As the Real Estate season heated up our reporting of juicy Celebrity Real Estate News took a back seat. This week we have some hot stories compliments of Zillow.com. It appears Dr. Phil wants to sell his Beverly Hills home for $16.5 million and for $40,000 a month you can rent Ozzie Osbourn's home in Malibu! Read on and find out what other great scoops there are…
Dr. Phil Lists His Beverly Hills Home for $16.5 Million
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | July 15, 2010
Everyone’s favorite prime-time TV shrink, Dr. Phil and his wife, Robin, are selling their Beverly Hills home for $16.5 million. While speculation about their divorce has swirled for years and found new legs with this real estate listing, the LA Times reports they are merely trading up after they “… bought a hillside view home they’ve been admiring for years.”
Dr. Phil’s gated and walled Mediterranean-style home is on three-quarters of an acre and in the description, the tell-tale reason they’re moving comes out: “…it’s on a flat lot…” and that’s why they covet the hillside view home! Makes sense. After living on the hill for a few years, they will soon desire a flat-lot home. That’s the way we scratch our real estate itchiness.
Anyway, the home features a “grand, two-story entry, generously sized rooms, a theater, gym, billiard room, two-bedroom detached guest casita, outdoor dining room and a master retreat with his and hers baths.”
Osbourne’s Malibu Home Can Be Rented for $40,000/Month
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | July 20, 2010
Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne’s oceanfront Malibu home is for rent, reports Real Estalker, and the price is not cheap: $40,000/month.
The five-bed, five-bath house is a tri-level on La Costa Beach that Ozzy and Sharon bought in March 2003 for $5,100,000. According to Zillow’s price history chart, the home was listed in 2007 for $10,995,000 and from that listing come these details: It was built in 1955 and it has five beds, five bathrooms, and offers 2,984 sq ft.
As with most homes that dot Malibu’s beaches, it it slipped snuggly between other multi-million dollar homes with the Pacific Coast Highway running along the back and the beautiful Pacific Ocean off the front. Real Estalker says the Osbourne’s master suite stretches across the entire ocean side of the second floor and includes a lavish marble bathroom.
Ted Kennedy’s DC Home on Market for $7,995,000
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | July 14, 2010
The Washington, DC home of the late Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, is on the market for $7,995,000 — this after being “quietly shopped around,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
Kennedy’s home is a stately, Federal-style home with large, white columns out front and borrows other influences from the White House such as its large portico, the semi-elliptical fan transom above the paneled door and the large suspended lantern as a welcome beacon.
Once you enter through the grand entryway, you will find a study, library, French doors leading to an outdoor terrace and elegant gardens, five fireplaces, and a family room. The dining room can accommodate an event for 50 people and it opens to an adjacent sunroom. One gets the feeling that one any minute, one of the Founding Fathers will walk through the door.
A fun item is a secret hideaway that is entered through the library, leading to the garage and indoor resistance pool. The Kennedys bought the home in 1998 for $2.78 million.
Pierce Brosnan Selling Malibu Home for $3.9 Million
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | July 12, 2010
Dashing, debonair movie star Pierce Brosnan is selling his Malibu home for $3.9 million, according to the LA Times. Brosnan’s home is described as a two-story, Mediterranean-style artist’s retreat, and is located just steps to the beach. Unfortunately, no interior photos of Brosnan’s home are on Zillow, so we only have the bird’s eye view (above) and what we presume to be what Mr. Brosnan sees once he walks a short distance to the beach (below).
The home has 3,412 sq ft, and offers typical California-style indoor/outdoor living:
A spacious living room is enhanced by high ceilings, massive wood beams, walls of glass, custom fireplace, wide-plank oak flooring, and wide balconies with ocean and mountain views. Gourmet chef’s kitchen is light, bright and features farmhouse sinks, skylights and ocean views. Adjacent dining room with fireplace, picture windows and staircase to garden with lawn. Master suite is a true retreat with a sitting area, balcony and luxurious bathroom with fireplace, claw-foot bathtub, European plumbing and steam shower. Additional bedrooms open to courtyard.
