July 24, 2020

This week's top real estate headlines

"Family Feud" host Steve Harvey has finally sold his property in the quiet Dallas suburb of Little Elm. Though the sales price has not yet been revealed, the home was last asking around $1 million. Meanwhile, over on the West Coast in Los Feliz, "Pearl Harbor" actor Josh Hartnett sold his quirky, prohibition-era compound to heiress-turned-filmmaker Lucy Bidwell for $4.43 million in an all-cash, off-market deal. The fortified estate is steeped in Hollywood history and even features a hidden pub in the back.

In other news, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin is asking $5.5 million for his Malibu playhouse property, celebrity power couple Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman purchased a "paparazzi-proof" Tribeca condo, "The O.C." creator Josh Schwartz bought a large Sherman Oaks spread, Sean Connery's former French Riviera vacation getaway is on the market for $38 million, the Las Vegas home of the late Robin Leach sold for $718,000, Tristan Thompson flipped his Encino manse back on the market for $8.5 million, Imagine Dragons lead guitarist Wayne Sermon ponied up $11.3 million for an equestrian ranch in Rolling Hills, "Chicago Fire" creator Derek Haas bought a $9.2 million Hancock Park mansion, and serial twerker and tongue waggler Miley Cyrus is moving back to Hidden Hills.

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Steve Harvey Sells Suburban Dallas Spread

The nearly 3.75-acre estate is anchored by an almost 6,600-square-foot stone manor house of no particular architectural pedigree — listings describe it as an “executive home” with five bedrooms and six full and two half bathrooms. Notable features include a double-height foyer with twin staircases, an oak-paneled study and a four-car garage topped by guest or staff quarters.

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Josh Hartnett Sells Prohibition-Era Compound to Filmmaker Lucy Bidwell

Built in the 1920s and steeped in Hollywood lore, the fortified property sits behind towering walls, with the house itself almost totally invisible from the street. The compound is comprised of a mansard-roofed main house offering three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms and a detached two-car garage, plus a detached guesthouse with another bedroom and full bath. READ MORE

‘The O.C.’ Creator Josh Schwartz Buys Spacious L.A. Ranch

Last year, prolific cult television show co-creator/writer/showrunner Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.") sold his longtime Los Feliz mansion to Ava DuVernay for nearly $10 million. But he isn’t downsizing — public records reveal the “Nancy Drew” helmer has just acquired an even larger compound in a leafy, affluent part of L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. READ MORE

Miley Cyrus Lands Back in Hidden Hills

Built in the mid-1950s but reimagined for a modern, upscale lifestyle, the classically clapboard-clad home now features gigantic multi-pane arched windows, wide-plank French oak floorboards and a wet bar in the family room that’s jazzed up with cloudy Mercury glass panels. READ MORE

Chris Martin Lists Malibu Playhouse Property

Over the last handful of years, Coldplay front man Chris Martin has quietly amassed an impressive portfolio of multi-million dollar properties in Malibu. It seems, however, he’s decided to thin his holdings, listing a 6.5-acre spread in the prestigious Point Dume area with an asking price of not quite $5.5 million. READ MORE

Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban Snag Upscale Tribeca Condo

Long-married Hollywood couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have added to their sprawling real estate portfolio with the $3.5 million purchase of a Tribeca condo. READ MORE

Robin Leach’s Vegas Villa Sold

The Las Vegas home of British bon vivant Robin Leach, late and famously flamboyant chronicler of the rich and famous, whose late 1980s and early 1990s TV show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” showcased the homes of celebrities, has been sold for $718,000. READ MORE

Tristan Thompson Flips Encino Mansion Back Onto the Market

Though he bought it barely a year ago, Cleveland Cavaliers baller Tristan Thompson is bouncing out of his gated mansion in L.A.’s increasingly swank Encino neighborhood, having hung an $8.5 million price tag on the estate. READ MORE

Sean Connery’s Former French Riviera Escape Seeks $38 million

Sean Connery’s palatial spread on the French Riviera was owned by the legendary actor in the mid-‘70s and is now available through Knight Frank for around $38 million (€30 million). READ MORE

Imagine Dragons’ Wayne Sermon Thunders Into Rolling Hills Ranch

Just days after lead singer Dan Reynolds shelled out $11.3 million for an oceanfront Malibu getaway, public records reveal another Imagine Dragons band member — guitarist Wayne Sermon — has also decided “It’s Time” to purchase an L.A.-area home, this one down in the South Bay area of town. READ MORE

‘Chicago Fire’ Creator Derek Haas Buys Donald De Line’s Hancock Park Mansion

Derek Haas, writer and co-showrunner of TV series “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.,” “Chicago Med,” and “Chicago Justice” — all of them part of Dick Wolf’s exorbitantly lucrative and frequently expanding Chicago franchise — has significantly upgraded his L.A. residential circumstances with the $9.2 million purchase of “The Italian Job” producer Donald De Line’s Hancock Park mansion. READ MORE

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