Luxury Market News

WSJ: Beyoncé & Jay-Z Are Clients, so Too Larry Ellison: How A Superbroker Operates

If you’re Kurt Rappaport—a real-estate agent to the stars, with billionaires on speed dial and $100 million home sales under your belt—there’s really only one way to throw yourself a housewarming party, and that’s by inviting Snoop Do...

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TRD: LA’s Top-Ranked Resi Brokers Find Their Rhythm

The Beat Goes on Even as Market Conditions Disrupt the Party When Kurt Rappaport closed the sale of a Malibu estate to Jay-Z and Beyoncé for $200 million in May, the Los Angeles real estate business cheered a new record for the priciest home ...

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THR: The 35 Go-To L.A. Real Estate Brokers for Beyoncé, J. Lo and Other Hollywood Heavyweights

High interest rates, the dual strikes and the new ULA mansion tax have created a downturn in transactions in Los Angeles even amid strong prices and a recent record-breaker for the most expensive house ever sold in California. Despite the ch...

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Robb Report: Nicollette Sheridan Is Selling Her French Country-Style Estate in Socal

Offered at $16 million, and formerly owned by singer Melissa Etheridge, the Hidden Hills spread comes complete with a gym, wine closet and tennis court. A sprawling Hidden Hills estate long owned by veteran film and TV actress Nicollette She...

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You’re Invited: Step Inside a Jaw-Dropping $95 Million House in Malibu

In sunny Malibu, a newly developed neighborhood is shaping up to become the priciest and most exclusive community in the country. Dubbed The Case, the five-home, guard-gated community sits on a 24-acre bluff that’s hailed as one of Malibu’s...

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Magnificent Enclave of Ultraluxe Malibu Spec Mansions Begins to Woo Buyers

In 2017, Scott Gillen grabbed headlines when he spent $50 million for 24 coastal acres in Malibu, CA, where he set out to build five scene-stealing mansions. At the time, the filmmaker-turned-developer’s purchase shattered a local record for...

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TRD: Top Agents From WEA, Carolwood Estates Partner to Create Escrow Firm

In an unusual move, top agents from Westside Estate Agency and Carolwood Estates, two of Beverly Hills’ most successful luxury boutique agencies, have partnered to open a new business called Private Escrow, The Real Deal has learned. It op...

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Kurt Rappaport Invites US Into His Refreshed Beverly Hills Office

Dan Brunn reinvents real-estate magnate Kurt Rappaport’s Beverly Hills office in Los Angeles When California real-estate magnate Kurt Rappaport wanted to refresh a Beverly Hills classic, architect Dan Brunn was his go-to choice. The result...

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TRD: Malibu’s Butterfly House Goes Up for Sale With $95M Asking Price

Property Currently Ranks in The Top Five Priciest Listings in La Market The real estate market’s collective jaw dropped when Gary Winnick’s Bel-Air estate Casa Encantada went on the market for $250 million, placing it in the running for ...

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