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Celebrity Real Estate Round-Up, 2010-- Who's Still On The Market?

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

The good news is that celebrity homes seem to sell more easily than your average luxury real estate. The bad news is that there a lot of celebrity homes still seeking a new buyer. I dug through my 2010 archives, month by month, to assess the damage and see who is still trying to sell.

Some celebrities including Mel Gibson, have tried a price cut of over a million. Others including Uma Thurman, Ricky Martin and Richard Chamberlain have held their ground and their properties have sat on the market for over six months. Sheryl Crow tried to take the auction route but failed to sell her Tennessee farm.

But of course the biggest celebrity real estate tail of woe for 2010 has to be Nicolas Cage. He managed to sell off his New York apartment and his Las Vegas house but saw two New Orleans homes and his Bel Air mansion fall to foreclosure. His Rhode Island home, shown above, is still on the market for $7.75 million, a far cry from the $15.7 million he paid for it.

A look at every celebrity home listing we covered in 2010 with updated results is after the jump.

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Hilary Duff In Toluca Lake, Estate of the Day

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Even adorable child stars have to leave the family nest at some point. Earlier this summer we learned that HIlary Duff and her wealthy hockey husband Mike Comrie had bought a home in the Summit community in Beverly Hills for $3.85 million so it was only a matter of time before her family manse in Toluca Lake, California hit the market. The Real Estalker reports that Duff bought the property through a trust for $3.5 million in 2004, when she was still a teenager.

The six-bedroom gated property has access to Toluca Lake and the home comes with an eight-seat electric boat. Duff's home is quite handsome with antique French oak floors and a comforting decor palette of soft, muted tones. The home has a den/office, library, billiard room, cognac room, wine cellar, gym, gift wrapping room, chef's kitchen, a game room and more. The master suite has his and hers walk-in closets and bathrooms. The kitchen is a grand skylighted space with a massive island. There is also a large dining room with a wet bar. This home is listed at $7 million.

Gallery: Hilary Duff in Toluca Lake

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Luxist Review and Giveaway: With Love... Hilary Duff

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Filed under: Cosmetics and Fragrance

This one came out years ago but a bottle recently came my way so I thought I'd share it and my thoughts with you. Like its namesake, With Love... Hilary Duff with most likely resonate with someone a bit younger than myself. The scent from the popular singer and actress is aimed at teens and young women and has that familiar vanilla sweetness associated with dewy youth. But there's a little bit more going on here.

Amidst all the sweet amber, sparkling fruit and everpresent musk there's just enough spice to make it interesting. That may be why it became so popular when it launched a couple years back. The fragrance billed as an effervescent oriental has top notes of magnosteen fruits with a hint of spice. A heart of cocobolo wood and a base of amber and musk ground the scent in familiar territory. Right out of the gate it was one of the top sellers at department stores and it was nominated for Best Celebrity Women's Fragrance in The 8th Annual Basenotes Awards (it lost out to M by Mariah Carey).

I'm giving away the 1.7 ounce With Love...Hilary Duff Eau De Parfum Spray, valued at $45.

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 06/13/10

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From the Real Estalker:
--Teresa and Joe Giudice from "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" have said that their home in Towaco, New Jersey is not for sale for $3,999,999 despite popping up in real estate listings. The pair filed for bankruptcy in October 2009.
-Mike and Irena Medavoy are selling their latest Beverly Hills home for $7.495 million. It's already listed as looking for backup.
--Mischa Barton has raised the price on her eight-bedroom Beverly Hills, California home to $8.695 million.
--Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie have picked up a five-bedroom home in Beverly Hills for $3.85 million.
--Canadian singer Celine Dion's newly completed home in Jupiter Island, Florida includes three swimming pools complete with water slides and a lazy river.

From the LA Times Hot Properties:
--Romance and thriller writer Tami Hoag has listed her Pacific Palisades house at $2.995 million with Luzette Vidal, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Westlake Village. She bought the house for $3.25 million in 2006.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Estancia Alicura, a 180,000-acre ranch in the Patagonia region of Argentina has gone on the market for $30 million. The ranch is owned by Ward Lay, the son of Herman Lay, the co-founder of Frito-Lay Co. and the former chairman of PepsiCo. The listing is with Hall & Hall.
--An estate once owned by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has hit the market. The home in the gated community of St. George's Hill, in Weybridge is listed for £5.95 million with Savills.

From the NY Times Real Estate:
--President Obama's New York City rental from when he was a student in New York City, No. 3E at 142 West 109th Street, is available for rent. It is listed with Dalila Bella of CitiHabitats for $1,900 a month.
--Philippe de Montebello, the former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has bought a two-bedroom condominium in a high-rise at Madison Avenue and 94th Street for $1.75 million.
--Ken Mehlman, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee bought a two-bedroom condominium on the 17th floor of the Chelsea Mercantile at 252 Seventh Avenue at 24th Street for $3.775 million.

From the NY Observer:
--Designer Alexander Wang has bought a $2 million Tribeca one-bedroom from former New York Times Style editor Holly Brubach.
--The six-story townhouse at 63 East 82nd Street that belonged to Lawrence B. Salander, former director of the once-prestigious Salander-O'Reilly Galleries has sold at "very close" to the $14.25 million asking price.It was once listed as high as $25 million.

From the NY Post:
-Baseball legend Darryl Strawberry has signed a one-year lease for a high-floor two-bedroom apartment at the Ohm building on 11th Avenue and 30th Street. Two-bedrooms start around $3,600 per month in the building.
--Chef Mario Batali has been checking out some TriBeCa real estate, visiting the $14.95 million penthouse duplex at 33 Vestry St. and also looking at a TriBeCa townhouse in a similar price range.
--Loren and JR Ridinger, co-founders of Internet marketing and product-brokerage firm Market America, have put their Battery Park City penthouse duplex on the market for $7.9 million.

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Hilary Duff's Million Dollar Diamond Ring

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Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

Singer and actress Hilary Duff recently became engaged to Edmonton Oilers center Mike Comrie. Various sources are reporting that the ring cost the NHL player around $1 million. He bought the 14-carat princess cut diamond ring while in Las Vegas and then proposed to Duff at the Four Seasons in Hawaii while they were on vacation. The pair are also shopping for a home in Beverly Hills.

Think $1 million is a lot for a hockey player to spend? Last year Comrie signed a one-year contract worth $1.125 million to return to the Oilers, the team he began his NHL career with but he also has a family business to fall back on. His family owns The Brick, one of Canada's biggest sellers of furniture, mattresses, appliances and home electronics.

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Hilary Duff's Birthday Mercedes

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Celebrity Shopping

Having a celebrity girlfriend who can pretty much buy herself whatever she wants could have posed a challenge for hockey player Mike Comry when sweetheart Hilary Duff's birthday came around, but if it did he managed not to show it and pulled off a wonderful gift with flying colors. He surprised her with a week-early birthday present of a Mercedes-Benz G-class SUV sitting in her garage. Apparently she had been talking about getting a new vehicle for awhile beforehand, but she never suspected the $100,000+ gift. He actually had her thinking she was getting shoes, of all things.

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