Talk about teamwork: when Tim Hardaway, former star of the NBA team the Miami Heat, ran into trouble and ended up with a hefty tax lien on his property, his former team bailed him out[1]. Hardaway faced the loss of everything, including his mansion in Miami which is currently work $2.5 million and has a pool and basketball court that have been customized to show the Heat Logo. His former team stepped up, purchasing the home and enabling Hardaway to remain in the residence, although the property remains for sale.
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Thanks to staggering maintenance costs and skyrocketing medical bills, Zsa Zsa Gabor will be putting her 12,000 square-foot mansion on the market, her husband told reporters this week[1]. The asking price is $28 million, but the famous actress’ husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, does not want that hefty price tag to deceive potential buyers who think that he and his wife do not need the money. “This house goes,” he told the Beverly Hills Courier, “Maybe we are famous, but we are not rich.” Von Anhalt blames much of the …

The ultimate niche property could have just hit the market. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has listed his Connecticut mansion with the Exceptional Properties Division of William Raveis Real Estate, and director Jamie Zdru describes the property as “truly an escape from the ordinary”[1]. While many sellers worry that their homes will not be unique enough to attract buyer attention away from bargain-basement priced REO and foreclosure properties, Jackson’s property comes with more than 50,000 square feet of living space, a fully furnished nightclub and dance floor and myriad sports amenities. …

Mark Zuckerberg has never been known for being normal, but the youthful internet entrepreneur is taking his love of privacy to new levels now, selling his home just days after giving Oprah a guided tour of his old house and watching images of his abode flood the net as “real estate porn”[1]. The term “real estate porn” is usually used to refer to over-the-top, ultra-luxurious real estate owned by the excessively rich and/or famous. So it’s a little surprising that Zuckerberg’s house, which is certainly lovely but not over-the-top – …

You have probably read the stories of celebrities buying homes last year despite the recession and fear of a double-dip. It seemed like those with truly “big money” were invincible despite the nation’s real estate woes. Yet not all celebrities scored big in terms of real estate luck as some of them struck out and suffered losses just like everyone else. Some of them – like Latoya Jackson, Timothy Busfield, and hip-hop entrepreneur Damon Dash just to name a few – even faced foreclosure [1]. Below, we’ve listed some of …

Sometimes, all it takes is a celebrity home buyer and owner to make a place interesting to real estate and/or celebrity enthusiasts. It is no wonder then that residents of an Arizona town got to talking when a daughter of a highly popular and controversial politician bought a home in the area.
Sarah Palin’s 20-year old daughter Bristol Palin, who recently made a name for herself by landing a spot in the finals of Dancing with the Stars, has purchased a five-bedroom house in Maricopa, Arizona. As the area has been …