(NOTE: This is a repost of a story that originally appeared last December. Scads of photos of Mr. Powell’s new home can be seen here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.) Last month, cryptocurrency tycoon (and SF resident) Jesse Powell tweeted a mini-rant about San Francisco, its “crack-zombies,” and how “you can pay $3k/sqft […]
Dick Wolf dumps $15 million on a Hope Ranch contemporary… for his wife
EDIT (4/7/19): Yolanda has been contacted by a knowledgable Hope Ranch resident who swears up and down that this house — the one we reference below — was actually purchased by Mr. Wolf for his estranged wife Noelle Lippman. It appears Mr. Wolf will remain in his longtime Montecito digs. Back in January (2019), TMZ […]
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Ari Emanuel hauls in $19 million for his Mandeville Canyon ode to Legorreta
Forgive us for being rather brusque on this story; we have already written about this property on at least three prior occasions. If any of y’all care to read them, just click here, here, and here. Anyway, everyone’s favorite talent agent extraordinaire-turned-powerhouse CEO Ari Emanuel has sold off his eye-catching compound near the mouth of […]
Billionaire heiress Kasey Crown falls for a Brentwood ranch
Horse-clogged Sullivan Canyon, snugly tucked between the swanky Westside neighborhoods of Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, has long been a favored residential destination of wealthy Tinseltown equestrians. Famous folks like Steven Spielberg, Christian Bale, Ryan Murphy and Kathleen Kennedy maintain ranches (and/or mansions) in this bucolic nabe. Though once somewhat overlooked, Sullivan Canyon real estate is […]
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Qatar’s Consulate drops $27 million on a Beverly Hills mansion
The tiny, oil-rich sovereign state of Qatar — right next door to the Saudis on the Arabian Peninsula — is apparently feeling extra-flush with that black gold lately. In 2015, the Qatar Investment Authority announced plans to inject $35 billion into unspecified “US investments” over five years. Hence their rabid spending on luxury LA real […]
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Bruce Halle’s Montecito villa lists at massive loss
Less than three years ago, in May 2016, a brand-new contemporary mansion atop a majestic Montecito mountaintop sold for $16 million amid multiple offers. The winning bidders were bazillionaire Arizona-based entrepreneur Bruce Halle and his longtime wife Diane Cummings Halle, an heiress to the Sara Lee food corporation. Here’s a peek at how the property […]
Ellen DeGeneres lists Hollywood Regency villa in Beverly Hills
Thanks to our observant readers Miss Havisham and Boris Badass, Yolanda has learned that serial house flipper Ellen DeGeneres and her longtime actress wife Portia de Rossi have jettisoned their 90210 mid-century time capsule onto the market with a $17,950,000 ask. And all the Platinum Triangle trophy wives and paper boys are all in a […]
Aly Khan’s $18 million Bel Air funhouse
Everyone knows the high-end real estate market is a mite sluggish right now — at least in LA — so today Yolanda dug this story out of our vault. The transaction went down back near the dawn of time, in November 2017, but nobody wrote about it. As far as we know. So it’s still […]
Peep the lavish homes of those college admission cheaters
Last week, one of Yolanda’s longtime readers sent us an unusual request. Show the extravagant houses of those admissions cheaters, he said. Reveal how these corrupt people live to the world. By now, y’all already know the story, as blabbed by every news outlet on the planet. In a cunning and remorseless scheme orchestrated by […]
Rapper TMG Fresh wants $8 million in Beverly Hills (Post Office)
Today Yolanda will take y’all on a brief tour of a large mansion situated in the mountains above Beverly Hills, in a neighborhood known as Beverly Hills Post Office (BHPO) — so-called because homes there have the coveted 90210 zip code (and thus are serviced by the actual B.H. Post Office) but are technically located […]