According to Zillow’s price history chart, Brosnan purchased this home in 1996 for $600,000.
Ooh, this has to hurt: Actress Scarlett Johansson purchased this Hollywood Hills home in 2007, paying $7 million and now she has listed it for sale for $4,950,000 — a price reduction of $2,050,000 (see 
It looks like 
Joely Fisher, sitcom star of ‘Til Death and the daughter of a celebrated Hollywood couple (Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens; her half-sister is Carrie Fisher) just sold 
There are many expensive homes for sale in the U.S., but there is one that piqued our curiosity in Aspen. Called the “Stony Creek Ranch,” this 10-acre property is listed for $47 million.
The season premiere of Lost is upon us (yes! finally!) so we will find out exactly what has been going on, right? RIGHT?
American Idol’s Season 3 winner, Fantasia Barrino, is hitting the talk-show circuit to promote her new album and set the record straight on her much-publicized financial drama. The 25-year-old singer owed $65,000 that she borrowed in 2006 to pay back taxes she owed the IRS and as a result, was at risk of losing her home.
In December, we reported that actor/comedian Sinbad was in trouble with the IRS, owing $2.1 million to the state of California, as well as another $8.5 million in delinquent federal taxes and the U.S. Attorney General’s office wanted his house sold to pay the debt, according to The Detroit News.
Between late 2007 and 2008, the late Michael Jackson rented a home in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Las Vegas at 2785 S. Monte Cristo Way, Las Vegas, NV. Today, the Las Vegas Sun is reporting Jackson’s home was sold for $3.1 million, after being listed for $3,950,000.
Justin Timberlake recently made a posh purchase in Tribeca, paying $4.689 million (down from $6.75 million, what a steal!) for the fifth floor of the Pearline Soap Factory lofts on Washington Street. Sounds like a good deal, except the penthouse apartment right above Timberlake’s (with the EXACT same layout) reportedly sold for just $4.1 million. Oops — $589,000 down the drain, but if anyone can handle it, JT can.
This season of The Bachelor follows Jake “The Pilot” Pavelka on his grand search for love and a wife. But, if you need to know only one thing about The Bachelor this season, know this: 
While globe-hopping CNN anchor Anderson Cooper covers the tragedy in Haiti, he makes his own personal headlines back in the states. Go figure. Curbed is reporting (via NY Post) that the silver fox is the secret buyer of a historic Greenwich Village firehouse. What fun!
Is Madonna really a country girl at heart?
The New York City co-op of “the most trusted man in America” — the late Walter Cronkite — is now on the market for $2.995 million.
For $3,600,000 not only do you get sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean from the rooftop deck of a house located two blocks to the beach, but if you close on the home with a full-price offer, you will get a 2010 Porsche 911 Convertible.
Hell hath no fury like dealing with an historic board or preservation society. Just ask singer Norah Jones who wants to install windows in a windowless wall of her townhouse in the Cobble Hill area of Brooklyn (photo above).
Fashion designer Tory Burch has listed her oceanfront Southampton, NY estate for $17.9 million; it is located somewhere on Meadow Lane.
Vanity Fair fans will be the most curious around the recent news that the New York City penthouse apartment of the late investigative journalist Dominick Dunne is listed for $1,250,000.
“Le Bellucia,” an amazing $25+ million listing in Palm Beach, was on the market for less than 30 days and sold for just a few million short of the asking price. Is the luxury market back? At least it is in Palm Beach.
It is a 4,000 sq ft, $500,000 house built near Pitt’s birthplace in Oklahoma City. We’re not quite sure of the exact location of this home (it’s reportedly in the Thornbrooke neighborhood of Edmond), but the clincher of this story is the creation of a life-size sculpture of Pitt and Jolie in a passionate embrace titled “Brangelina Forever” (linking to TMZ since we’re a G-rated site). This statue reportedly contains crushed glass from the wine glasses Pitt and Jolie drank from during their first meeting on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. And we all know what happened there.
