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Madeleine Albright’s former DC home hits the market for $4M

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The late former U.S. Secretary of State had lived in the Federal-style house since 1968 and originally purchased it for $100,000. Continue reading →

Nantucket home sells to Barstool’s Dave Portnoy for record $42M

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Portnoy’s waterfront home purchase set a new record for Nantucket and the state of Massachusetts. The estate features a main house, guest house and studio that are connected by an underground tunnel. Continue reading →

CrossCountry Mortgage CEO nails profit on $30M Fort Lauderdale pad

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Ronald Leonhardt Jr. purchased the Harbor Beach home for $23 million in 2021. It includes 120 feet of water frontage, a lap pool, a full summer kitchen and docking capabilities for a megayacht. Continue reading →

A story from ‘The Brady Bunch’ house: None of the appliances work

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The kitchen may look groovy, but none of the appliances in “The Brady Bunch” replica house are functional, new homeowner Tina Trahan learned shortly after acquiring the property. Fortunately, she couldn’t care less. Continue reading →

Site for Mohamed Hadid’s troubled spec mansion lists for $68M

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The LA luxury developer is being forced to sell the 27-acre site, which was slated for an elaborate mega mansion, after a creditor tried to foreclose on the property and Hadid filed a bankruptcy petition. Continue reading →

Tom Ford nabs Jackie O’s former Hamptons summer home at $52M

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The deal is just the latest of Tom Ford’s big-ticket transactions, following a $51 million home purchase in Palm Beach at the end of last year and a more recent trading of that home for another mansion in the luxury South Florida market, according to r… Continue reading →

Trophy properties are all the rage right now, Jonathan Spears says

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Ahead of his appearance at Inman Luxury Connect, the Spears Group founder told Inman demand for trophy properties or highly unique listings is at an all-time high throughout North Florida. Continue reading →

Butterfly House sells for $29M in one of Carmel’s priciest deals yet

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Named for its distinctive wing-shaped roof that resembles a butterfly, the property was designed and built by architect Frank Wynkoop in 1951. The sale marks one of the priciest ever to close in the area. Continue reading →

35 Hudson Yards still sits half empty 10 years later: Report

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Now, about four years after sales first launched, Related Companies is offering price cuts and to cover buyers’ closing costs and taxes among other incentives, to try and move more units as sales lag behind expectations, according to a report. Continue reading →

Widow of billionaire David Koch unloads Manhattan townhouse

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The $41 million transaction is merely the most recent in a string of deals by philanthropist Julia Koch, who also purchased a pair of Upper East Side apartments last year from the estate of Paul Allen. Continue reading →