LAST YEAR'S HIGHEST-EARNING CELEBRITIES HOUSES

LEBRON JAMES

MIAMI HOTPAD

When basketball great LeBron James returned to Cleveland he

no longer needed a Miami home; it hit the market in October 2014

with a list price of $17 million, later slashed to $15 million. The

16,700-square-foot waterfront mansion features an infinity pool

and docking for two 60-foot yachts. James paid $9 million in

November 2010 for the property in the Coconut Grove

neighbourhood, which has also been home to Madonna and

Sylvester Stallone. Sources tell Forbes the home is under contract;

the sale has not yet closed, according to property.

ELLEN DEGENERES

LOS ANGELES DESIGN GEM

Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia De Rossi may just be Hollywood’s

most home-flipping couple. Over the years they’ve bought and sold

many properties of architectural distinction, including Brody House

(pictured), an A. Quincy Jones-designed home which they owned

for just six months before flipping to Facebook billionaire Sean Parker.

In December they re-purchased a Nichols Canyon home that

DeGeneres owned and sold a decade earlier. DeGeneres has

even got a new HGTV show, Ellen’s Design Challenge.

RUSH LIMBAUGH

PALM BEACH RADIO SHOW BASE

The radio personality paid $3.9 million for this home in 1998;

Palm Beach County now values it at $44.44 million, according to

property records. The conservative talk show host broadcasts

his syndicated show from here.

CRISTIANO RONALDO

MADRID MODERN

The soccer star’s villa in suburban Madrid hit the market in 2013,

sparking rumours that he was leaving Real Madrid. But the world’s

most popular athlete is staying put with a contract through

to 2018 that guarantees him a $50+ million a year salary (with bonuses).

The team seems to think he’s worth every penny: the FIFA

best player in the world has scored 60 or more goals in each

of the last four calendar years and averages a goal a game for his club.

JAMES PATTERSON

PALM BEACH RENOVATION

Novelist James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross series, told the

Wall Street Journal that his Palm Beach estate was

“obnoxious” but that he and wife Susan could not resist.

The Patterson’s spent $14 million renovating the 1924 mansion,

Casa Ananda, which until they bought it, had never been completed.

GARTH BROOKS

MALIBU RETREAT

Country legends Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood put their

Malibu ranch-style home on the market just before their world

tour together began in September 2014. The home is just a few

hundred yards to a private beach access, according to the listing.

It was built in 1958 and remodelled in 2007; the singers paid $3.75

million in 2008, according to property records.

HOWARD STERN

PALM BEACH HIDEAWAY

Radio shock jock Howard Stern has frequently said he doesn’t

like New York and in 2013, he bought a home in Florida. His 39,100

square-foot mansion on 3.25 acres is just down the street from

billionaire investor Nelson Peltz’s Palm Beach home. It was not

listed on the open market when Stern and wife Beth Ostrosky

purchased it from textiles tycoon Martin Trust and his wife Diane.

MANNY PACQUIAO

SEAN COMBS’ OLD BEVERLY HILLS MANSION

Just two months before The Fight of The Century against

Floyd Mayweather, Pacquiao bought the Beverly Hills home of

Sean “Diddy” The 10,000 square-foot mansion contains a home theatre

with seating for 20 people.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER

LAS VEGAS BIG BOY MANSION

The boxer took ESPN on a tour of his 20,000 square-foot home

ahead of his May 2^nd fight with Manny Pacquaio, showing off his

garage filled with $15 million in sports cars, including Buggattis,

that he never drives. It also features a movie theatre with two

screens stacked vertically and a Fendicrystal chandelier.

The house has its own Instagram account, big boy mansion,

that boasts “This mansion speaks because it was paid in cash.”