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Glenn Beck Drops The Price On His New Canaan Home

Filed under: Estates

Our friends at Gawker brought my attention to a little real estate lollygagging. It turns out that talk show host Glenn Beck's home in New Canaan, Connecticut has been on the market for a year with no sale in sight. He bought the six-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion for $4.2 million in 2005 and first listed it for $4.9 million. The price later dropped to $3.9 million and now sits at $3.65 million.

The six-bedroom home on 6.8 acres is pretty much a New England traditional home. The only room that seem uniquely Beck is his home office with a phalanx of computer monitors on the desk, a pair of flatscreens on the wall and plenty of historical memorabilia including a framed flag.

Rush Limbaugh had to settle around $2 million less than his asking when he sold his NYC penthouse earlier this year. Beck probably won't have to knock that much off but another price cut probably couldn't hurt.

Gallery: Glenn Beck in New Canaan

Tags: celebrity real estate, connecticut real estate, glenn beck, new canaan

Sunday Real Estate Round-up, 10/17/10

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From the NY Observer:
--The new owner of Steve Wynn's Fifth Avenue condo is the ex Mrs. Wynn. Elaine Wynn took over control of the home, which was listed for $25 million in 2009, for $17.155 million. This summer the Wall Street Journal reported that Wynn is buying a four-bedroom duplex condominium at the Plaza for around $23 million.
--Robert Kaliner, a developer, and his wife Jodi have bought an apartment at The Grand Madison at 225 Fifth Avenue.
--Richard Khawam, a director at Wachovia, and his wife Angela have cashed in their Soho apartment at 15 Mercer Street for $3.7 million.
--Charlie Palmer, the acclaimed chef, has sold his five-story townhouse at 34 East 61st Street for $10 million.
--Sangyeup Lee, the designer who brought the Camaro back to life, and his wife, Soonhyun Kwon bought a river-facing unit at Extell's Rushmore at 80 Riverside Boulevard for $2.59 million.
--Philip J. Purcell IV, known as "Boo" and son of the former Dean Witter and Morgan Stanley boss whose name he shares, has just bought an apartment with his wife, Stephanie, at the colorful, SOM-designed 101 Warren in southern Tribeca for $2.93 million according to city records.
--Advertising exec and television host Donny Deutsch sold his two Tyson Lane lots off East Hampton's Further Lane for around $29 million total.

From the NY Post:
--Dixie Chicks lead singer and her husband, former "Heroes" actor Adrian Pasdar, are buying a four-bedroom home at 525 W. 22nd St. for just more than $4.3 million.
--Prudential Douglas Elliman broker Michael Lorber is set to star in Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing." Warburg Realty will be the newest addition to HGTV's "Selling New York" when new episodes premiere in January.
--Glenn Beck has settled into one of the city's fanciest East Side buildings, where multiple condos are on the market for upwards of $3,000 per square foot and two-bedroom rentals can run more than $10,000.
--Mimi Dalva has decided to put her 12-room maisonette at 320 E. 72nd St. on the market for $7.95 million. The listing for the six-bedroom co-op is here.

From the Real Estalker:
Jeff Lewis of "Flipping Out" has, after a few price cuts, finally sold his personal residence in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles for $2.325 million.
--Basketball superstar Tony Parker, the husband of Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker, has bought a condo in the Du Parc Kempinski Private Residences in Switzerland. Check out more details about this property in a review we did earlier this year.
--Tiger Wood's ex-wife Elin recently toured a penthouse apartment at the 16-unit Claridge condo tower in Tequesta, Florida.

From Chicago Breaking Sports:
--Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly has just listed his six-bedroom, nearly 5,500-square-foot mansion just west of Wrigley Field for $2.4 million.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Derivatives pioneer Howard Sosin, who founded AIG's financial products unit in 1987, has bought a home in Palm Beach, Florida for $5.05 million. He plans to use the six-bedroom house as a winter home for himself and his family.
--Former Bear Stearns CEO Alan D. Schwartz in February sold his six-bedroom home in Purchase, N.Y., for $3.28 million.
--William P. Foley II, founder and chairman of title insurer Fidelity National Financial Inc., and his wife, Carol, have sold their roughly eight-acre, oceanfront estate in Santa Barbara, Calif., for $18.44 million. In Feburary the Foleys were asking $28.5 million and the most recent asking price was $23.5 million. Foley says he plans to spend time in Northern California, where he owns several wineries.

From Curbed LA:
--Dennis Hopper's Venice, California compound has had a price cut down to $4.799 million. It started at $6.245 million back in July when the listing went live.

Tags: adrian pasdar, celebrity real estate, donny deutsch, glenn beck, jeff lewis, natalie maines, steve wynn, ted lilly, tony parker, william p foley

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 12/20/09

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From Cityfile's Buyers and Sellers:
--Arlene Farkas, the ex-wife of real estate/retail heir Bruce Farkas, has cut the price of her 14-room duplex at the River House, shown above. The five-bedroom apartment was first listed for $15 million in 2008 but is now listed for $11 million.
--Judith Sheindlin, better known as "Judge Judy," has paid $6.75 million for a two-bedroom co-op at the Sherry Netherland on Fifth Avenue. The apartment had been listed for $7.999 million.
--via NY Daily News, Brooke Astor's Westchester estate, Holly Hill, first went on the market for $12.9 million but the property, which has now been emptied of Astor's furniture is listed at $10.5 million.

