Celebrity Foreclosures

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1. Hitting the Links | Redfin Boston Sweet Digs on June 7, 2008 4:17 am

   [...] Even celebs are losing their homes. Is it the housing market or poor financial decisions that caused this? [Zillow Blog] [...]

2. Home Loan Forum on June 7, 2008 6:56 am

   This just shows that even the elite of our society WILL be affected by the foreclosure epedemic.

   NO ONE IS IMMUNE!

   Moe Bedard

3. diane franklin | Hottags on June 7, 2008 12:11 pm

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4. Gary Marjani on June 7, 2008 10:42 pm

   I can’t believe this. It is pity these people do not know how to manage own finance.

5. Erich on June 8, 2008 1:59 am

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6. Erich on June 8, 2008 2:00 am

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7. Ricardo Bueno on June 9, 2008 12:54 am

   See, even the lives of the “rich and famous” aren’t so perfect… Foreclosure can hit anyone period.

8. jones on June 9, 2008 10:10 am

   i wish i could afford their homes.

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9. Spencer on June 9, 2008 1:55 pm

   sad
   i guess it’s true that celebrities really ARE just like us. sort of.

10. Shaq “The Diesel” Might Help Foreclosure Victims | Zillow® Blog on June 18, 2008 1:54 pm

    [...] the misfortunes befallen other big Hollywood and sports celebs like Ed McMahon, Latrell Sprewell, Evander Holyfield and Jose Canseco, “The Big Aristotle” [...]

11. Sports Celebs “Pacman” Jones, Vin Baker in Foreclosure Risk | Zillow® Blog on June 23, 2008 10:04 am

    [...] two more to the growing list of celebrity foreclosures: Suspended Dallas Cowboys’ star ‘Pacman’ Jones and former NBA star Vin Baker, who [...]

12. Ernestine Anderson in Foreclosure Trouble | Zillow® Blog on June 26, 2008 3:50 pm

    [...] Anderson, 79, a four-time Grammy nominee and Seattle resident, is another star to add to the celebrity foreclosure list. Anderson’s Central District home is at risk of foreclosure since she’s behind [...]

13. Evander Holyfield Ducks Foreclosure Punch.. for Now | Zillow® Blog on July 10, 2008 3:54 pm

    [...] Holyfield was prominently mentioned as part of a recent celebrity foreclosure blog post, which listed the latest, greatest celebrities to be at risk of foreclosure. It looks like Evander, [...]

14. Vin Baker’s Home Auctioned Off | Zillow® Blog on July 16, 2008 2:37 pm

    [...] To add insult to injury, it was reported in the Seattle Examiner that Baker also lost his restaurant to foreclosure, Vinnie’s Saybrook Fish House. Add Vin’s home to the list of other celebrities in foreclosure nightmares. [...]

15. See Something Weird? Probably Related to Foreclosure | Zillow® Blog on August 6, 2008 10:20 am

    [...] Celebrities facing foreclosure, too [...]

16. Trump to the Rescue: McMahon’s Home Saved | Zillow® Blog on August 15, 2008 9:56 am

    [...] Now that Ed is saved from foreclosure, what about other celebrities facing foreclosure? [...]

17. Greg Watson on August 17, 2008 10:25 am

    Even them can lose their house. What will happen to us? We have to start understand how to face foreclosure before it happen to us.

18. Dale "Short Sale" Kirkland on August 18, 2008 5:44 pm

    Well, it just goes to show you that it can happen to anyone. What is worse is that most people think they can work their way out of any problem, instead of preparing for these life events.

    Dale

19. Another Celebrity Foreclosure: Record Producer Damon Dash | Zillow® Blog on August 20, 2008 11:30 am

    [...] one more celeb to add to the celebrity foreclosure [...]

20. Kevin on August 21, 2008 11:01 am

    Why are there so manay foreclosures???

    Banks are willing to grant grace periods, forebarances and other solutions for homeowners facing foreclosure.

    Stopping foreclosure is easy, if you know what to do.

    If anyone needs help gettting the bank to work with you on an alternative to foreclosure, it’s ok to contact me.

21. Kevin on August 21, 2008 11:01 am

    Why are there so manay foreclosures???

    Banks are willing to grant grace periods, forebarances and other solutions for homeowners facing foreclosure.

    Stopping foreclosure is easy, if you know what to do.

    If anyone needs help gettting the bank to work with you on an alternative to foreclosure, it’s ok to contact

22. Joey C on September 16, 2008 9:05 pm

    Celebrities in foreclosure? Sorry, but “wah.” (Sarcastic). Most of the people on that list made terrible decisions. Holyfield was making $30 million a fight. Don’t cry for him Argentina (or America).

