Celebrity Homes

Beyonce's mom Tina Knowles is unloading one of her massive Houston area homes -- listing her Texas-sized, 8,885 square foot mansion for $3.499 million.

The 5 bedroom, 5 bath house was purchased by Beyonce in 2004 -- the title was then transferred to her mom.

Tina's palatial pad has a carved stone fireplace, multilevel formal living and dining room, and a 50 foot wall of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the backyard pool.

Octomom has had it up to here dealing with her beleaguered Orange County home -- vindictive neighbors, endless mortgage troubles -- so she's decided to cut her losses ... and put it up for sale.

A rep for Nadya Suleman tells TMZ, she hasn't paid her mortgage in three months because she doesn't want to live there anymore -- and the place is scheduled for foreclosure next week.

According to the rep, Octo's going to try to sell the home before the bank takes it -- but if she fails, c'est la vie ... Nadya just wants to get the hell out of there. Credit score be damned.

The rep says Octo had the place appraised recently for $500,000 -- pretty good in this economy ... but the bad news is she still owes $450,000.

Nadya's list of grievances is endless -- but the rep tells us, Octo simply can't justify the $3,500-a-month mortgage payments ... especially when the place is in utter disrepair (video above).

Beverly Hills housewife, Lisa Vanderpump is packing up her pink clothes and moving to her new, $10.2 million mansion ... still in the 90210 area, though so big it might have its own zip code.

The 5-bedroom, 8-bath estate is huge -- over 8,000 sq. feet. And a must for the rich ... a two story library, luxurious spa-like master suite, and a killer pool.

Vanderpump -- who just sold her mansion in the ultra-exclusive Mulholland Estates -- is clearly rolling in the dough, because in addition to the new house, she just leased another mansion in Oprah's Montecito neighborhood with an option to buy it outright.

Homer Simpson just sold his Pacific Palisades home to none other than Duff Beer peddler Moe Szyslak ... for $5.5 million.

Voice of Homer -- Dan Castellaneta -- knocked $200 thousand off the listing price of his 4,414 square Tudor -- before Hank Azaria -- who voices Moe -- snatched it up.

The house has 4 bedrooms, 3 and a half baths, a studio and a saltwater pool.

The only thing the house is missing -- a friendly neighborhood tavern and an endless supply of Duff.

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are trying again to dump their enormous Malibu Beach mansion -- listing the Balinese-themed palace for $14.749 million.

The 4,300 square foot beach house has 4 bedrooms, and comes with a meditation room, a movie screening room, and a gym.

The couple bought the Malibu home back in 1989 -- and have put it up for sale several times in the last 15 years ... to no avail.

Rosie O'Donnell is banking on her upcoming Oprah Winfrey Network talk show being a hit -- because she plunked down a hefty sum for a crash pad in Chicago.

The 5 bedroom, 6,000 square foot home was listed at $2.5 million -- and the buzz is ... she paid close to the asking price.

The home comes with a heated, three-car garage and a sports bar.

Mark Wahlberg has knocked a cool $2 MILLION off the asking price on his UNBELIEVABLE Beverly Hills mansion ... asking $13.95 mil for one of the coolest pads EVER!!!

The place is UNREAL -- 8,932 square foot home sits on nearly 2 acres ... with a movie theater, 2-STORY GYM (complete with a boxing ring) ... basketball court and putting greens.

Like to sleep? It's got 7 bedrooms.
Like to pee? It has 10.5 bathrooms.
Like to swim? It has a RIDICULOUS pool ... with a grotto!!!

Mark put the place up for sale back in 2008 for $15.9 mil ... but he took it off the market when he couldn't find a buyer.

Petra Ecclestone's older and hotter sister, Tamara, is shopping in L.A. for a mansion of her own, and we've learned she spent time Friday looking at Ellen DeGeneres' compound (a portion of which is seen above), which she could snag for around $50 million. But Tamara tells us the house was just not for her.

Fact is ... Ellen's house is priced like a bungalow compared to Petra's $85 million mansion that she just bought from Candy Spelling.

And here are some of the other houses Tamara eyed on Friday.

CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper may be white hot, but it's his new renovated home in Greenwich Village, NY that can put out the flames.

After purchasing this 1906 Fire House for $4.3 million in 2010 (right), Cooper spent the year having it renovated to its original facade (left).

Lauren Conrad is sooooooooooo over the Hollywood pad where she lived on "The Hills" -- and now you can own her leftovers for a cool $2.25 MILLION.

LC has listed her 3,009 square foot Spanish-style home -- which boasts 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, a pool, hardwood floors, a breakfast bar ... and a detached guest house where fellow "Hills" castmate Audrina Patridge used to live.

