Category : Real Estate

Despite a new wave of Covid-19 cases in Thailand, Chinese buyers are prepared to purchase Thai properties in the second half of 2021, driven by the expectation of a distribution of vaccines and the reopening of inbound tourism. Kashif Ansari, co-founder and chief executive of Kuala Lumpur-based real estate marketing firm Juwai IQI Group, said Thailand remained the top destination in terms of interest among Chinese property buyers. "We don't think the recent wave [of Covid-19 infections] will delay the reopening of the economy or recovery of foreign real estate investment," he said. "What's probably more Read More

This super rich life is not so secret. One of the most powerful women in finance, Rebecca Patterson, a leader of investor research at Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater, and her husband, CNBC’s Robert Frank, have just plunked down $11.5 million for a sprawling residence at 1021 Park Ave. in an off market deal, according to city property records. Patterson invests the fortunes of one percenters, while Frank showcases their wealth in his show, “Secret Lives of the Super Rich.” The couple met while they were both working as journalists. While there are no public details about the unit, a similar duplex Read More

Rapper Azealia Banks is leaving California for Miami — and she’s packing one very disturbing possession. Banks, 29, admitted to digging up the remains of her three-months-passed cat Lucifer in a series of disturbing Instagram videos Tuesday morning, some of which she has since deleted.  “The cat went out with a f – – king bang . . . taking my b – – ch to Miami,” the “212” singer said on Instagram, in which she shows off a shrine-like display with her unearthed cat’s skull, peacock feathers and a mostly empty bottle of Chanel No. 5. The ritual, which left many of her fans online confused and concerned, Read More

It’s the end of an era for Chelsea Handler, who is finally selling her Bel Air oasis after 10 years of calling it home, The Post can exclusively report. Handler, 45, accepted an offer on Jan. 3 for a whopping $10.5 million.  She purchased the 5,572-square-foot estate in the LA neighborhood for $5.9 million back in 2010, during the third year of her hit E! talk show “Chelsea Lately.” The stand-up comic, best-selling author and Netflix documentarian has said it was the first home she ever purchased. The house has since undergone a series of renovations. “I just committed to putting a lot of work Read More

A Big Apple bar owner is bowing out — and banking on Bitcoin with what could be the first cryptocurrency-only restaurant sale in the US. This week, Patrick Hughes put his side-by-side Hell’s Kitchen watering holes, Hellcat Annie’s and Scruffy Duffy’s, up for sale. The price tag: 25 Bitcoins or 800 Ethereum tokens for both, a value of about $875,000 by current cryptocurrency prices. “Crypto is on fire, it’s a hot currency,” said Hughes, 56, a Queens native who now resides in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, and whose family has been in the Manhattan bar business since 1970. “It’s decentralized. It’s global.” Read More

The Los Angeles home of “Glee” actress Naya Rivera, who tragically died at 33 during a boating accident with her son, is on the market for $2,695,000. The Los Feliz neighborhood 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom home was the last place she lived before her untimely death, according to TMZ. The actress accidentally drowned after jumping from a boat into Castaic Lake with her 5-year-old son Josey, whom she shares with ex-husband Ryan Dorsey. Rivera bought the 2,762-square-foot home in 2018, around the time of her divorce from Dorsey. “Glee” wrapped up in 2015, and the actress went on to guest host “The View” and act in Read More

Fanatics mogul Michael Rubin is the mystery buyer of a $50 million Bridgehampton mansion previously owned by HFZ Capital Group founder Ziel Feldman, Page Six can exclusively reveal. Hamptons Hot Sheet first reported on Monday that the property sold in an off-market deal — but the buyer remained unknown till now. The purchase is the latest in Rubin’s high-end real estate portfolio: We reported in 2018 that he bought a $43 million, 7,750-square-foot penthouse downtown at Ian Schrager’s 160 Leroy Street. His new oceanfront Hamptons manse on Dune Road is reportedly over 8,000 square feet, with seven bedrooms, four bathrooms and a pool on Read More

Billionaires were slaves to a strict jetsetter calendar — at least before COVID-19 ruffled their cravats. In early December, that meant off to Miami for Art Basel — aka “the running of the billionaires” — then to St. Barts for a New Year’s Eve glass of bubbly aboard Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s $500 million megayacht. Next they stopped in Palm Beach, Fla., to say hello to Stephen Schwarzman, Leonard Lauder or Robert Kraft (if they dare!), then a ski jaunt in the Alps in the spring. In May, it was on to the South of France to hit the Cannes Film Festival Read More

One of Palm Beach, Fla.’s toniest hotels will soon have a coastal sister.   The Schlesinger family, owners of Palm Beach island’s Brazilian Court — a favorite of gathering place for celebrities and the superrich — has succeeded in buying out all but two of the owners of the oceanfront co-operative, The Ambassador, at 2730 South Ocean Boulevard, just steps from the Four Seasons.   “It was an opportunity to buy oceanfront property for hospitality or multi-family use,” Bobby Schlesinger told the Post, who bought the first 69 units for approximately $35 million and eventually picked up 26 additional units. “It’s the best of both Read More

It’s time to move to Brooklyn! So says celebrity hair stylist Tommy Buckett, of Serge Normant at John Frieda salon, whose clients include Elisabeth Moss, Mariska Hargitay, Jennifer Garner, Anna Kendrick and Emma Stone. Buckett has posted a sales pitch for his stunning Bed Stuy, turn-of-the-century townhouse as a highlight atop his Instagram page. The 20-foot-wide, three-story home, at 202 Van Buren St., is on the market for $2.2 million. He bought the brownstone eight years ago from an investor in the midst of a renovation, and he completed the home with his own team. The house features a living room Read More