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Miami-Dade Is One of The Most Expensive Areas in The Nation for Renters

When it comes to renting a place to live, Miami-Dade is one of the most expensive large counties in the nation, according to U.S. Census data. That made renting here more expensive than the counties that are home to Los Angeles, Brooklyn, N.Y....

Making Music Together: Ellen Degeneres Buys Adam Levine’s Beverly Hills Mansion

The Talk Show Host and Her Wife, Portia De Rossi, Have Prolific Real Estate Investors. Ellen DeGeneres has been garnering more attention for her serious real estate moves than for the dance moves she shows off on her talk show. For her latest...

Stylishly Revamped Buff and Hensman in Nichols Canyon on The Market for $7M

One of several Buff and Hensman-designed homes in Nichols Canyon, this two-story post and beam, known as the Ajioka House, was built in 1960. According to a 2011 Architectural Digestfeature on the home, decades of alterations had left it with a...

In Hollywood Hills, Big Plans Are in Store for Neutra’s Chuey House

Perched on a 1.5-acre knoll, the glass-and-steel estate hit the market last year with plans in place to relocate the entire house should the buyer simply want the land. However, the historic home just sold for $5.575 million, and the new owners...

Real Estate Exec Snaps up Second Los Angeles Property to Build Mega-Mansion

Looking to Build a Compound, Kurt Rappaport Has Paid $11.75 Million for A Brentwood Lot Neighboring a Parcel He Bought Last Year for $16.25 Million Real estate executive Kurt Rappaport, who has recently seen success selling massive mansions to...

The Closing: Kurt Rappaport

The top-ranked broker in TRD’s luxury residential ranking, Westside Estate Agency’s Rappaport talks about his expansion into commercial and why most agents are dinosaurs. Kurt Rappaport is a co-founder and the CEO of Westside Estate Agency...

Tennis Star Serena Williams Sells Bel-Air Estate for $8.1 Million

The sale was hardly a quick set for the decorated tennis pro, who now resides in another Westside neighborhood. Records show the house first came up for sale in late 2017 for $11.995 million. More recently, it was listed for $9.995 million. Se...

‘Charlie’s Angels’ Producer Amanda Goldberg Gets Her Price for Midcentury Home in Beverly Hills

Just a month after listing the stylish midcentury, the associate producer of the “Charlie’s Angels” films has sold the place for the full asking price of $4.9 million. Built by noted midcentury architect Donald Perry Polsky in 1959, the ...