Gallery: Holly Hill

--via Curbed, architect Frank Gehry's former duplex at 55 Crosby Street has hit the market for $5.8 million. The listing is here.
--Jason Rabin, the apparel mogul who sold his company less than two months ago for $401 million, has now unloaded his duplex at 850 Park Avenue. Ten months after listing the five-bedroom apartment for $9.9 million, Rabin and his wife Nicole have sold it to Martha Stewart Weddings editorial director Darcy Nussbaum and her husband, attorney Andrew Nussbaum for $6.225 million.
--via Curbed, John McColgan and Moya Doherty, the husband-and-wife team behind "Riverdance," have sold their duplex penthouse at 1080 Madison Avenue. It was first for $10.5 million in July 2008 but sold for $5.85 million.
--via the NY Post, Jay McInerney has paid $1.4 million for a two-bedroom Sag Harbor cottage, which he plans to use as a writing space and children's playhouse.
--Michael Kasbar, the Miami, Florida-based chief executive of World Fuel Services, and his wife Mary, have paid $4.275 million for a two-bedroom apartment at 15 Madison Square North.
--via Curbed, a three-bedroom apartment at 15 Union Square West has sold for $7.128 million.
--Susan Berresford, the president of the $11 billion Ford Foundation up until 2008 and one of the nation's foremost experts on philanthropy, has paid $1.855 million for a two-bedroom co-op at 530 East 86th Street. The apartment first went on the market in August 2008 for $2.325 million.
--Nicolas Sayegh, a co-founder of International Delights, a company that supplies baked goods to New York hotels and gourmet stores, has paid $3.65 million for a 26th-floor apartment at the Miraval Living building at 515 East 72nd Street.
--Steven Lax, an executive vice president at the real estate financing firm Duscany Financial Group, has paid $5.25 million for a three-bedroom condo at the Heritage at Trump Place on the Upper West Side.
--The former Dakota residence of the late model/actress Ruth Ford is now on the market for $7.5 million. The listing is here.
--via Curbed, an unidentified couple has reportedly gone into contract to buy two duplex penthouses at 166 Perry Street. The apartments had been listed together for a combined $24 million.
--via New York Daily News, Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz and his wife, Jamie, have paid $1.45 million for a two-story home in Windsor Terrace.
--via the Real Deal, Billy Macklowe, the president of Macklowe Properties (and son of Harry), has sold a home he owned in Long Island's Northwest Harbor for $1.95 million. He bought the place for $1.89 million in 2002.

From the Real Estalker:
--Conservative commentator Glenn Beck has listed a six-bedroom home in New Canaan, Connecticut for $3.99 million, lower than the price he paid for it. The listing is here.
--via Curbed LA, the estate of Julius Shulman has listed his home on Woodrow Wilson Drive in Los Angeles for $2.495 million.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Art consultant Allan Schwartzman has closed on the purchase of a 12th-floor apartment at the Jean Nouvel-designed 100 11th Avenue. He paid $3.78 million for the three-bedroom spread.
--Former Vassar College president Frances Daly Fergusson has sold her two-bedroom apartment at 61 Jane Street for $1.6 million.
--Broadway producer Hal Prince and his wife, Judy, have paid $12.5 million for a seven-story townhouse at 48 East 74th Street.

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From the NY Post:
--Madonna is buying Kelly Klein's horse farm in the Hamptons along with an adjacent horse farm but she is also looking at a nearby house which on the market for $4.4 million. The listing is here.
--Natalie Portman wanted to rent a unit at The River Lofts, a two-building condo conversion at 416 Washington St. and 92 Laight St., but the owner of the 1,103-square-foot unit is only interested in selling.
--One of the highest-priced duplexes in architect Jean Nouvel's 23-story building at 100 11th Ave. went into contract and closed on the same day for $22 million.
--Michael Hirtenstein is renting his his 25 Bond St. bachelor pad for $50,000 a month.

From Newsday's Real LI:
--Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy has sold her Shelter Island home for $2.967 million.
--Former Mets infielder Edgardo Alfonzo has closed on the sale of his house in Little Neck, NY. The home, which had been one-and-off the market for three years, sold for $3.65 million.

Gallery: Edgardo Alfonzo in Little Neck, New York

From the Chicago Tribune's Elite Street:
--Former Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin has rented out his three-bedroom condo in River North for $5,150 per month.
--The faux church Lake Bluff which we profiled when it was priced at $12.5 million has had a price cut down to $10.9 million.

Gallery: This Is Not A Church

From the LA Times Hot Properties:
Dancing With The Stars host Samantha Harris has sold her Westwood home for $1.64 million It was listed at $1.595 million when we checked it out as an estate of the day.

Gallery: Samantha Harris In Westwood

--Celebrity stylist Andrea Lieberman has sold her home in the Hollywood Hills for $1,800,625.
--Salsa singer-actor-politician Rubén Blades has sold his home in the Windsor Square neighborhood of Los Angeles for $2.415 million.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Cher is auctioning off a property she never used at the Four Seasons' Hualalai resort in Hawaii. Concerige Auctions which is running the January 18 sale anticipates bids between $8 million and $12 million. Cher bought the 0.76-acre property in December 2004 for $2.9 million and began building the house last year.
--Also at the Hualalai resort, Kenneth Griffin, a major figure in the hedge-fund world, has paid $11.38 million for two adjacent lots overlooking the ocean.
--Palazzo Tornabuoni, a 15th-century palazzo in Florence that was home to a pope and other members of the Medici family has been converted into 38 apartments now offered for sale. Prices range from €1.06 million ($1.53 million) for a 530-square-foot one-bedroom to €5.1 million for a 1,987-square-foot two-bedroom apartment with a large terrace.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Nicolas Cage has sold a 3,480-square-foot house in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills for $1,375,000.

--Once listed at $12.9 million, the Llenroc estate in Rexford, New York recently sold for $1.87 million.

Gallery: Llenroc Estate