    Bottom line, it is the average homeowner who suffers because prices, for example, in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, swung so wildly that the lows are so irrational. Thus, foreclosure becomes an option for those who would never go bankrupt or whatever.

    A good site explaining the whole nine yards (even to celebrities) is http://www.socalforeclosurehelp.com

23. tungsten jewelry on November 24, 2008 12:04 am

    I might tend to agree with you.

24. Another Celebrity Foreclosure: Wyclef Jean | Zillow® Blog on November 24, 2008 3:05 pm

    [...] See other celebrity foreclosures. [...]

25. Electronic Cigarette on December 5, 2008 1:36 am

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26. china CNC router on December 5, 2008 1:40 am

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27. American Idol’s Fantasia Facing Foreclosure | Zillow® Blog on December 9, 2008 4:07 pm

    [...] See other celebrity foreclosures. [...]

28. Home Loan News on December 26, 2008 4:01 pm

    No one is immune from foreclosure. If you are facing foroeclosure, you are not alone.

29. Loan modification on February 10, 2009 3:45 am

    I had Evander come to my site or at least a spammer with his actual address. He did not answer his phone so I figured t to be a scam and now it may have been him seeing this post.

30. Arizona Loan Modifiers on February 16, 2009 11:10 pm

    Yeah, we get a few “celebrities” submitting the form on our site every now-and-then too.

31. Omelyn on February 20, 2009 7:08 am

    I think this true. Nice articles.

32. Loan Modification on February 20, 2009 2:56 pm

    It reads like the next Cash 4 Gold superbowl commercial, with all of these celebrities having to sell their gold to stay in their ridiculous mansions.

33. Government Loan Modification on March 27, 2009 8:45 pm

    Nicely said, I enjoy the time that it took to research and write. Great work

34. Sam on April 28, 2009 2:21 pm

    Well none of these articles are telling us how many homes they own or if these are the main residences. They are not even close to what the middle class America is going through.

    Many wealthy people let properties foreclose so they can aquire another one or just to dump it. Look at Trump and how many times his “corporations” have filed bankruptcy.

35. Contacts on April 29, 2009 5:21 pm

    why does anyone need 104 rooms?

36. Loan Modification Attorneys on April 30, 2009 9:12 am

    These celebrities should have hired an attorney. Maybe they would have saved their homes.

37. Sophia on April 30, 2009 4:43 pm

    Wow even celebrities got their home foreclosures. Wish I could afford their homes. I will be sure to check that out! Also- I found this training that might help as well. http://www.shortsalebizinabox.com. Keep up the posts! I enjoy reading them!

38. micky on May 12, 2009 8:48 pm

    In response to the comment below.
    Yes even the celebrities are not bright enough to live within their means. Just like us poor people that have homes that would be considered a garage shack for many of these homes. Unless we were smart enough to live within our means and keep our shacks.

    This just shows that even the elite of our society WILL be affected by the foreclosure epedemic.

    NO ONE IS IMMUNE!

    Moe Bedard

39. itoldyousotheory on June 12, 2009 3:22 pm

    wow you people sound very spiteful. id feel sorry for you, but i dont. by the way go watch movies and tv and help these people whose wealth you created. no wonder why we are called fat americans undereducated,low brow, and now add spiteful wow.

40. itoldyousotheory on June 12, 2009 3:23 pm

    mental note, i should edit before posting.

41. celebrites need to help middle class on June 13, 2009 9:18 pm

    Called living above your means . Celebrities had enough money to pay off there homes . instead they keep spending $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ . Celebrities only want the FANS to bail them out . Since the fans are the ones who made the celebrities rich from the beginning.

42. davidd on June 14, 2009 6:59 pm

    Living within or below your means advice only good until you no longer have a means. Loose the income stream at any depth and your in for a life style change. There are another 3million unemployed and another 4 million homes in the foreclosure for the coming months. We wanted change? we getting it.

43. loan modification help on June 24, 2009 3:56 pm

    There are no exceptions. Many people are hit by this economic turmoil. Even celebrities have to find their way out and modify their loans or look for some alternatives to ease up the tension.

44. robert on July 8, 2009 10:07 am

    No your right Jeff Smith and I have both worked with lenny. He is a huge idiot. He throws his assets around to try and get people to work for him for free. If you dont want to lose your house maybe you should ditch your gulf stream jet or phantom limo. He tried to get us to do a modification for him for free on the promise that he has plenty of money? He did the same thing to the people printing his magazine. Except they printed them. I think he has over 25 open law suits against him and even robbed his mom. You can read all about it on espn they have a huge article on what an asshole lenny is. Trust me when I say that your deeds come back to you and in this case hes losing the deed

45. Loan Modification on July 14, 2009 1:37 pm

    interesting information, thank you

46. Mortgage Loan modifications Lady on July 28, 2009 6:18 am

    There are many people who take advantage of peoples’ naivite. I wonder when all these mess will be cleaned up.

