Jennifer LeRoy, daughter of late restaurateur Warner LeRoy, has sold her apartment on West 13th Street for $2.6 million she is moving up a few floors into a smaller unit and seeking a house in West Palm Beach.
--It turns out that apartment Tommy Mottola recently bought for $6 million at 170 East End Avenue is for his daughter.

From the NY Times Big Deal:
--J. Darius Bikoff, the founder of Glaceau water, has paid  $5.6 million for a 4,000-square-foot duplex penthouse in a new building at 330 East 72nd Street. He is selling his East 77 Street condo for $2.5 million, the listing is here.
--Gregory Olsen, an inventor and entrepreneur who paid around $20 million to fly to space on a  Russian rocket, sold an apartment at 1 Central Park West, Trump International Hotel and Tower,  for $6.45 million. He still owns an apartment near the top of the Time Warner Center.
--Screenwriter, Leslie Dixon and her husband Tom Ropelewski have bought a 1,350-square-foot condominium at 45 Christopher Street for  $1.9 million.
--Actor Patrick Wilson and his wife, Dagmara Dominczyk, bought a duplex apartment last month in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for $972,428.

From the New York Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Russell Simmons is still trying to sell 114 Liberty Street. It's now listed at just under $6 million, a big dip from the original $11 million it was listed at in May 2005.
--Minnesota businessman Edward Bazinet recently placed his five-story Tribeca penthouse on the market for $28.5 million, a new record for the area. The listing has pictures of this stunning glass penthouse (shown above) which is on top of a 19th Century warehouse building
--Te Spence-Chapin Adoption Service is selling their 60-foot building for $23 million. It could become either a single-family home or luxury condos. The listing is here.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Christina Ricci is putting her Los Feliz house on the market for $3.1 million. The 1928 house is a local landmark which was preserved and updated by Diane Keaton in the 1990s. The listing is here.
--The late Eddie Albert's house was purchased for around $8.25 million. The Pacific Palisades estate was sold for the value of the land only since the house is a teardown.
--Kate Jackson has purchased a Sherman Oaks home for just under $1.1 million.

This may be the most inexpensive piece of celebrity real estate we have covered here on Luxist but if you are a fan of Beat Generation author William Burroughs, you can pick up his Kansas cabin on eBay. Burroughs owned this small cabin on Lone Star Lake  outside of Lawrence, Kansas which has 568 square feet of living space and several decks. The main room has a working brick fireplace and the cabin has its original wood floors. There is also a dock, a small aluminum fishing boat with new motor and a paddle boat. The owners bought the cabin in 1999 and have added many features including a new electric toilet. They are including their William Burroughs book collection with the sale of the cabin. The advertised price is  $159,950.