Novelist Tom Clancy, who has made a nice living writing military/espionage thrillers with the fictional Jack Ryan as the hero (”The Hunt for the Red October,” “Patriot Games”), has taken his literary earnings and purchased a Ritz-Carlton penthouse in Baltimore for $12.6 million. Clancy was born in Annapolis, so his roots are deep as a Marylander.
Once owned by comedian/talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and later, by the late actor Heath Ledger, it’s known just as the “Tree House” and it’s for sale for $3,695,000, according to Luxist.
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While this quaint and rustic Old World Mediterranean home looks like it should be located in Europe, it’s actually Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry’s Beverly Hills home and it’s listed for $5 million.
Prominent New York City real estate developer Elie Hirschfeld, president of Hirschfeld Properties (developers of New York City’s Grand Sutton, the Hotel Pennsylvania, the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Park Avenue Court, the Gotham and Exchange Tower) is selling his own oceanfront East Hamptons home for $25 million.
It pains me to write this, but it appears some of the “Real Housewives” are, indeed, just like the rest of us. They foreclose on their homes (shout out to Lisa Wu Hartwell and Sheree Whitfield of Atlanta, and Jeana Keough in the OC) attempt to sell their home in a down market (Danielle, that’s you, Jersey girl) and face eviction when they don’t pay the bills ( tsk tsk, Lynn Curtin).
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has reduced the price on his 
It’s a price that reflects his former team’s name — coincidence or intentional? Former San Francisco 49er quarterback great Joe Montana and his wife, Jennifer, have put 
Last week, we wrote about golf star 
Singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, whose birthright is as the only child of rock ‘n roll’s most famous performer, Elvis, has listed her Hidden Hills, CA home, located at 24895 Long Valley Rd, Hidden Hills, CA 91302, for $8,995,000.
Golf star Greg Norman and former tennis star Chris Evert left their longtime spouses for each other in 2006 and then, 15 months later, Norman and Evert split, leaving a wake of speculation as to why — among them, a disagreement on where they should live together.
When a house goes up for sale by a pro athlete, gossip is sure to happen. So, when Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn’s house went on the market yesterday, he stated all the reasons why:
Toni Braxton just can’t get a break. After undergoing a very public bankruptcy in the late 90s and heart problems that developed after the birth of her second child, Braxton is facing possible foreclosure, according to TMZ.
Actor Nicolas Cage has never shied away from huge real estate investments. He just sold his Midtown penthouse in New York, is looking for back-up offers on his Bel Air Tudor, has his Las Vegas home on the market for $9,490,000, and is looking to sell two gorgeous New Orleans properties — one which is claimed to be a haunted house.
Update (10/9/09): More than 30 people showed up to watch Al Capone’s Wisconsin hideout auctioned off in a sheriff’s sale on the Sawyer County courthouse steps on Thursday, but only one bidder came forward: The Chippewa Valley Bank — the same bank that foreclosed on it in 2008. The bank purchased it for $2.6 million, which is the price the bank set as a minimum. It plans to sell it on the real estate market.
The Blackstone Group founder and CEO, Stephen Schwarzman, who is reported to be the highest-paid CEO in the U.S. last year, has put his East Hampton, NY home on the market for $7.2 million.
Funnyman Ben Stiller may have a crude sense of humor, but his taste in real estate is nothing to laugh at. The actor and his wife, Christine Taylor, have recently put their Los Angeles-area compound on the market for $12.5 million. The property is located in the Outpost Estates neighborhood of LA, at 2427 Castilian Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90068.
The women of The Real Housewives have a hard time facing the responsibilities of real life. Lynne Curtin, Orange County housewife, and her husband, Frank, owe their landlord more than $12,000 for a security deposit, utilities, and other fees on their rental home in Laguna Beach, CA.
