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From Cityfile's Buyers and Sellers:
--Vicki Rosen-Solomon, the widow of private equity exec Adam Solomon, is selling her co-op at 956 Fifth Avenue, shown above. The three-bedroom apartment is listed for $14.575 million.
--via Curbed, Dan and Cynthia Lufkin have cut their unique townhouse at 455 Central Park West. The former chapel, which first hit the market 18 months ago for $17.5 million is now listed for $12.5 million.

--via the Real Deal, Russian real estate investor Janna Bullock sold her townhouse on East 67th Street in January for $24.925 million. Now she's looking to sell her 21-foot-wide mansion at 14 East 82nd Street for $20 million.
--via Curbed, an 18th floor Museum Tower condo belonging to Dan Wise, the Arizona accountant arrested for running a Ponzi scheme back in April, is going up for auction. The one-bedroom, 1.5-bath apartment, which Wise bought for $1.45 million in 2006, is going on the auction block on Oct. 22nd with an opening bid of $750,000.
--Risa Meyer, the daughter of late socialite Kitty Meyer, has dropped the price of her condo at Trump Parc East. The three-bedroom apartment was first listed at $14.8 million and is now listed for $11.6 million.
-- Sam Siegal, an analyst at Bruce Kovner's Caxton Associates hedge fund, and his wife Randi, have paid $4.5 million for an apartment at 150 East 86th Street.
--via the NY Post, Chelsea Piers co-founder Roland Betts has put his 780-acre property near Norfolk, Conn. up for sale. Betts, who once hoped to build a golf club on the site, has listed the land and nine-bedroom home for $24 million.
--Luke and Julie Janklow have lowered the price of their West 12th Street townhouse again. It was first listed for $24.975 million in January and is now listed at $17.95 million.
--Shire Realty CEO Rena Shulsky has put her penthouse at 812 Fifth Avenue on the market for $11.75 million.
--Investor Enrique Foster Gittes keeps changing the price of his townhouse at 12 East 63rd Street. It is now listed for $23 million.
--Photographer Jade Albert has paid $2.595 million for a three-bedroom apartment at the Olcott at 27 West 72nd Street.

From the LA Times Hot Properties:
--Retired fashion designer Geary Roark has listed his Studio City home at $1,099,000. The listing for the Robert Byrd-designed storybook ranch is here.
--Film producer Jon Peters has sold a 6.5-acre residential lot in the Beverly Hills Post Office area for $12 million. This property which includes a 14-car underground garage and office was once listed for $39.5 million last year but was put back on the market in March for $19.995 million.
--A Bel-Air estate designed by Gerard Colcord is listed at $12.95 million. The home has previously been owned by Bob Newhart, soap star Deidre Hall and Univision's former CEO. The listing is here.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Musician/artist David Byrne has been spotted checking out a $3.2 million three-bedroom unit at One York.
--Tennis ace Caroline Wozniacki, the runner-up in this year's US Open, recently checked out a three-bedroom, three-bathroom penthouse in Williamburg's new Edge development.
--Jean Thomas-Fox, the 1960s backup singer for legends like Ella Fitzgerald has sold her apartment at 88 Central Park West to hedge funder Paolo Pellegrini for close to $10 million. Thomas-Fox and her husband, writer Ray Errol Fox, have signed a contract to buy a two-bedroom in the Apthorp for around $2.5 million.
--Celebrity photographer Timothy White's 4,000-square-foot penthouse at 448 W. 37th St. is on the market for $4.9 million. The listing is here.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Walter Cronkite's former apartment at the UN Plaza will soon be up for sale. Joanna Simon, the listing broker says the two-bedroom co-op will hit the market "within the month" for $2.995 million.
--Theater and movie producer Marty Richards is still trying to sell his River House apartment. We first checked out this duplex when it was listed for $29 million. It's now listed for $13.5 million.

--Brian Brille, Bank of America's former head of investment banking who was named president of the bank's Asia-Pacific region three weeks ago, has put his apartment at Trump Park Avenue on the market for $14.75 million.
--Playwright Neil Simon and his wife Elaine have picked up their fourth apartment at the Ritz Tower on Park Avenue. The couple paid $1.225 million for the two-bedroom on the building's 14th floor.


From Newsday's Real LI:
--Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke and his wife, interior designer Lorraine Kirke, have dropped the price of their home in East Hampton. It went on the market for $14.95 million in 2007 and is now listed for $8.995 million.

From the Real Estalker:
--Whoopi Goldberg has bought a Colonial-style home on 2.4 acres in West Orange, NJ. It was originally listed for $2.999 million, Goldberg closed on the house for $2.8 million. Her NYC apartment remains on the market.

--Designer Domenico Dolce of Dolce & Gabbana has spent $29 million on two penthouse units at the "Sky Garage" building in New York City.
--Amaury Nolasco and Jennifer Morrison have picked up a home in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles for $2.55 million.
--A home in the Beachwood Canyon area of Los Angeles rented by Sam Ronson is up for rent for $4,395 a month. The listing is here.
Sean Penn has picked up film producer Robert Chartoff's Cliff May designed Malibu home. The home was frst on the market in 2008 for $8.75 million. The price was later cut to $4.499 million. Penn paid a bargain rate of $3.8 million for the three bedroom home. His home in Ross, California remains on the market for $10 million.

