Much has been is written about what happens to the kids, the love life, and even the pets after divorce, but what about the house?
If you're a celebrity, chances are you'll ditch it to move on to new--and sometimes better--digs. Here, 5 exes who put their marital homes on the market. Check 'em out and tell us: are you interested in purchasing a piece of celebrity-divorce history?
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Erin Nordegren – Tiger Woods ex Snaps up Luxury Beach Front Home
Eighteen months after the divorce that rocked America , the ex wife of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren has splashed out on a 1932 built two storey luxury mansion in an exclusive North Palm Beach area known as Seminole Landing. The stunning beach front property is situated just 11 miles from her ex husband Wood’s residence.
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Real Estate Porn: Take A Look At Kate Moss’ Leopard Living Room
First it was burgled, then it was flooded, then it was exorcised — and now it’s for sale. Kate Moss‘ five-bedroom London abode is on the market for 7 million pounds (about $11 million US), though the paid the equivalent of $12 million for it back in 2007. So, what does 11 million big ones get you?
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Florida Marlins’ Wes Helms Brings His Work Home
Neighbors in the small Alabama town of Sterrett always knew where to find Wes Helms on his 53-acre farm over the winter. The man called “Uncle” on the Marlins often was ensconced in his custom-made, 3,000-square foot batting cage, working on a swing that deserted him last season.
Helms had gone from coauthoring a major-league pinch-hitting record with Ross Gload in 2009 to anchoring the worst pinch-hitting club in the National League in ’10. His pinch-hitting average plummeted from .347 to .114 in one year, and his pride plunged with it.
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Helms had gone from coauthoring a major-league pinch-hitting record with Ross Gload in 2009 to anchoring the worst pinch-hitting club in the National League in ’10. His pinch-hitting average plummeted from .347 to .114 in one year, and his pride plunged with it.
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America's Most Expensive Homes
Candy Spelling, widow of television giant Aaron, has listed the Manor, Los Angeles' largest, and arguably most opulent, house up for sale at US$150-million, out-pricing every other listed home in the country. Just down the street the owner of a sprawling classical style marble mansion is asking for US$125-million, making it the second most-expensive home in America. Yet another home for sale is in the triple-digit millions, a massive but secluded US$100-million Lake Tahoe ranch.
Yankees' Alex Rodriguez Takes Advantage of New York Tax Loophole
New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez paid $6 million for his new five-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot penthouse on Manhattan's coveted Upper West Side. While city assessment records say Rodriguez would normally owe approximately $60,000 each year in property taxes, thanks to a loophole in the city tax code called 421A, the Huffington Post has reported that he will pay only $1,200 this year.
That loophole will let Rodriguez and the rest of his well-to-do neighbors enjoy paying almost no property tax for the next several years since the program grants a 98 percent real estate tax abatement for as much as 25 years to condominium owners in newly built housing. New York City's Independent Budget Office has reported the 421A program will cost New York City more than $900 million this year in lost tax revenues.
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That loophole will let Rodriguez and the rest of his well-to-do neighbors enjoy paying almost no property tax for the next several years since the program grants a 98 percent real estate tax abatement for as much as 25 years to condominium owners in newly built housing. New York City's Independent Budget Office has reported the 421A program will cost New York City more than $900 million this year in lost tax revenues.
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Britney Spears Splurges on $20 Million Luxury Mansion?
Britney Spears, 29, may be moving into new digs. The currently-hot singer/entertainer has reportedly purchased a luxury tudor-style mansion in the Hidden Hills section of Los Angeles, for a mere $20 million, reports MailOnline. The home is only a few miles from the $1.8 million house where she lives now. Britney had a good year, financially, coming in third on the Forbes magazine women-in-entertainment list, and she may have decided to invest some of her millions in property.
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The Foreclosure Of Patricia Kluge’s (Once) $100 Million Estate
In 1990 self-made media billionaire, John Kluge, and his third wife, Patricia, called their marriage quits. The divorce settlement broke records, which perhaps is not all that surprising since Kluge was, with a$5 billion empire, the world’s wealthiest man that year.
Patricia Kluge walked away with alimony payments of $1.6 million per week (the interest accrued on one billion dollars per year at the time). But she also snagged some prime real estate: a hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands valued then at $20 million and an opulent 45-room Virginia estate called Albemarle.
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They're Rich And Famous And In Foreclosure
How does Nicolas Cage get behind on his mortgage payments? The same way other rich and famous people do.
"They've stretched themselves higher than they probably should have," says John Anderson, owner of Twin Oaks Realty in Minneapolis and a National Association of Realtors expert in foreclosures. Some couldn't keep up when the rates on their adjustable rate mortgages shot up, Anderson says. Price drops at the high end of the market were so steep that a sale wouldn't cover the debt. In other words, high-end homeowners face the same problems that plague the not-so-rich-and-famous.
"They've stretched themselves higher than they probably should have," says John Anderson, owner of Twin Oaks Realty in Minneapolis and a National Association of Realtors expert in foreclosures. Some couldn't keep up when the rates on their adjustable rate mortgages shot up, Anderson says. Price drops at the high end of the market were so steep that a sale wouldn't cover the debt. In other words, high-end homeowners face the same problems that plague the not-so-rich-and-famous.
