Sarah Paynter

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Sarah Paynter

The 1890s houses, owned by Skyline Developers, were originally listed for $63 millionThe connected neo-Georgian houses have landmarked facades. EVAN JOSEPH/EVAN JOSEPH STUDIOSA pair of adjoining Gilded-Age townhouses in Midtown Manhattan has sold for $38.2 million. The houses, which are connected by interior doors on each floor, went on the market for $63 million in 2023. The most recent asking price was $49.5 million. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

3 weeks ago | mansionglobal.com | Sarah Paynter

Just over a decade ago, the roof on a circa-1880 house in Malta Bend, Mo., was at risk of collapse. Plaster was falling off the home’s graffitied walls, windows were broken, and original fireplace mantels had been stolen. In 2014, the nonprofit Missouri Preservation declared the vacant house one of the state’s most endangered historic properties.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Sarah Paynter

The longtime Silicon Valley home of the late computer-industry pioneer Gordon Moore is going on the market for $29.5 million. The Intel co-founder and his wife, Betty Moore, bought the 25-acre Woodside property in 1991 for about $6 million, according to Gordon Clark, president of the conservation nonprofit Peninsula Open Space Trust. Moore left his estate to the trust, which is selling the home. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

1 month ago | wsj.com | Sarah Paynter

When oral surgeon Dr. Alex Kashef bought a vacant waterfront restaurant in Sausalito, Calif., in 2012, he didn’t know the purchase would lead him to his future wife. Planning to turn the circa-1893 structure into a hotel, Alex hosted a birthday party for his mother in the vacant space—and his future wife, Hani Kashef, was among the guests. After meeting for the first time that night, the two nestled into one of the old restaurant booths to chat the night away, and soon they were dating.

1 month ago | mansionglobal.com | Sarah Paynter

The longtime Los Angeles home of the late record-producer and composer Quincy Jones—complete with a home recording studio—is going on the market for $59.995 million. Known for his work producing hits like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” the Grammy winner died of pancreatic cancer last year at age 91 in 2024. Jones custom-built the roughly 25,000-square-foot home in the early 2000s, said listing agent David Kramer of Compass, who has the listing with colleague Andrew Buss.