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Million dollar houses in France held no appeal for Francois Pinault as he purchased a house in Chelsea this week. The French founder of PPR, the luxury goods company that owns Gucci and other fashion labels, bought the property in South-West London for £20 million. Pinault plans to partially renovate the home, which featured in

Helen Hunt’s New York apartment has joined the ranks of celebrity homes for sale this month. The Oscar-winning actress, who starred in As Good As It Gets and Cast Away, has put her Manhattan flat up for sale with an asking price of $2.8 million. The 2,000 square foot property has three bedrooms and an

Homes for sale in Trinidad and Tobago will get a kick from Spanish football, as Real Madrid opens a new sports academy in the Port of Spain. The Atlantic Real Madrid Foundation Social Sports School, located in Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Oval, was launched last week by Spanish footballer Emilio Butragueno, and marks the country’s commitment

Buyers of celebrity houses in the Philippines will be pleased by new tax thresholds announced this week. The VAT cut-off point has been raised by The Philippino Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), allowing more transactions to be exempt from the tax. Property transaction thresholds have gone up from PP1.5 million to just under 2 million

Buyers looking for the latest celebrity houses for sale will be excited to see that David Schwimmer has listed his Los Angeles home this week for $10.7 million. The actor, who became famous in TV sitcom Friends, has turned director in recent years and is looking to make a similar move in residence. Schwimmer’s 11,000

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A £1 million refit will begin next year at Princess Margaret’s former apartment after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge chose it as their new family home. Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace is a lavish, four storey home complete with its own walled garden and the couple are expected to move in sometime in 2013