I've heard that Ann Brenoff who writes the LA Times Hot Property column will be winding up work in April and striking off on new adventures. I'll miss her column and hope that the LA Times finds an equally talented writer to take her place.
From the LA Times Hot Property:
Dr. Robert Rey, the plastic surgeon who stars on "Dr. 90210" has listed his Beverly Hills home, shown above, at $5.295 million. The five-bedroom home includes a large pool and spa and a pro sports gym. The listing is here.
--Author James Arthur Ray has bought the Beverly Hills home Rodney Peete and Holly Robinson Peete. It was listed at $4.25 million and sold for $4 million.
--Professional golfer Fred Couples has listed his Montecito home for $12.5 million. The listing for the nine-bedroom home with ocean views is here.
--Producer Jon Peters put up a 6.5 acre chunk of land in Beverly Hills up for sale last year for $39.5 million. It didn't sell and is now back on the market for $19.995 million complete with the architect Richard Landry's dream home plans for the property. There is already a 14-car underground garage on the property. The listing is here.

From Cityfile's Buyers and Sellers:
--Model/actress Milla Jovovich has dropped the price on her townhouse at 100 Greenwich Avenue. It's been on and off the market for nearly a year and was once listed at $8.75 million but now sits at $7 million. The listing is here.
--via the NY Post, artist Jeff Koons has closed on the purchase of a six-story townhouse at 11 East 67th Street for $12 million, two years after he first went into contract.
--Hedge funder Scott Bommer and his wife Donya have lowered the price of their apartment at the Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South. They bought the four-bedroom unit for $28.5 million last July and put it on the market for $35 million in November. It's now listed at $29.75 million. The listing is here.
--Ivan Kaufman, the CEO of Arbor Realty Trust, and his wife Lisa, are paying $9.26 million for a four-bedroom apartment at 823 Park Avenue.
--Ira Resnick, the founder of the Motion Picture Arts Gallery, paid $10.1 million for a 37th-floor condo at the Millennium Tower on West 67th Street.
--It was once on the market for $50 million but now Lionel Pincus's 14-room duplex at the Pierre can be yours for just $35 million. The listing is here.
--Raymond Weil president Benny Shabtai really wants to sell at 870 Park Avenue. So much so that he has cut more than $13 million off the price. The 13-room contemporary Robert A.M. Stern-designed mansion has been on-and-off the market since 2004 and was once as high as $33 million. It is now listed for $19.95 million. The listing is here.
Soap opera actors Catherine Hickland and Michael Knight have sold their 12th-floor co-op at 255 West 84th Street for $2.3 million.
--The 24th-floor Trump International apartment once occupied by Rand Skolnick, the former CEO of Solgar Vitamins who died last year, has been discounted by $1 million after just a month on the market and now sits at $7.75 million. Check out the views at the listing here.
--Frederick Hill, director of Berry-Hill Galleries, has sold his two-bedroom penthouse at 43 West 64th Street for $2.55 million.
-- Karen and David Fleiss originally listed their duplex at 1030 Fifth Avenue for $47.5 million last June. They then lowered their price twice and tried selling off just the bottom floor for $15 million Then they tried selling the entire eight-bedroom unit to $25 million. Now they've re-listed the bottom floor once again for $12 million. The listing is here.
--Real estate heir Richard Mack has cut the price on his seven-floor townhouse on East 94th Street. He originally put the home up for sale for $59 million last summer but it is now listed at $42 million. The listing is here.

From the Real Estalker:
--Spice Girl Melanie Brown has put her Los Angeles home on the market. It's our estate of the day later today.
--There are rumors that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes could buy David and Victoria Beckham's home in Beverly Hills.
--Did guitar god Slash buy the home in the Mulholland Estates area of Beverly Hills belonging to Colleen Maloof? The home was listed at $8.95 million.
--Rhianna has been spotted house shopping in various locations around Los Angeles.
--Phil Maloof's Beverly Hills house has been reduced from $16.995 million to $10.865 million. The listing is here.
--Joe Maloof's Brentwood home has been reduced from $4.995 million to $4.2 million. The listing is here.
--The Bel Air mansion belonging to Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony has been reduced from $8.5 million to $7.9 million. The listing is here.
--The Harvey Mudd Estate, which was our estate of the day in October 2008 has had another price reduction. It was originally listed at $11.495 million but now sits at $7.995 million.
--Singer Lenny Kravtiz has listed at three-bedroom home in Miami Beach, Florida. The listing is here. His NYC apartment at 30 Crosby also remains on the market for $14.995 million. The listing is here.
--Designer James Perse can get you to pay over $100 for a t-shirt but can he get you to pay $4.995 million for a one-bedroom home in Los Angeles? The listing is here.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Aaron Spelling's widow Candy Spelling has put her home on the market for $150 million.
--Radio host Don Imus has listed his home in Westport, Connecticut for $30 million. The listing is here.

From ONTD:
--The Malibu home used as the exterior for the Hannah Montana television show is available for $15 million.

From the Austin Statesman:
--One of my favorite estate of the day properties, a four-floor modern townhouse in Austin is back on the market for %6.5 million. It was listed for $7.5 million when it was our estate of the day in 2007.