Real Estate That's Changed Hands in World's Priciest Divorces
Valentine's Day might be a time to celebrate love for one another, but let's not forget what happens when things turn sour. Of the umpteen romances that began with Champagne and strawberries, chocolate and love letters, many have ended in acrimony, alimony, and the financial strain of divorce. When some of the world's richest people break it off, the resulting settlements are sizable, and often include some eye-popping real estate. Rupert Murdoch, he of many hideouts, holds the dubious honor of participating in the most expensive divorce of all time: a whopping $1.7B. But seeing as we've already given the media mogul enough attention in these parts, we will delve into the ranks to find some more real estate lost or gained as a result of conjugal discord. So while you spend the night cuddling with a special someone—hey, even if you're all alone!—just be happy you haven't spent more than $150M on a marital mistake...yet.
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U2's The Edge in Row Over Malibu Home Plans
U2 guitarist The Edge is locked in a dispute with California authorities over plans to build five new luxury homes near Malibu, with officials claiming they would harm the local environment.
The star -- real name David Evans -- wants to build the houses on a ridge in the hills overlooking Malibu up the Pacific coast from Los Angeles, and has set up a website boasting they are environmentally-friendly.
But the California Coastal Commission has filed a report recommending that the planning applications be rejected when they go before local lawmakers next week.
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Hulk Hogan Still Trying To Sell Off His Florida Real Estate
Hulk Hogan may have gotten married at his Clearwater, Florida home in December but that doesn't mean he isn't still trying to unload it. Not only that, he is still trying to sell the Belleair, Florida home that he shared with his ex-wife Linda and his family and was featured in the reality television show "Hogan Knows Best." Back in 2006 the five-bedroom home was listed at $25 million.
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Nicolas Cage Las Vegas Home For Sale Again
Around this time last year we heard that the Las Vegas home that once belonged to Nicolas Cage has finally been sold. Kenneth Lowman, Broker/Owner of Luxury Homes of Las Vegas announced that he sold Cage's foreclosed, now bank-owned Las Vegas home the first day it was on the market at a new low price of $4.95 million. Cage, who once had a variety of properties scattered all around the world, picked up this home in 2006 for $8.5 million. In July 2008 he listed it for $9.95 million. The 14,000-square-foot home with a 16-car garage was later discounted to $9.49 million. The seven-bedroom home is blandly extravagant with a sweeping staircase, home theater, elevator and panoramic views of Las Vegas. The home has a pool and spa and is located in a gated community for privacy.
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Contemporary Beverly Hills House Has Old-World Flair
A verdant acre in the residential heart of Beverly Hills is the setting for a contemporary home with Old World flair designed by architect-to-the stars Harold "Hal" Levitt.
Levitt's design combines modern elements such as geometric skylights, generous sheets of glass, touches of concrete and an open floor plan in reimagining a European villa.
Levitt, who died in 2003, designed the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences building in Los Angeles. He's better known, however, for the striking home plans he created for Lew Wasserman, Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Dean Martin, to name a few of his high-profile clients.
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Levitt's design combines modern elements such as geometric skylights, generous sheets of glass, touches of concrete and an open floor plan in reimagining a European villa.
Levitt, who died in 2003, designed the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences building in Los Angeles. He's better known, however, for the striking home plans he created for Lew Wasserman, Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Dean Martin, to name a few of his high-profile clients.
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The Biggest Celebrity Real Estate Losers of 2010
Pummeled by the steep devaluation of their real estate investments, Shelter Pop finds the biggest celebrity real estate losers of 2010:
- Actor Nicolas Cage tops the charts at No. 1: The notorious property collector has built his own real estate coffin with an estimated loss of more than $10 million, and more than a dozen homes around the world selling for much less than he paid. One of the homes includes his legendary and primary residence in Bel-Air formerly owned by Dean Martin and Tom Jones that was seized. He currently has a home still on the market on REALTOR.com®.
- Actress Scarlett Johansson is also in the running with her recent failed marriage to Ryan Reynolds, and a $3 million loss on a very A-list property (pictured here), which was valued at $7 million this past June.
LeBron James' New Home In Coconut Grove
Bing Crosby Home Selling for $3.5M
Bing Crosby, known for his laid-back style as much as his soothing bass-baritone voice, liked to entertain other celebrities around the pool at his 6,700-square-foot former home in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Tiger Wood's New $50M Home
Tiger Woods can spend his two-week break between last weekend’s fourth-place finish in the Australian Masters and the 18-player Chevron World Challenge brushing up on his game, driving, chipping and putting to his heart’s content outside his new $50 million singles pad.
In between, he can do laps in one of his pools or relax in the oxygen therapy room that is part of a personal gym.
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In between, he can do laps in one of his pools or relax in the oxygen therapy room that is part of a personal gym.
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Nicolas Cage's Bel-Air Home Goes To New Owner For Just $10.5 Million
The sale of Nicolas Cage's onetime Bel-Air estate, which the actor lost to foreclosure this year, has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. There was hubris, bad taste and a dizzying fall from financial grace.
The closing scene played out this week when a new owner picked up the sprawling mansion for $10.5 million, a relative bargain for a trophy home that had been listed several years ago at more than three times that amount. The buyer was identified only as a limited liability company, a common cloaking device in high-profile real estate transactions.
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