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Ellen DeGeneres’ $30 Million U.K. Farmhouse Is Hit by More Flooding Months After She Listed It—as Rumors Swirl She’s Planning a Return to the U.S.

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Ellen DeGeneres Selling U.K. Farmhouse for $30 Million—Just One Year After Buying It

The sprawling farmhouse that Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi bought as their initial home base amid their move to the U.K. has reportedly been engulfed by more floodwater—just five months after the couple listed the property for $30 million. DeGeneres, 67, and de Rossi, 52, purchased the 43-acre property in June 2024 for $20 … Read more

Miami Dade College Approves Trump Library Land Deal

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Miami Dade College’s board of trustees doubled down on its controversial plan to hand over a prime downtown parcel for Donald Trump’s $950 million presidential library. The board unanimously reapproved the land transfer on Tuesday at a packed morning meeting in Hialeah, the Miami Herald reported.  The redo vote resulted from a pending lawsuit alleging … Read more

Mila Kunis Reveals She Is Head of the HOA for Her Beverly Hills Neighborhood and Spends Her Days Fielding Complaints About Noise and Trash

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Mila Kunis Reveals She Is Head of the HOA for Her Beverly Hills Neighborhood and Spends Her Days Fielding Complaints About Noise and Trash

Hollywood actress Mila Kunis has a new—and unique—job to add to her resumé, one that is far less glamorous than the on-screen roles she is best known for: the head of her local homeowners association. The 42-year-old “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” star opened up about the position in a new interview, … Read more

Billionaire Greg Mondre Finds Buyer for $40 Million Teardown

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Billionaire Greg Mondre Finds Buyer for $40 Million Teardown

Luxury deals slowed during the holiday week, after an early November surge, but a private equity billionaire still managed to find a buyer for his oceanfront Palm Beach home.   Buyers signed 15 contracts between Nov. 24 and Nov. 30 for luxury properties in Palm Beach County, according to Douglas Elliman’s Eklund-Gomes team. The homes that … Read more

Melania Trump Proudly Unveils 2025 White House Christmas Decorations—as First Lady Scales Back Tradition Amid East Wing Demolition

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First lady Melania Trump has unveiled her 2025 White House Christmas decorations with much aplomb—revealing a scaled-back take on the festive tradition amid the ongoing demolition of the East Wing. Melania, 55, filled multiple rooms in the historic building with traditional decor, centering them around the theme of “Home Is Where the Heart Is,” according … Read more

Car Dealer Pays $26 Million for Fort Lauderdale Mansion

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Car dealer Alan Jay Wildstein bought a waterfront mansion in Fort Lauderdale for $26 million and a steep discount to the listing price.  Records show Wildstein bought the 10,700-square-foot home at 2406 Laguna Drive from Matthew and Lorena Roos. He bought the home with $20.5 million in seller financing, records show. The price amounts to … Read more

St. Regis Sunny Isles Developers Boost Construction Loan

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St. Regis Sunny Isles Developers Boost Construction Loan

Edgardo Defortuna’s Fortune International Group and Manuel Grosskopf’s Château Group closed on additional financing for their under-construction St. Regis Residences in Sunny Isles Beach. Little Rock, Arkansas-based Bank OZK increased the existing loan by over $200 million to $418.3 million, completing the project’s construction financing, according to property records and a news release. Bank OZK … Read more

OKO Group, Cain Nab $630 Million Miami Office Refinancing

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OKO Group, Cain Nab $630 Million Miami Office Refinancing

Vlad Doronin’s OKO Group and Cain International scored a $630 million refinancing for their 830 Brickell office tower.  The deal comes amid strong lending in South Florida, despite higher interest rates.  Lenders led by Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase provided the refinancing, which replaces the $565 million construction bridge loan that OKO and Cain … Read more

Historical Midwest Home With 8 Bedrooms Goes On the Market for $500K—but There’s a Catch

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Photo of fraternity house for sale in Des Moines, IA

If you’ve watched the movie “Old School,” you already know what it’s like to live in an old fraternity house. Now someone has the chance to make that cinematic dream a reality, by purchasing the Phi Delta Theta house at Drake University in Des Moines, IA. The 4,131-square-foot, eight-bedroom property hit the market for $500,000 … Read more