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10 of the Most Expensive Celebrity Homes on the Market that We Love

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Mirror, mirror on the wall. Whose house is the fairest of them all?

Which celebrities have the most expensive properties on the market right now? Let's apologize up front for not including any pocket listings that we don't know about. (In fact, if you'd be so kind as to let us know about them, we'd be most grateful.)

And sorry, but we aren't counting Candy Spelling's Bel-Air listing at an unrealistic $150 million here -- not because it isn't a super property (if overpriced) but because despite her befriending us on Facebook, we still don't quite consider her a celebrity. We're also not including Dennis Hopper's estate, no disrespect intended toward the recently departed but if we opened the cemetery floodgates, there wouldn't be enough room in cyberspace to list them all. And lastly, we're so sick of athletes who misbehave that we'll pass on considering them celebrities for the moment. Overgrown kids maybe, but not celebrities.

So with those caveats, here's the unofficial Luxist list of 10 of our favorite and most expensive celebrity homes on the market.

1) Billy Joel's Sagaponack Village house for $19.9 million. We love love love this beachfront house in Sagaponack Village South that sits on 145 feet of oceanfront. We even loved it when it was first listed at $22.5 million. Classy, elegant, blends with the surroundings. You half expect a seagull to land on you while you stare at the photos. High beamed ceilings, white-washed, New Englandy without the pretensions. It was renovated in 2009 and clearly is a place where great music could be made -- although apparently not between Billy Joel and his soon-to-be-ex wife Katie Lee Joel. Nothing like a divorce to force the issue of liquidating the real estate. And nothing like a recession to keep things from moving. The piano man and his fourth wife also listed the property next door to this one for $12 million. There are some reports it sold in the $10 million vicinity.

Gallery: The Joels In Sagaponack #1

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Burt Reynolds in Hobe Sound, Estate of the Day

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This week I'm checking out some celebrity estates that have been on the market a while but never got the estate of the day treatment Case in point, the home in Florida belonging to actor Burt Reynolds. Reynolds has been trying to sell for a long time and has trimmed the price multiple times. The 12,500-square-foot waterfront compound was once listed at $15 million. The Mediterranean-style home is on over three acres of land and borders a wildlife refuge. The main home has five bedrooms and there is also a two-bedroom guesthouse. The home includes a theater room (complete with a movie still of Reynolds as the Bandit), gym, and a billiards and bar room complete with what looks to be a stuffed bear. The home is now listed at $8.995 million which is a 40% reduction off the original price and it's been at this price for around six months so it may need another price cut to sell.

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Gallery: Burt Reynolds in Hobe Sound

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

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From the LA Times Hot Property:

• More big news from Jupiter Island, Florida, Burt Reynolds has put his Jupiter Island waterfront home on the market for $15 million. The 12,500-square-foot compound sits on over three acres and includes a theater, caretaker's quarters, a pool, and a helicopter pad.

• Kirk Kerkorian, the 88-year-old former owner of MGM, has listed his Beverly Hills home at $25 million. The gated compound sits on 30-plus acres and includes a five bedroom home, two tennis courts, two pools, a putting green and two guesthouses. The listing is here.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:

• Richard Gere bought a Hamptons home in October for around $7.9 million asking price and has now relisted it for approximately $9 million.

• Yankees pitcher Tanyon Sturtze will be paying $9,500 a month to rent (with an option to buy) for a three-bedroom, three-bath pad in the Milan building, where he'll be moving over the weekend.

• More rumors of doom from Vegas, other developments that are in trouble or already gone include Michael Jordan's Aqua Blue and the Liberty Towers High Rise. There are still 23 projects nearly completed. You can check out full details at the report here.

From Forbes Movers and Shakers:

Nicolas Cage recently bought a $25 million waterfront home in Newport Beach.

Deion Sanders has bought two condos in Marquis, a new co-tel in Miami planned for completion in 2008.

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