Friday, 16 September 2011

Simpsons creator buys a home and Rhianna sues her Realtor

The daddy of the Simpsons cartoon has moved up and into an $11,650,000 estate with his new bride. I’m not talking about Homer, I’m speaking of Matt Groening the man who started The Simpsons, and the famed night time cartoon will soon start off it’s 23rd season. So, it’s no doubt he can afford the 5 bedroom and 7.5 bathrooms estate in Santa Monica. He also owns a home in Malibu. And all this from a little man he created named Bart…..

Rhianna is suing her Realtor! No only her Realtor, but the former owner of her 6.9 Million dollar home, as well as the engineer and the inspection company! She bought the home in 2009 and it seems the extensively renovated home leaks! After a downpour in Jan 2010 the grammy winning singer found her home flooded. The lawsuit filed also claims her buyers agent did not provide her with previous sales from the area to support the price she ultimately paid. She is seeking compensation for the issues.

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Jason Preistly and Michael Buble like Real Estate!

He came into showbiz as Brandon Walsh, the 90210 Canadian Kid Jason Priestly is selling his home in Toluco Lake California for $2.1 Million. The home was built in 1990 with extensive renos done in 2005, it has three bedrooms, 3 and a half bathrooms in 3200 sq feet. They Preistly's purchased the meditarranian style home in 2007….Jason is no stranger to real estate investing especially in Canada, he has owned many properties here in BC including a resort in Uculet BC, a property in gastown and is co-owner of the Black Hills winery near Oliver BC.
Another Canadian favorite, singer Micheal Buble has also taken to investing locally as well. He along with veteran hockey coach Pat Quinn are investors in the up and coming Tsawwassen Springs Community. The property is going to have a palm springs golf country club with a 500 unit housing project and golf course. The $400 Million project will be sold in five phases over the next two years. Micheal thinks he may even purchase one himself and practice his golf game.

Monday, 11 July 2011

July 9th Edition

I’ve talked before about the celebrities in Hollywood losing money with their real estate deals, but there is the occasion where they make money, good money too!
Take Jeff Pobst, the Survivor host, just sold his three bedroom, three bathroom home with a detached office for the full asking price of $900,000 thousand dollars! He listed his place shortly after he purchased Gene Audry’s estate in Studio City for 5 million dollars. The home comes complete with a three-tier waterfall, access to hiking trails and an 8 person spa. Sounds like he had his own “survivor” hideaway!
Quite some time ago I had a story, a crazy story about Jennifer Aniston listing her home for $42 million dollars after she purchased it for only $13 million in 2006 with when she was with Brad Pitt. With the recession and the ups and downs of the U-S market this seems a little out of whack even considering the incredible renovations she did. Well, she proved to everyone differently and is laughing all the way to the bank. The home has recently been sold for somewhere around $37 Million dollars, I wonder if she is going to take up a new line of work now?
And that’s the Celebrity real estate gossip!