Realty Success Kit

An Australian estate that the “Wolverine” star Hugh Jackman and his now-former wife once rented will soon be for sale for a cool $40 million.  A palatial property in Woollahra, a suburb of Sydney, is set to hit the market in the near future, according to the Wentworth Courier. Among its past residents are Hugh

When Brittny Drye, the founder of the LGBTQ+ wedding magazine Love Inc., was in search of a locale last year to celebrate her publication’s print debut, she knew she needed a space that would resonate with her guests. “We’re a non-traditional wedding magazine and wanted a location that matched our distinctive style,” she said. Her

It’s not work from home, it’s work from weird. Construction has just been completed on a $250 million project that transforms the167-year-old Domino Sugar Refinery on the Williamsburg waterfront into what has to be the city’s — if not the world’s — most unlikely, strangely enchanting venue from to which to earn a living or

The retail leasing scene not including restaurants is such a mixed picture that it’s hard to make easy generalizations. To brokers’ and analysts’ frequent annoyance, this column is skeptical of retail data from brokerages and the Real Estate Board of New York. We don’t doubt the diligence that goes into their research. The problem is

She’s a “California Gurl,” but her “Teenage Dream” of landing this Montecito mansion is turning into a nightmare. Katy Perry, 38, and her fiancé Orlando Bloom, 46, have been entangled in a lawsuit for the past three years, with 83-year-old dying war veteran Carl Westcott, over a spacious mansion in Montecito, California they purchased for

Dianne Feinstein was one of the Senate’s richest members throughout her trailblazing career — thanks to her billionaire husband. While others in Congress struggled to make ends meet, sleeping in their offices to save on rent, Feinstein commuted from San Francisco aboard a Gulfstream G650 jet (pre-owned, the aircraft averages $61,815,000), sported expensive jewelry and flitted

A midcentury-modern home designed by the late architect John Black Lee is on the market for $2.6 million. Lee is often dubbed “the sixth of the Harvard Five,” a group of respected architects including Philip Johnson and Marcel Breuer. The four-bedroom, 4½-bath home at 296 Frogtown Road is in New Canaan, Conn., where Lee was

Don’t be afraid to take whisks. Jess and Connor, a crafty couple from England, needed a new kitchen — but couldn’t stomach the sky-high quotes of more than $18,000 to renovate. So they did it themselves, saving thousands in the process. “I had always said that the kitchen would be the first ‘big job’ we

While it’s not confirmed this historic abode includes undead residents, the likelihood is high.  In Millbury, Massachusetts, this funeral parlor is up for sale and being advertised with refreshing realness.  “Probably Haunted” reads the dryly honest lawn sign at 56 Main St. above the more typical “For Sale” and brokerage info markers.  Media Realty agent

There are lots more employees in Big Apple offices than the most often-cited “barometer” of attendance would have you believe. The Partnership for New York City released a survey on Monday claiming that 58% of Manhattan office workers are at their desks on an average weekday. That’s up from 52% in late January 2023 and 49%

George Clooney’s stunning Lake Como villa in northern Italy may have netted a buyer. “An agency in Milan is following the sale, I can’t reveal which one. Since we have a certain type of clientele, someone has already called us,” real estate agent Yasemin Baysal, owner of Engel & Volkers Lago di Como, told the Italian publication Oggi last

From actual royalty to Hollywood royalty. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took center stage at the star-studded One805 Live! charity event in Santa Barbara on Friday. The couple — who have just returned from the Invictus Games in Germany — appeared in their element as they hobnobbed with fellow guests Oprah Winfrey and Ellen Degeneres