Celebrity Real Estate
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Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt
Beverly Hills, Calif.
Aniston and Pitt bought this Wallace Neff-designed estate in 2001, putting a pile of money into renovations. After they split, it was put on the market for $28 million, then reduced to just under $25 million. Now it's reportedly in escrow for about $22.5 million. The buyer does get a lot for that price--10,000 square feet of space, black hardwood floors in the living room, a professional 35 mm projection room, a tennis court and an outdoor fireplace near the pool and spa.
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Sandra Bullock
Tybee Island, Ga.
Prices have gone up since Sandra Bullock put Tybee Island on the map. In 2001 the actress spent more than $1 million to buy a modest three-story home on the north end of the island, plus empty lots on either side to protect her privacy. She also reportedly owns homes in Southern California; Jackson Hole, Wyo.; and Austin, Texas.
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs
New York, N.Y.
P. Diddy has a major mansion in Alpine, N.J., but every hip-hop mogul needs an urban home. In 2004, he paid about $5 million for his three-bedroom spread in the Park Imperial in midtown Manhattan. The apartment has exposures on three sides, including a view of Central Park, and his neighbors include music man Tommy Mottola and holistic healer and author Deepak Chopra.
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Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams
Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Oscar-nominated Brokeback Mountain stars made headlines when they opted for a brownstone in a low-key Brooklyn neighborhood last year. The four-story house in Boerum Hill was built in 1860. Ledger, 26, and Williams, 25, reportedly bought it for about $3.5 million. Now they live there with their baby girl, conceived while shooting the film
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Madonna
Wiltshire, England
In 2001, the Material Girl went through yet another transformation, this time to lady of the English manor. She and her husband, film director Guy Ritchie, bought a 1,200-acre estate that once belonged to late photographer Cecil Beaton. The pop star learned how to fish, hunt and ride horses. This year, she said she would build a jumping course on the property, despite having taken a bad fall last August. The couple also owns a mansion in London.
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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
New York, N.Y.
The Live with Regis and Kelly co-host and her actor husband paid nearly $9 million for a 6,700-square-foot penthouse in this SoHo building last year, the New York Post reported. Though they bought it as raw space, the spread had a celebrity pedigree. The apartment once belonged to tennis player Boris Becker; the hedge funder who bought it rented it to Nicole Kidman before gutting it.
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Julia Roberts
New York, N.Y.
The 38-year-old superstar may have sold her Greenwich Village apartment last year, but that doesn't leave her without a place to retreat in Manhattan. For more than a decade, Roberts has owned a handful of apartments on Gramercy Park, a gated garden that is the only private park in the city. The spread includes the penthouse and a lower unit that could be used as guest or staff quarters.
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