Jewel Kilcher
The Grammy Award nominee and American folk singer Jewel who has sold 30 million albums worldwide, and almost 20 million in the United States alone is currently selling her $1.7 million home in the Hollywood Hills.
Jewel has come a long way from the days when she had to live out of a van. She is currently selling her luxury home worth a cool $1.7 located in Hollywood Hills. The home sports a three car garage, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a private deck, and office. While the price is kind of low for a celebrity home, keep in mind that this jewel of a home only has 1,781 square feet. When you add it up, this means her home is priced at approximately $1,000 per square foot. That is a pretty penny.
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Do you fancy making £600,000 above the value of your home in this current climate? Impossible you may think, but this is the reality of the lucky owners of a modest sized terraced London home. The reason why their home valued at about £250,000 is now on the market at £850,000 is because of David Beckham. The former England football captain and male model once lived in the house as a toddler.
Local businessman Colin Evans is handling the sale for the current owners, who he says had no idea of its famous past. We’ve had an offer of a million pounds from an Australian businessman who deals in Beckham memorabilia but we’ve got to see what else comes in. Confirmation that David Beckham lived in the home is seen from his birth certificate which clearly gives the address of the house.
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Leona Lewis Buys Her First Property
The young lady with the big voice Leona Lewis is now a multi millionairess having conquered America with her natural talent. She is now embarking upon a new venture as a home owner in the UK. X Factor winner Leona Lewis is in the process of purchasing her first property in East London. She and boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa have been renting the property in Hackney, not far from where she grew up.
“We were renting it but the landlord was like ‘You have to get out now.’ I talked him into selling it to me.”
“When you’re settled it’s hard to move. I love the flat - it’s really private and the neighbours are cool - and it’s very close to my mum and dad.”
Lewis says that she loves travelling, but the UK will always be her home, “’I don’t think I’d move permanently. I love going to America, there are so many great people there and I spent a lot of time there when I was recording the album, but I like spending time between the two countries.”
The star won two awards at the recent Mobo Awards, picking up Best Album for Spirit as well as Best Video for Bleeding Love.
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John Cleese Selling His Home
British Comedian John Cleese is on the way to selling his beachfront luxury home in Santa Barbara United States for a cool $10.75 million.
The reason for the sale (like most celebrities who need to sell) is down to a recently settled a divorce with third wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger.
The new owners of this Santa Barbara oceanfront property will get spectacular views of the Pacific. The three-bedroom, four-bathroom home looks like it extends into the ocean and has beamed ceilings and sea views from every room, as well as multi-level decks, gardens, a spa and a wine cellar.
The property is located on a private cove, so it offers seclusion as well as great views. Cleese is the former star of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and has recently played Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter films.
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Is This Celebrity Real Estate Porn
The celebrity couple Tim McGraw & Faith Hill famous for their American country music success have their Beverly Hills mansion up for sale. Our Birdseye view of the $14,800,000 luxury celebrity home reveals what appears to be some real estate porn. On closer examination of the pool you can see what looks like to be a phallic shaped swimming pool.
The 10,500 square feet (approx.) has 6 bedrooms, 7.5 bathrooms and is located in Beverly Park California. Like all good celebrity homes it has been chosen for its privacy. It is panoramic views, limestone floors, large skylight & wrap around staircase. But best of all is the pool!
The mega rich couple also own a private island it is rumoured located in Bahamas Exuma islands with its sandy white beaches is has everything for the perfect getaway for any stressed celebrity couple
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The owner of Senator John McCains former home is selling the house hoping to make a huge profit. Selling a luxury home is not an easy in this current climate unless your home was previously owned by a potential president. The former Phoenix home of John McCain is up for grabs at an auction taking place on 25th October 2008.
The house fit for a celebrity on MTV Cribs has 13-bedroom covering 13,000 sq and has been listed for a cool $12 million according to Phoenix New Times’ Valley Fever. The house is incredible, as seen in this video tour posted on CNN and it provides a great idea of the how the McCain’s lived. Senator Mc Cain and his wife moved into the home and stayed for 20 years. They sold it to the current owner, real estate developer Jane Popple, in 2006 for more than $3 million
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For those with a keen eye on celebrities and their real estate a website has been just made for you. The celebrity stalking style site will give unprecedented access to celebrity homes from all over the world.
This site is very unique in that you will get current, up-to-date celebrity addresses based on reliable sources as you will not find anywhere else, even in print. The site can give a virtual tour without leaving your home.
A quick search under Madonna reveals two homes in California
Madonna: 9425 Sunset Blvd. Beverly Hills, California 90210
Madonna (former): 6342 Mulholland Hwy Los Angeles, California
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The impressive country house and estate owned by Guy Ritchie and Madonna located at Ashcombe House, also known as Ashcombe Park, had been a constant source of stress for the divorcing couple. The trouble they experienced with the luxury home could well be behind the now warring couples divorce.
