The week's biggest real estate stories: Michael McDonald, Bridgit Mendler, Debby Ryan, Sylvia Rhone and more.
| | | | This week's top real estate headlines When Lachlan Murdoch recently shelled out $150 million for Bel Air's iconic Chartwell Estate, it shattered a record as the most expensive California home ever sold, easily beating out the previous $119.7 million purchase of The Manor. You might recognize the over-the-top, opulent mansion as the residence of the "Beverly Hillbillies"' Clampett family. Meanwhile, across the pond, "Ladybird" and "Little Women" star Saoirse Ronan has sold her fully-rehabbed, seaside hideaway located about 20 miles south of Dublin in Ireland’s County Wicklow for about $2.1 million. Money may not be life's report card, but the sale price is considerably more than the $1.8 million Ronan paid for the home a couple of years ago.
In other news, Doobie Brothers crooner Michael McDonald is asking $3.9 million for his Hawaii hideaway, Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen is settling into a Woodland Hills home, L.A. Reid is hightailing it out of Bel Air, new Epic Records CEO Sylvia Rhone treats herself to a swanky Bel Air home, Bridgit Mendler gets $2 million for her Silver Lake, and Olivia Culpo purchases a snazzy, brand-new house in the increasingly celeb-studded Encino neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley.
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| The $150 million deal included not just the four-parcel main Chartwell compound — which itself spans more than 10 contiguous acres — but also the 1.3-acre vacant lot immediately lot next door, which was formerly the site of Ronald Reagan’s longtime L.A. residence. But perhaps the property’s most outrageous feature is its 75-foot resort-style swimming pool and adjacent pool house, which are connected to the main house via an underground tunnel and an elevator. By James McClain • READ MORE |
| | Located down a gated driveway, and dubbed Pine Lodge, the butter-yellow Arts and Crafts-inspired cottage has been completely re-designed and updated. READ MORE |
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| | Just as he's about to embark on a 30-city North American tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Doobie Brothers, the yacht rock singer is listing his Hawaii home for $3.9 million. READ MORE |
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| | Former Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid and current co-chairman of Hitco Entertainment is listing his ritzy Bel Air mansion with a $22.9 million price tag. READ MORE |
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| | Sylvia Rhone, the new head of Epic Records who replaced L.A. Reid, recently treated herself to a swanky $5.35 million home in Bel Air. READ MORE |
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| | After announcing her engagement to Twenty One Pilots drummer Josh Dun a little more than a year ago, the former Disney star is making big moves to make that happen — including listing her Hollywood Hills bachelorette pad. READ MORE |
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| | Media mogul John Martin, the former CEO of Turner Broadcasting in 2014 where he oversaw the CNN networks, TNT, TBS, TCM, truTV, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, purchased a new estate in the tony hills of Brentwood. READ MORE |
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| | After quietly marrying her longtime boyfriend Griffin Cleverly a couple of months ago, the former "Good Luck Charlie" star has sold her home for a little under $2 million. READ MORE |
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| | Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwan has shelled out a smidgen more than $2.3 million for a family-sized house in Woodland Hills. READ MORE |
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| | The former beauty pageant queen, who's won crowns for Miss USA and Miss Universe, has transformed her success into a social influencer career. Culpo recently splurged on a $3.5 million smart home with panoramic sunset views of the San Fernando Valley basin. READ MORE |
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| | Anthony Zuiker, creator of the “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” television franchise, has sold a comfortably plush, Zen-modern estate to NBA star Chandler Parsons for $9.25 million. READ MORE |
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