
E.B. Solomont
Luxury Real Estate Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Reporter covering luxury real estate @wsj. Views are my own, but partial to ocean and beach. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | E.B. Solomont
The buyer is neighbor Joseph A. Badia, whose purchase comes with plans for two new, roughly 15,000-square-foot housesThe property comes with approved plans for two new houses. DESIGN WORKSHOP AND SCOTT MITCHELL STUDIO/BLOK STUDIO (RENDERING)Former Sprint Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure has sold a large property in Aspen, Colo., to his neighbor for $37.3 million, five years after buying it for $11 million. Located just outside downtown Aspen, the roughly 21-acre property has a long-vacant house.
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mansionglobal.com | E.B. Solomont
An oceanfront house in California’s Orange County has sold for $34 million—the second time the home has set a record for the affluent town of Dana Point. The sellers are retired investment manager Gordon “Gordy” Crawford and his wife, Dona Crawford. The Crawfords set a Dana Point record when they paid $33 million in 2022 for the contemporary house, which is located in the Monarch Bay gated community about 60 miles from Los Angeles.
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wsj.com | E.B. Solomont
This is the second time the contemporary house has set a record for Orange County’s Dana PointThe property has about 84 feet of ocean frontage. ANDREW BRAMASCOAn oceanfront house in California’s Orange County has sold for $34 million—the second time the home has set a record for the affluent town of Dana Point. The sellers are retired investment manager Gordon “Gordy” Crawford and his wife, Dona Crawford.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | E.B. Solomont
The Specs“Captain America” actor Chris Evans is putting his Los Angeles home on the market for $6.995 million, nearly double the $3.52 million he paid for it in 2013. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | E.B. Solomont
Ken Fulk is a New Orleans habitué, who has been inspired by the city’s music, culture and architecture. In 2021, the designer, who splits his time between San Francisco, New York and Provincetown, Mass., jumped at the chance to buy and restore two homes built in the 1800s in the city’s French Quarter. Fulk, 60, paid $2.45 million for the main house and $1.58 million for the guest house, both previously owned by hoteliers Frances and Rodney Smith.
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