Alan Jackson, American country music icon, has put his Franklin, TN colonial mansion located at 1301 Moran Rd, Franklin, TN 37069 on the market for a whopping $38 million. The property, know to insiders as Sweetbriar, sits on 135-acres with six bedrooms, seven full baths, five fireplaces, a 20-car garage and a gymnasium. As if that wasn’t enough, the property also includes a stocked lake with a boat house, three ponds, a 20-car garage, separate gym, and a two-bedroom log cabin. The property is bordered on two sides by the Harpeth River.
On Tuesday, Miami Heat superstar Dwayne Wade tweeted that his Pinecrest, FL home located at 9330 SW 59th Pl, Pinecrest Postal Store, FL is on the market for $3.3 million, calling the home a “real bargain.” The Zestimate on the property is $3,975,5000.
RealEstalker has reported that the Nashville home of former Tennessee Titans QB Steve McNair, who police say was shot to death by his mistress in a tragic murder-suicide last week, is on the market and is listed for sale for $3 million.
Actor Charlie Sheen of “Two and a Half Men” and wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, have listed their 1927 Mediterranean-style home in Los Feliz, CA for sale for $3,697,000. The gated villa, located at 2549 N Catalina St, Los Angeles, CA 90027, has undergone massive renovations over the past year, according to the Los Angeles Times. The 4,179 sq ft property has four bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms. The Sheen’s, however, have five children and do not feel the property has enough space to accommodate the kiddos. In March, Charlie and Brooke announced the birth of twin boys. Sheen also has three daughters from previous relationships, Sam and Lola (with ex-wife Denise Richards), and Cassandra.
Maybe if a buyer waits long enough, A-Rod’s Coral Gables home will just be given away — just pay the $161,000/year in taxes.
According to reports out of Atlanta, former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield has avoided foreclosure — again. His sprawling, 54,000-sq ft home, located on Evander Holyfield Way in Fairburn, GA, was to be auctioned off today, July 7.
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ennis House, which has been used in movies such as “Blade Runner,” “House on Haunted Hill,” as well as TV shows like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Twin Peaks, ” is listed for sale for $15 million, according to Curbed LA.
Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, has reportedly purchased Irma Lake Lodge, a famous Wyoming ranch once owned by William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, who may have been one of the earliest successful entrepreneurs. After serving in the U.S. Army, Cody was hired to hunt bison and scout Indians and then he started his famous “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” show where Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull performed among other notable characters of the Old West.
According to the Sotheby’s listing, the “…penthouse aerie (”nest”)” has a doorman (of course), is located steps from Central Park (naturally) and was designed by America’s greatest classical revivalist, Horace Trumbauer in the neo-French Classic style (magnifique!). The 42-foot wide mansion was built for Alice Troth Drexel in 1903. (Yes, those Drexel’s).
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong recently used Twitter to announce the arrival of his fourth child, but nary a word about a price drop on his magnificent estate in Dripping Springs, TX. Armstrong’s 447-acre property at 560 Deadman’s Hole, Dripping Springs, TX 78620, was just recently reduced to $10.5 million — a $1.5 million price drop from its original $12 million asking price.
Actor Stephen Baldwin, one of the Long Island-raised Baldwin brothers who all went into acting careers, is losing his Old Mountain Road home in Nyack, NY to foreclosure. The Baldwin home will be auctioned off on June 24, according to LoHud.com.
Dan Marino, the prolific quarterback of the Miami Dolphins from 1983-1999 who frustrated pursuing linebackers with his fast release and strong throwing arm, can’t seem to shake a different kind of problem: selling his home in Weston, FL. Frustrated by the lack of action, he is now sweetening the deal on his 4-acre, 15,000 sq ft home located at 3415 Stallion Lane, Weston, FL 33331 by throwing in $1.5 million worth of furniture and a signed football, according to the Wall Street Journal.
