Today Yolanda is a bit pressed for time, so let’s have a quick peek at the just-sold LA home of the world’s wealthiest busker, a fella who made his fortune via the circus. He’s Guy Laliberté, the founder of Cirque du Soleil, which transformed street performance into high art and a business juggernaut worth billions. […]
Linda Johnson Rice lists dramatic compound in Palm Springs’ Southridge

Since last week’s story about the huge $9 million Palm Springs transaction proved unexpectedly popular, Yolanda thought we’d make the trek back out to one of our favorite local vacation destinations today. Perhaps something else worthy of a quick chat lies out yonder. Lo and behold, something quite interesting does indeed lurk in Southridge, a […]
Robert F. Smith drops $18 million on Malibu’s Carbon Beach

No other LA neighborhood is better-known for its concentration of billionaire homeowners than Malibu’s Carbon Beach — so much so that this strip of land between the PCH and the ocean is often simply (and perhaps unimaginatively) called “Billionaires’ Beach“. Thus, when a property on the Carbon sand recently sold for $18,700,000 (in cash), we […]
Jodie Foster asks $15.9 million for her longtime Beverly Hills home

As part of Yolanda’s daily morning routine, we awoke today and perused the latest LA real estate listings. Unfortunately for our poor MacBook keyboard, we spit out an entire mouthful of orange juice upon noticing that revered actress/producer Jodie Foster has quietly (and somewhat surprisingly) slapped a whopping $15,900,000 pricetag on her Beverly Hills residence. […]
Rails founder Jeff Abrams pays $10 million for Montecito’s Palmyra estate

With its near-perfect Mediterranean climate, rolling mountains and tranquil ocean vistas, you can always count on Montecito to serve up some lovely real estate listings. So today we journey up north to check out the properly beautiful Palmyra estate, a 4.5-acre compound located in the foothills near the western end of Montecito, just a few […]
Judith Soeryadjaya asks $26 million for lightly-used Beverly Hills Flats mansion

Over the past couple weeks, Yolanda has been flooded with curious enquiries about a big ol’ house located in prime Beverly Hills, smugly set on one of the best streets in the western Flats neighborhood. It seems folks are curious about who owns the Nile Niami-designed place and why it was recently listed with a […]
A-Rod and J.Lo quietly buy Jeremy Piven’s Malibu beach house

Certain celebrities gobble up so many homes that Yolanda has (nearly) given up trying to track them all down. We’re talking people like the Kardashians, Taylor Swift and Ellen DeGeneres — each of whom have amassed property portfolios worth $100 million or thereabouts. And then there’s Alex Rodriguez and his long-term lady love Jennifer Lopez, […]
Billionaire beef baron Henry Davis forks out $21 million on Laguna’s Emerald Bay

Today we shall journey deep behind the Orange Curtain. Let’s discuss Laguna Beach’s perennially pricey Emerald Bay community. We’ve chatted about Emerald Bay on at least one prior occasion. But to reiterate: this neighborhood is more than just another rich-people-only space — it’s a whole lifestyle. Not only does the enclave have one of the slickest […]
Steven Cohen relists NYC penthouse at a discounted $45 million

Poor Steven A. Cohen. The near-mythic Wall Street tycoon — on whom the Showtime series Billions was loosely based — has lost many a tear over his palatial penthouse in Midtown Manhattan. What’s the problem, you ask? He just can’t get the damn thing sold, that’s what. The saga begins nearly six years ago, back […]
Brian Stevens drops $9 million for some Palm Springs history

The gloomy winter weather currently plaguing LA has got Yolanda staring out our window, dreamily pining for a getaway to some sizzling locale. We don’t only want sun — we want hellfire-level heat, dammit! And what better place to burn up than in arid Palm Springs, just east of town? So we scanned the local […]