The a Georgian manor house, set in 1,134 acres (4.59 km2) of land, on Cranborne Chase,Wilthshire England is as a Grade II structure by English Heritage. The home was bought buy Madonna in her period of lapping up the English country lifestyle. Guy Richie’s and his multi millionaire wife aimed to travel to Ashcombe and spend the weekend riding, shooting and jogging.
Stress from ramblers who got their own way
The house became a source of stress for the couple as its was reported that the location was too exposed meaning Madonna’s privacy was constantly compromised. Madonna was irate about the constant press harassment, fuelled by Britain’s “right to roam” law, which allows hikers to trek across the property. The old English law allows ramblers right of way and was something the paparazzi enjoyed as well. Imagine the frustration she felt at not being able to change that law!
New religion makes the house redundant
More trouble came with Madonna’s devotion to religion Kabbalah,. The religion has an anti hunting stance and her participation would violate the basic laws of the religion. This made the hunting estate now redundant.
Aircraft noise drove her wild
The house of trouble continued as the singer was embroiled in a dispute with the General Aviation community, complaining of the nuisance of noise caused by light aircraft using the nearby Compton Abbas airfield. The rumoured recent attempt by Madonna to buy and close the airfield was not successful. I can see her hoping mad with that one!
New owners will love it
The house boasts eight bathrooms and five acres of land. It comes with several cottages and two separate driveways. It also has male and female gyms, a huge kitchen and an “LA meets England” décor.
Madonna bought the estate for £9million and is looking at putting it on the market for £12million lets hope the new owner’s loves ramblers, hunting and aircraft noise.
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Dubai is fast becoming home for the rich and famous we recently reported sexy Hilary Swank joining other celebrities in appearances in aimed at promoting property in Dubai. Now it seems that celebrity couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are planning to welcome in 2009 at the new Atlantis The Palm Resort on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah Island. According to news reports, the pair are hoping to make New Year’s evening a star-studded affair with celebs from across the globe in attendance.
For the rich and famous, one feature of the resort is its top floor Bridge Suite. This three-bedroom, three-bathroom suite, complete with 18-seat gold-leafed dining table and its own staff of four costs 92,000 Dirhams, or about $26,000 a night. The suite is on the bridge that joins the two wings of the hotel and overlooks both the Arabian Sea and the Palm Jumeirah Island.
The Atlantis Resort and Hotel on the man-made Palm Jumeirah Island is a spectacular mega-resort at the very top of the island’s outer rim. The US $1.5 billion resort has an underwater aquarium, a 42-acre aquapark and sits on 113 acres of land. It opened to guests at the end of September and is already a popular tourist destination.
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Sexy Hilary Swank like lots of other celebrities is taking big cash for appearances in Dubai. Hillary Swank has signed up to promote Aquitainia, and will help to launch the US$1.49 billion project on The World Islands. Swank received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame back in 2007 also promotes Guerlain a women’s fragrance. After winning her second Oscar, she said, “I don’t know what I did in this life to deserve this. I’m just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream.”
In addition to Ms. Swank is joined by singer Kelly Rowland who will perform at the opening of the development this weekend. Potential clients will be able to view the islands and the investment prospects of the one million plus square foot project at the Buddha Bar.
The Dubai real estate development Aquitainia occupies the islands of France and Spain in the unique islands of the world development off the coast of Dubai.
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Donald Trump the multi millionaire real estate tycoon has an a good eye for the next big thing and his recent announcement that he is to move into the Indian property market will send positive signals to overseas property investors. Mr Trump will be building a 47 story high rise luxury residential tower in the heart of Bangalore
Bangalore property market is boominh with huge amounts of new development Trump’s venture is by no means the only new project in the works.
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Donald John Trump is an American business magnate, socialite, television personality, and author. He is the Chairman and CEO of the Trump Organization, a US-based real-estate developer. Trump is also the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which operates numerous casinos and hotels across the world.
American pop star and celebrity Britney Spears has just put her luxury Beverly Hills home on the market for $7.9 million. Apparently the singer, who has recently been through well-publicized difficulties, had been trying to find a private buyer for the estate since June but has had no takers, so she put it on the open market.
The house is a Mediterranean style mansion in a gated community with six bedrooms, six and half bathrooms, library, bar, media room and maid’s quarters. There is a second floor balcony overlooking an open living room, plus a swimming pool and hot tub in the backyard. Spears purchased the house in December, 2007 for around $7 million.
Ms. Spears is reported to be looking for a new home in the area. She has been shopping in the resort town of Calabasas, which is next to the seaside community of Malibu. Calabasas is full of gated communities and young families. In a court citation, Spears said she wanted to move somewhere that is more accessible to parks and recreation areas for her children, three year old Sean and two year old Jayden.
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Nicholas Cage proves that there is serious money to be made in Hollywood especially if you have invested it in property. One such star who has done just that is Nicholas Cage who has been spending his dollars on real estate all over the world. Reports suggest that he he owns property all over the world including a castle in Scotland.
He now offers one of his homes up for sale and the price tag is eye watering a cool $29,999,000.
The Bel-Air house which is 11,817-square-foot in size was owned by several well known celebrities before him. It may be this fact that has spurred him to try his luck with such a huge price tag. Past house owners include Tom Jones and Dean Martin.
