Sunday, February 24, 2008

Appetite for Destruction

From ABC News: Even Celebrities Hurt by Housing Slump.

Even Hollywood's rich and famous can't avoid the housing downturn that's sweeping the nation. In Los Angeles, only 4,430 homes were sold in December, down 48% from the previous year. And prices fell 11% to an average $470,000.

Hollywood's rich and famous, of course, are supposed to be immune from Economic Laws just like they are immune from Gravity and Aging.

Young rocker Avril Lavigne has had to reduce the price on her five-bedroom, six-bath house in Beverly Hills from $6.9 million to $5.8 million.

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash (also known as Saul Hudson) feels he overpaid for his Spanish-style Hollywood Hills home, which has a pool, a separate gym and stunning views. He bought the house in January 2006 for $6.2 million. He sold it last December for $5.7 million. Slash is suing his former real estate agent, claiming the house was neither as big nor as private as the agent claimed. The case is ongoing in California Superior Court.




Where do we go? Where do we go now? Where do we go?

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