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This home is named Eagle's Perch, a reference to its woodsy perch on a hilltop in Victoria, British Columbia. The home is on 3.2 acres and has 6320 square feet of custom furnished living space with heated decks, a custom spa/hot tub for 16 and a professional gym. Many rooms boast ocean views. The home's warm look comes from a variety of woods including bird's eye maple and fir. Natural stone, granite, marble and etched glass throughout add a luxurious touch. The home includes koi ponds, a security system, fire pit and barbecue terrace and a three-car garage with a separate bedroom suite. A master suite includes a spa tub and sitting area. Other rooms include a library loft area with a fireplace and a recreation room with a custom glass bar. This home is listed at $8.9 million Canadian.

Actor David Boreanaz has been a television heartthrob for many years, first as the brooding vampire Angel on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Angel spin-off and now as Special Agent Seeley Booth on the popular television show Bones. But Boreanaz has been in the news for a different reason recently. He's been linked with Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel. Now the Real Estalker reveals that he and his beautiful blonde wife Jaime Bergman have listed their Los Angeles home for sale.

The pair own a low key three-bedroom home in the hills above the Sunset Strip. The gated and private home includes wood-beamed ceilings in the living room and gourmet kitchen. The property includes a separate guest house which has been turned into a media room with a dark-wood and leather bar. The home has a pool with an outdoor kitchen including a refrigerator, grill and beer tap and there is a beautiful outdoor fireplace with seating. The home also features views from the second floor master suite's balcony. It is listed at $3.249 million.

For Chicago Cubs players, homes near Wrigley Field make for a nice and easy commute. Cubs pitcher Ryan Demptster happens to own two of them which is why, as the Chicago Tribune reports, he is unloading one of them. He paid $1.715 million in early 2006 for the freshly built five-bedroom home but then paid $2.69 million in late 2008 for another newly-built house a few blocks away.

The first home, which is up for sale is a three-story brick and limestone residence with four fireplaces, a master suite with a spa bath, a gourmet kitchen with a butler's pantry, two-person sauna, media room and a penthouse party room on the top floor. The property also has two cedar decks, a hot tub and a garage. This home is listed at $2.25 million.

We first looked at this home over a year ago but Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October are trying again to sell their Manhattan Beach, California home. Last year the home was listed at $3.999 million but now it's on the market for $3.6 million and Gonzalez has sweetened the deal by adding a new Porsche 911 Cabriolet within 10 days of the close of escrow if he receives a full-price offer.

Gonzalez bought the four-bedroom home in 2003 for $1.575 million. He tells the LA Times that he gutted the house when he bought it and fully renovated. The home's best selling feature is a huge roof deck with a barbecue area, shaded lounger and a hot tub. The home is a couple blocks from the ocean and so the deck has some truly fantastic views. Inside the home there are two living rooms, dining room, a bar and a master bedroom suite with a fireplace and patio. There is a four-car garage, the home of your new Porsche.

Today's home isn't as much a treat for humans as it is for horses. The Circle S Farm, a Southern Florida Thoroughbred Training/Breeding Farm is located within 14 miles to Calder Race Course and 26 miles to Gulfstream Park Race Track. The ranch is in the town of Southwest Ranches on nearly 50 acres (zoned one home per acre). The property currently includes two relatively modest single family homes with a total of nine bedrooms and a seven-car garage. The horses have plenty of room to roam. There are three barns with 98 stalls, a furlong training track with a four-stall starting gate, an equestrian pool, equine surgery area with recovery stalls, a two-bedroom duplex with apartments for housing staff and an open-air pavilion for social events. This property is listed at $32 million.

The old adage about things being bigger in Texas certainly holds true when it comes to this massive Mediterranean in Sugar Land, Texas. The six-bedroom contemporary mansion features some pretty dramatic decor. The grand rotunda is home to an original freeform sculpture suspended from a three-story dome. The home's 'living island' living room has a moat with an illuminated bridge and is surrounded by one inch mosaic tile walls,a copper mesh water wall and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking two pools and a golf fairway. The master wing includes a master suite with a fireplace, morning bar, gym, bathroom with a steam shower, private courtyard, walk-in closet and a spiral staircase leading to a personal reading room. The home also has a two-story library with an attached office, a circular wine cellar, recording room, home theater and two pools outside. For more shots of other rooms including the home's disco lounge, check out the architect's portfolio. This home is listed at $11 million.

It's always been my dream to live in a library. You can live my dream in the former Carnegie library in Rockport, Massachusetts. The former library, which originally opened in 1906, has new life as a stately, luxurious residence with water views. The building was sold to private buyers for around $500,000 a couple of years ago and has been renovated into a single-family home with three bedrooms, 3.5 bathroom and an underground garage.

It doesn't look like a usual house and when you step through the granite arched entrance you find the library's huge rotunda and marble floor. The home has large bay windows, massive wood columns, a chef's kitchen and a granite patio. The property was restored to the standards of the State Historical Commission and is listed on the National Register of Historic Homes. This unique residence is listed at $2.75 million.

Today's estate was originally built for the Montreal's rising merchant class over one hundred years ago but now the home has been given a luxurious new renovation for modern tycoons. Thompson Manor, in Ville-Marie, Montreal was built in 1907 and has been updated into a luxury home with all the modern amenities. The fully equipped eat-in kitchen has granite countertops and the original hearth appears to have been turned into a low maintenance gas fireplace.

