10 of the most expensive celebrity homes sold in 2021: Justin Bieber lost money, Madonna nabbed The Weeknd’s former LA home, and Tom Cruise’s Colorado ranch fetched its full US$39.5 million price
Celebs might get paid impressive fees for the work, but it’s what they do with it afterwards that really counts. Plenty of stars dabble in property making major profits – and sometimes losses.
Here are 10 of the most expensive celebrity homes to hit the property market in 2021.
Tom Cruise
Cruise bought the Telluride, Colorado, mansion in 1994, and he sold it in just two months.
“The sale of this estate marks an all-time high for Telluride and the surrounding community,” the listing agent told realtor.com in May.
The 10,000-sq-ft main house sits on 130 hectares (320 acres) and includes a spa, a sports court and a two-bedroom guest house.
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sold their private island in the Bahamas for a whopping US$35 million.
After the couple bought the eight-hectare (20-acre) island known as L’île d’Anges or Goat Cay in 2003, they spent the next few years building a mansion. The house, which was finished in 2012, is 6,500 sq ft and has four bedrooms. The island also includes beach yurts and staff quarters.
“We set out to build a house. We had no idea we had to build everything else,” Hill told Architectural Digest in 2017. “We basically had to build a little town.”
The property, which went on the market in February, has since sold, according to the Knight Frank listing.
The Weeknd
The Weeknd sold his Los Angeles house to Madonna for $19.3 million. He bought the Hidden Hills home in 2017 for US$18.2 million and put it on the market back in 2019 for US$25 million. Madonna scooped it up for US$5 million less in April.
The sprawling house is 12,500 sq ft with seven bedrooms. The estate also has a two-bedroom guest house, a pool, a spa, a basketball court and a wine cellar.
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Dustin Johnson
Pro golfer Dustin Johnson renovated a mansion in Florida and then immediately sold it for US$16 million.
In 2015, Johnson bought the mansion in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for US$5 million, and spent the next few years renovating the home. When renovations were complete in April, he sold the 13,300 sq ft home for US$16 million.
The mansion has a private island, a private boat ramp, an in-ground pool and seven bedrooms.
Miguel Rivera, who was the listing agent, said that Johnson “made the home his own”, but eventually, the pro golfer decided it was “not what he wanted in the end”.
Shaquille O’Neal
After sitting on the market for three years, Shaquille O’Neal’s Florida compound finally found a buyer at US$11 million.
Shaq bought the house in 1993 for less than US$4 million. In 2018, he put the house on the market for US$28 million, but after a lack of interest, the basketball star dropped the price several times, ultimately selling for US$11 million in October.
The house is located in the exclusive Isleworth community in Florida and has 12 bedrooms, a home theatre, views of the lake and marble floors.
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Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson lost money when she sold her California home for US$8.2 million.
Clarkson bought the Encino, California, house in 2018 for US$8.5 million. She listed the property in May 2020 for US$9.995 million, but it was taken off the market when it was announced the singer was getting a divorce. She relisted the property earlier this year with a US$1 million price cut, and it sold in September for US$8.2 million.
The house has eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, wood beams on the ceiling and a two-floor guest house.
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber sold his Beverly Hills mansion for just under US$8 million after trying to find buyers on Instagram for a year.
In 2019, Bieber posted Instagram pictures of his Beverly Hills mansion and asked if anyone was interested in buying it. In February, he reportedly sold it for just under US$8 million, which was US$500,000 less than he bought it for in 2019.
The house sits on a 6,100 sq ft property and has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a home theatre and a wine cellar.
Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie sold her Los Angeles home for US$3.4 million in just one month.
Robbie bought the Hancock Park home in 2017 for US$2.73 million and then sold it in June for a little less than US$1 million more.
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Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall sold her Hamptons cottage for US$2.9 million this year.
Cattrall held onto the home for two decades after buying it in 1998 for US$420,000. She put the cottage up for sale in late 2020 for US$3.25 million, but it sold in February for US$2.9 million.
The waterfront property is 1,300 sq ft and has two bedrooms with an additional studio space.
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons offloaded his Los Angeles home for US$2 million.
Simmons bought the home in 2013 for US$1.4 million and put it on the market for US$2.2 million before selling just below that in February.
The Laurel Canyon house is 2,350 sq ft with three floors, four bedrooms, two bathrooms and panoramic views.
- Tom Cruise, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill all sold their homes – a lavish Colorado mansion and Bahamas private island, respectively – for more than US$35 million
- Former NBA champ Shaquille O’Neal finally sold his Florida house for US$11 million while Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall sold her Hamptons cottage after 20 years