Listed: Quaint 3-story home in Beverly Hills ... 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom ... 676 square feet ... and located near GREAT schools!!!

And at $499,000 ... it's a GREAT BUY ... if you don't mind the fact that the decomposed dead body of a former B-movie actress was discovered at the home back in May.

According to Curbed LA ... the "dilapidated" home of former Playboy Playmate Yvette Vickers has been put up for sale ... just 4 months after her mummified remains were discovered inside the home. Cops believe she may have died more than a year ago ... but nobody checked up on her.

The seller has listed the home at $499k -- but notes it's a "major fixer-upper."

Question is ...

Former Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels -- the guy who drafted Tim Tebow last year and later got fired -- has taken ANOTHER major hit in Colorado ... losing $500k on a bad real estate deal.

McDaniels just sold his 5,685 sqft Greenwood Village mansion for $1.95 mil ... HORRIBLE for Josh considering he bought the place for $2.5 mil back in 2009 just after he reportedly signed a 4-year, $8 mil contract with the Broncos.

The co-CEO of MGM Studios is a bitter cheapskate ... who's trying to sue his way into a "free remodel" of the Beverly Hills mansion he bought from an L.A. real estate tycoon ... this according to legal docs obtained by TMZ.

Sandy Gallin -- who's flipped and sold homes to Sinatra, Kenny G and Mark Burnett -- has filed a response in his bitter legal war with MGM honcho Roger Birnbaum. In the docs, Gallin claims Roger only filed a lawsuit against him because he's embarrassed that the home he bought from Gallin in 2007 for $16.5 mil has gone down in value.

TMZ broke the story, Birnbaum claims the home leaks like a sieve ... and he believes Gallin should have to pay for all of the repairs and related costs -- including a new roof. He's demanding $500k.

But Gallin shoots back -- saying, "[Birnbaum] is motivated by his well-known miserly and parsimonious behavior in his efforts to avoid paying for the roofing remodel himself, which he believes will increase the value of the property that is , embarrassingly to Birnbaum, worth less than what he paid for it."

L.A. real estate titan Sandy Gallin -- who has made untold millions selling homes to the likes of Frank Sinatra, Mark Burnett and Kenny G -- has been sued over a $16.5 million Bev Hills mansion he sold to one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

The man going after Gallin is Roger Birnbaum -- the head of MGM Studios -- who bought a Gallin home in 2007 ... only to discover it had more leaks than Whoopi Goldberg after a Big Gulp.

FYI -- Gallin was one of the most powerful talent managers in Hollywood before abandoning entertainment to become the most powerful house flipper in town. Gallin used to rep everyone from Dolly Parton to Barbra Streisand and even Michael Jackson.

According to Birnbaum's lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, the house began to leak like a sieve last winter ... along with an unhealthy dose of dry rot, rust, and, worst of all, his wine storage room was severely damaged.

Birnbaum claims Gallin had a hand in the construction of the home -- and therefore, should be forced to pay the $500,000 in repairs and related costs to bring the mansion up to snuff.

Michael Bay's Santa Barbara home doesn't transform into a robot, or attack aliens ... but you'll still need a blockbuster budget to buy it -- TMZ has learned the director is selling his picturesque pad for a WHOPPING $6.8 MILLION.

The sick pad -- featured on Realtor.com -- boasts 5,400 square feet, on 1.3 acres of property -- and has 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths and two half baths, a guest house, a gorgeous infinity pool ... and STUNNING views.

On top of all the features -- the house was designed by an award-winning Santa Barbara architect.

When you drop $6.9 million on a Beverly Hills mansion ... you expect a quality place -- but Rihanna claims all she got was a leaky piece of crap ... and she's blaming the woman she bought the home from for allegedly lying to her.

Rihanna just filed a lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming she bought a 2-story home in Bev Hills in 2009 for $6.9 mil ... after the seller claimed she was not aware of any major defects with the property.

But Rihanna claims the woman was lying -- and knew about all sorts of problems with the home ... including numerous waterproofing defects, evidence of water intrusion and other construction defects.

According to the docs, Rihanna's home was hit by a "moderate rainstorm" in January 2010 ... but because of the defects, water leaked into multiple rooms ... causing some serious damage.

Rihanna claims she got screwed -- because "the actual value of the property at the time of purchase, taking into consideration the extensive construction defects ... was millions of dollars less" than the price she paid for it.

Rihanna is now suing the former owner ... along with the inspector, the real estate agents involved with the sale, and engineers who worked on the house.