The mansion has over 10,000 square feet of space that includes an open-concept formal dining room and living room, home theatre, three family rooms, a gym area, four bedrooms and a mahogany wine cellar with room for 5,000 bottles, a wine tasting area and wet bar. This home boasts some very indulgent bathrooms including one with a solid rock soaking tub. The property also has a triple garage with a loft that can be used for additional living space or as an art studio or home office. It is listed at $7.875 million Canadian.

We don't see too many estates with their own chapel but Chota Falls, in Clayton, Georgia has been a popular wedding destination for years. The 62-acre estate includes four villas, the chapel and event facilities as well as a 15-suite lodge. The estate takes its name from a 100 foot waterfall. The property also boasts two mountaintop vistas with views across several states. The stone and wood lodge includes outdoor fireplaces and terraces with views over the waterfalls. This property is listed at $10 million.

Log cabin extreme, chalet deluxe? What exactly would you call this huge home in Mountain Village, Colorado? The ultimate ski-home is located on nearly six park-like acres. It has seven bedrooms in over 10,000 square feet of space. It is a mix of modern American extravagance with a touch of European style. One of the most striking features is a huge, circular wooden staircase that dominates the massive open space that includes the kitchen, dining room and family recreation areas. This home also has one of the poshest mudrooms I've ever seen. You'll be taking off your skis and boots in style. This one is listed at $22 million.

Would you like to stare at the Golden Gate bridge from your kitchen? How about from your own spa tub? Today's home in Belvedere, California was designed to give as many perfect bay views as possible like the ones seen out of the master bedroom's wall of windows facing the water. This modern home was oriented to showcase the fact that it sits on a perfect view spot with approximately 220 feet of shoreline. The home is on 1.2 acres of land and the home itself has 7,900 square feet of interior space with five bedrooms. There is also a separate two-bedroom guest house. The use of warm wood with spare clean lines provides a calming effect and skylights flood the home with light. This home is listed at $28.5 million.

We've already covered the late great author Dominick Dunne's Connecticut retreat. That house, which hit the market at $2.1 million, was recently reduced to $1.495 million. The Real Estalker reveals that Dunne's estate has also put his New York City pied-a-terre up for sale. The one bedroom penthouse at 155 E. 49th Street is a little jewel box of a place with a wraparound terrace with room enough for entertaining, a small study and a living room with a wood-burning fireplace. The kitchen is miniscule and overall the rooms are small but it seems to still carry the genteel spirit of its former owner. The celadon-colored living room has French doors which open out onto the terrace. The bedroom has vivid blue wallpaper and on one wall a poster for one of his son Griffin's movies still hangs on the wall. This apartment is listed at $1.45 million.

Today's home is the height of luxury in Grants Pass, Oregon. This home is located on a very private nine acres in a gated community. The main home is approximately 15,100 square feet but with just three bedrooms, this is a home given over to the owner's interests. The luxury log cabin is full of many custom details and custom stonework and wood carvings. The great room features a floor-to-ceiling fireplace with a carved mantle. The kitchen includes modern appliances and a beautiful stone countertop. The dining area boasts a large natural elk antler chandelier and has views over the poolside gardens.

The home's trophy room has a two-story fireplace, poker tables and a mahogany wet bar. There is a home theater with a separate lobby and a retro soda-fountain style bar. The master suite has a bedroom and sitting room which share a dual-sided fireplace. The master bathroom is floored in travertine tile punctuated with river rock mosaic. The additional bedrooms each have private balconies. Outside there are 8,000 sq. ft. of stone patios, covered stone decks, outdoor kitchen featuring a grill and stone fireplace, sauna and stone firepit all designed around the free flowing pool with a 35' "log" slide, waterfalls and hot tub grotto. There is an 1,100 sf. detached guest house above the RV/Boat garage. This incredible home is listed at $6.5 million.

Recently Khloe Kardashian and her new husband Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Lamar Odom picked up a seven-bedroom home in Tarzana, California which was listed for $3.995 million. Odom is still trying to sell his former home in the sports-star-friendly town of Mahattan Beach. The home is showcased on the the Sports Star Relocation website. The website was designed specifically for professional athletes and has a National Listing System that helps athletes find a new home in their new city (perfect for those sudden, surprise trades). The site includes a database where athletes and their families can search for properties that suit their specific needs including ones that are located near other local athletes/teammates, the airport or practice facility. Ed Kaminsky, founder of SportStar Relocation, found that the vast majority of his athlete-clients desire a home within a geographical triangle that includes their practice facility, stadium/arena, and the airport.

Odom seems to have stepped out of the triangle with his new Tarzana home but his Manhattan Beach home is squarely in it which might appeal to any athletes in the Los Angeles area looking for a home base. The five-bedroom home was built in 2002 by Gravatt Homes. It has been recently redone and includes a formal living room, formal dining room, large family room w/custom wet bar, three fireplaces and a three-car garage. Outside there is a pool, spa, as well as a barbecue area and a gas fire bit. This home is listed at $2.399 million.

What a difference nearly a year can make when a home lingers on the market. The ample New York City duplex of shopping center mogul Murray Goodman first hit the market nearly a year ago for an astronomical $32.5 million. The pricey co-op at 960 Fifth Avenue has been sliding down ever since and recently, as Cityfile reports, had another price reduction down to $25.6 million. But don't feel too sorry for Mr. Goodman. He'll make money no matter what, he bought the home for just $1.41 million back in 1981.

The duplex is in a lovely Rosario Candela designed building. It has four wood-burning fireplaces and the leafy expanse of Central Park can be seen from eight large windows. Rooms include an oak-paneled library, traditional dining room, and an upstairs master suite that includes dressing closets and a private study.