tampa4u's Blog: CELEBRITY REAL ESTATE

In the world of the celebrity real estate drop, the listings are going up and the sales are no where to be found. As a nation, we know the financial sector is hurting when there are no big sales to report and a ton of listings.

An LA restaurant owner, Lonnie Moore, lists his home in Hollywood Hills for $3.5 million. The home was once owned by Mike Tyson and Robin Givens.

Regis Philbin is ready to ask, “Is that your final answer?” to a home buyer for his Greenwich home. The home is listed for $5.4 million.

Beverly Hills has a new listing to report. Mark Wahlberg, once a singer now an actor, has listed his home for a whopping $15.9 million. The home is nearly 9,000 square feet and was bought in 2001 for just under $5 million. Hello! The market is…

Jimmy Chamberlin of the Smashing Pumpkins has sold his home in Murrieta California for a whopping $420,000. And you thought all rock stars lived in big, fancy homes. The home houses 3 bedrooms and is located 60 miles to the south of Los Angeles.

Amy Sedaris, known as an actress and a comedian has bought into the thriving Manhattan housing market. Sedaris dropped a cool $1.3 million dollars on a one bedroom co-op in the West Village. It seems there is nothing slumping in Manhattan.

Chris O’Donnell, once an actor and now missing in action, has sold a home in Pacific Palisades. The home was listed for a length of time for just over $5.3 million, but records are not showing how much the home sold for in the end.

Down for the count, NOPE! Sylvestor Stallone…

You are constantly reading in the newspapers and magazines about celebrities buying and selling homes.  But just like the rest of us, they still have to make sure they dot their ‘I’s and cross their ‘T’s.  So what do people do when they run into a celebrity selling and buying problem?  Or when other really strange things occur?  Put up with it or maybe even move.

Eccentric behavior is a hallmark of celebrities, but to see it in a buyer is even stranger.  A man who is currently serving time as a guest of the South Caroline penal system decided he was going to sue Martha Stewart for three million dollars for damages.  To rub salt in the wound, anything he gets he’s donating to Rachael Ray.  Why?  He attempted to buy Stewart’s home for the proper price and…

Celebrities have the ability to purchase just about any house they desire. If they want 60,000 square feet of interior in their home, then they go about finding a home with that amount of square footage. If there is no home on the market to appease their needs, they have one built. With money, comes the ability to purchase every desire you may have in a home. But, there are differences when it comes to home buying depending on the style of celebrity. Flashy, fast talking celebrities like 50 Cent, purchase homes that are famed, huge and ready to move in. While other celebrities of the more humble authority have the patience to buy old and renovate.

Celebrities that climb the ranks of stardom quickly and move from not so affluent to mega stardom tend to…

Lindsay Lohan is one of the most popular celebrities on earth right now. When Lindsay Lohan decided she was going to purchase a new home, the rumor mill filled the blogosphere with guesses and claims about where she would finally take up residency. From Hollywood to Utah, Lindsay Lohan is on the hunt, but Hollywood seems to be winning out for the simple fact that Hollywood has the best shopping and the hottest clientèle.

Lindsay Lohan is, without a doubt, addicted to shopping. She is constantly barraged by photographers with her sister alongside, carrying bag after bag of freshly purchased things from every top name store in Hollywood. When choosing a home, it seemed that Lindsay Lohan was after that same instant thrill. She has been photographed…