A Bethesda-based investor has found himself locked in a bitter standoff with none other than Kevin Spacey, who is refusing to vacate his $3.24 million Baltimore mansion after losing it at a foreclosure auction. Investor Sam Asgari scored the luxury waterfront property, perched on a pier straddling the Patapsco River, at a bargain price during … Read more
Award-winning film producer Lisa Muskat, of “Beckett,” “Bones and All” and “Joe,” is listing her Catskills home for $1.97 million. Built on a mountain, the charming three-bedroom, three-bathroom home sits on 33.12 acres. It was built in 1920 in the Arts and Crafts style. Muskat bought the home, at 5280 Cauterskill Road in Catskill, NY, … Read more
Measured by 51 key livability indicators, these are the nicest — and worst — states to call home in the US in 2024. Personal finance website WalletHub released its “Best States to Live in 2024” report earlier this week, in which factors including housing costs, income growth, hospital quality, education rates, average hours of work … Read more
Spanish revival-style actor Clint Eastwood, called home during his stint as mayor of California, is ready for its next owner. The century-old Carmel-by-the-Sea estate, where Eastwood, 94, lived while mayor of the Monterey County seaside town from 1986 to 1988, is asking $21 million, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The current owner, retired octogenarian … Read more
David Moot had always fantasized about owning a beachfront retreat on Cape Cod, but never thought he could afford it until he found a coastal gem listed for just $395,000. At roughly half the median sales price in the area, according to recent appraisals, the listing seemed too good to be true. And it was … Read more
Washington, DC has once again earned the dubious distinction of being the least desirable city in America, according to a new poll. For the second year in a row, the nation’s capital topped the list of places Americans would least like to live, with 33% of respondents ranking it in the top five worst cities. … Read more
They are fighting for every last grain of sand. Two billionaires are duking it out in court after one accused the other of stealing piles of sand from a public beach in California. According to the lawsuit, Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio found his Malibu mansion with sand he dredged and hauled from Broad Beach, … Read more
Ellen DeGeneres is at it again — flipping million dollar homes like they’re playing cards. The talk show titan just unloaded her massive blufftop estate in Carpinteria, California, near Santa Barbara, for a whopping $96 million. The buyer is Robert Friedland, a mining billionaire with a taste for real estate, according to the Wall Street … Read more
Pete Adeney, like most people, hates being stuck in traffic. So when he heard about a new community where he wouldn’t need to own a car at all, he was intrigued. Just 15 miles from downtown Phoenix, AZ, Culdesac is billed as the first car-free community built “from the ground up” in the U.S. In … Read more
A small waterfront home on a charming island in Long Island Sound is being auctioned off by the United States — after it’s no longer being used by the adjacent Coast Guard station. Located in Southold, NY on quaint Fishers Island, this two-story, 2,700-square-foot cottage has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. There is also a … Read more