Nicholas Cage is in for a huge profit if he manages to pull off a sale Cage bought the 11,817-square-foot home in 1998 from Jones for $6.469 million.
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Bom Sucesso is a unique resort of luxury designer homes that have been designed by over twenty of the the most renowned Portuguese and international architects. Award winning celebrity architect David Chipperfield has made his mark on the resort by creating his own design a 5 bedroom property that is very contemporary in style. He describes the creation as
“Located in a central position and with direct visual contact with the garden and with Óbidos lagoon, the entrance hall gives access to the three main living areas; the lounge, the dining room and the kitchen. Continuing the access point, an ample exterior staircase allows strong visual link with the living space and the garden area/swimming pool allowing direct access to the garden via the terrace.”
The resort is centred around a 18 hole championship golf course and has views of the sea, lake, and countryside of the the silver coast in Portugal. It is a huge resort providing high end golf property in Portugal
A true 5 star resort that has fired the imaginations of celebrities and those in search of a luxury designer homes or Golf property in Portugal.
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Sean Penn
Sean Penn and his wife Robin Wright Penn have put their Marin County, California home up for sale. The price is listed at $15 million for the 10,000 square foot, five bedroom home. Located just north of San Francisco in the town of Ross on 2.2 acres of land, the Penns rebuilt the 1933 Spanish style house.
Orignally purchased in 1996 for $2.1 million, the house has a 3 car garage plus a guest house with its own 2 car garage. The home features wood beamed ceilings and a large kitchen, perfect for entertaining. There’s a pool, tennis court, dog run and gym with sauna and steam room.
The Penns are both movie stars, having filmed and starred in many movies, including Mystic River, Bad Boys, The Thin Red Line, The Game, Dead Man Walking and The Princess Bride, among others.
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For those with an eye for something unique then a designer home is just the thing. There is a new resort named Bom Sucesso in Portugal dedicated to modern designed homes. David Chipperfield who has been awarded numerous prizes for his modern designs including Diploma from the Architectural Association has added his touch to the resort with his own designer homes. Most recently his team won first prize for Aust Agder museum in Norway
He designed the award-winning River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, as well as the Central Public Library in Des Moines, Iowa,Neues Museum in Berlin,
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For the price of a small family car you can be like Batman or even Fred or Wilma Flintstone and own your very own Cave! We list many caves mainly in Spain and they normally come with land attached so that you can have a Cave with a view. Caves.Caves are cheap in terms of square meter compared with an apartment or house. Cave-houses are at the moment, the cheapest properties on the market. There are no community costs; these are detached houses with no communal expenses. Best of all you can tell everyone you live in a cave!
This property listing is mainly land but comes with some big caves, one of which has constant dripping spring water. The land 4.5 hectares in size with walnut, cherry, olives, almond and fig trees. Panoramic views. The owner says you can get irrigation. Mobile phone coverage. Good access. Close to village.
Owning a cave must be a great party piece and this one sounds like it may be a great investment who knows?
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How To Buid a Million Dollar Real Estate portfolio
The technique only works in areas where house prices are rising fast and opportunities exist to purchase off-plan properties, where discounts of up to 15% are not uncommon.
Investors begin by purchasing one or two off-plan properties. These are properties that are not yet fully developed or have only just received planning permission. Developers tend to offer larger discounts to people who are prepared to buy properties at this stage of the build.
On completion, the investor will refinance the properties. A combination of rising house prices and the discounts gained at purchase, ensure that the property is refinanced at a higher figure than the original purchase price. The extra money gained through refinancing is then be used as a deposit for another two properties.
This cycle will be repeated a number of times by the investor until they have built up a strong portfolio of investment properties, with a combined value of more than a million pounds.
Further advice
Before deciding to use this property investment technique, it is essential to get further advice on the legal, tax and financial issues.
A number of property investment companies exist to help advise their members on these very speculative investments, but be wary of the less scrupulous companies that charge their members £1,000s to attend seminars or build portfolios on their behalf.
Source: Don Suter is Managing Editor of the UK Property Portal http://www.ukpropertyportal.co.uk, an on line directory and magazine for UK property sales, rental, surveyors, mortgages, conveyancing, property insurance, removals, news, investment and development
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So where do Hollywood stars go on holiday and where do they consider the location good enough for them to spend their well earned money?
Simon Cowell Beverley Hills home has still got the builders crawling all over it despite starting his new build some 2 years ago. So is this down to quality craftsmanship that takes time or maybe the X factor judge not being happy with what he sees. It just proves that no matter how much money you have got you cant rush good building work
Simon Cowell’s bought the home back in 2006 at a sale price of USD$8 million the home was not exactly what the multi millionaire wanted. Mr Cowell demolished the existing luxury home to build his own dream home which today still remains unfinished.
Celebrity neighbours include Madonna, Jessica Simpson, Sharon Stone and his fellow American Idol judge Paula Abdul. Recent X factor news suggests that Cheryl Cole is to replace Sharon Osbourne as one of the four judges on the show
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