The stunning East River mansion known as the Ellen Biddle Shipman Residence has just sold for $35 million, according to The New York Observer. The East 50th Street and Beekman place home went for $13 million less than the original $48.75 million asking price. The townhouse, currently still listed on the Brown Harris Stevens website, had a price cut to ...

The Wall Street Journal reports that real estate developer Michael Sonnenfeldt is selling his Southport, Connecticut waterfront mansion for $11.9 million.  Sonnenfeldt is the founder of TIGER 21— an elite and private investment group whose annual membership dues are $30,000.    Sonnenfeldt purchased the Connecticut estate back in 2002 for $7.5 million, the report said. Since then, he had the ...

Although Gov. Rick Perry is traveling in the Northeast, a group of about 30 parents of disabled children protested in front of the Governor’s Mansion Tuesday morning for lawmakers to be able to consider legislation requiring cameras in special education classrooms housing students with limited verbal skills. Houston special education advocate Louis Geigerman said the group wants Perry to add ...

Filed under: Celebrity Homes By Erika Riggs At first glance, the Pacific Palisades home is classic -- a comfortable mansion appropriately priced for the area, but it doesn't look like the home belonging to an actor like Tom Hanks. That's because the home at 956 Corsica Drive in Pacific Palisades, Calif., is just one of three properties the veteran actor ...

How many mansions does a Hollywood superstar need, anyway?