47. 100% Mortgage on August 14, 2009 9:56 am

    If they cannot pay their mortgage and get their finances right with all that money, what chances do we have?!

48. Terry on August 16, 2009 6:32 am

    Snoop Dogg owes Calif. over $300K in unpaid taxes. Ruben Studdard is facing foreclosure. Chris Tucker owes the state of California $3,594,409 for four years of unpaid taxes. Here we go…again..MC Hammer owes Calif. over $600K in unpaid taxes.

49. Equity Release on August 24, 2009 3:18 am

    That’s a lot of unpaid taxes.

50. mobilekaren on September 7, 2009 12:13 pm

    I find it amazing how wide this credit crunch is reaching.

51. John whites on September 23, 2009 3:39 am

    oh… its all about foreclosure.. thanks for sharing.. this shows how things are getting worse ?…

52. Free Loan Modification Kit on October 1, 2009 4:58 pm

    So many celebrities nowadays seem to be living well beyond their means, and sooner or later it all catches up to them… Its such a shame

53. Dubai villas on October 19, 2009 2:37 am

    They may be just like you and me deep inside but when you get a glimpse of celebrity homes it’s like they’re in a whole other world.

54. Mortgages&Money on October 19, 2009 11:01 am

    It is a shame for everyone, we all come and go the same way, some of us just get luckier..

55. Diana on October 29, 2009 7:38 am

    Economic crisis affects everybody.I wonder, why people like to read so much that somebody is in trouble.

56. Buy To LetMortgages on November 28, 2009 6:44 am

    I find it amazing the amount of these foreclosures that are happening at the moment. Was everyone living beyond their means, or was it lots of bad investments?

57. gmd on December 2, 2009 8:25 am

    Million low income people still own their homes. It’s not how much you make, but how much you spend…
    Elite will be more headache when they have problems..

58. Former NBA Star Latrell Sprewell Faces Foreclosure | Collier Lender on December 4, 2009 10:13 am

    [...] > See more celebrity foreclosures [...]

59. electronic cigarette cases on January 2, 2010 6:53 am

    It is quite sad actually to read about celebrities losing their homes. At the end of the day they are people just like the rest of us.

60. JP on January 3, 2010 10:24 am

    HEY, MAYBE THEY BOUGHT AT THE HIGH END OF THE HOUSING BOOM AND THEY OWE ALOT MORE THAN THE HOUSE IS WORTH!!!!I WOULD WALK AWAY TOO!!!BUT YOU SHOULD PAY YOUR TAXES OR THE TAX MAN WILL GET YOU, DON’T MESS WITH THE TAX MAN!!!!!!

61. CNET Co-Founder Halsey Minor Buys Back His Foreclosed Farm « JaxNCHomes on January 6, 2010 6:40 am

    [...] > See celebrity foreclosures [...]

62. Obama Family Voted Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor for 2010 | Real Estate Bargains on January 6, 2010 6:58 am

    [...] and all the accompanying eye candy.  This month, in addition to tracking celebrity homes for sale, celebrity foreclosures, and celebrity price reductions, we have the results of our third annual Celebrity Neighbor [...]

63. psychology degree on January 16, 2010 3:46 am

    Financial crisis is almost over. No more foreclosures!

64. Pharmacy First on January 22, 2010 11:26 am

    Good news Financial crisis is almost begin. every body will in foreclosures!

65. Pharmacy First on January 22, 2010 11:28 am

    lol…

66. garage heaters on January 23, 2010 1:18 pm

    Is it true? Is Financial crisis almost begin?

67. ReCoachDennis on January 27, 2010 5:44 am

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68. TransCanada Rentals on February 5, 2010 6:37 pm

    You’d think with all their money they’d at least hire a proper financial advisor. I guess you can’t in ‘em all.

69. Durham Homes For Sale on February 8, 2010 8:15 am

    This is simply the mentality that prosperity would never end. After all this is America. We need to realize that in any economy poor economic decisions can cause chaos and there should be preparations for the down times.

70. Apartment Rentals in Toronto on February 8, 2010 10:16 am

    ^That would be the wise thing to do, however, that is definitely not the choice of many. How does the saying go? “Go big or go home”. Apparently not always the best motto.

71. caralluma fimbriata on February 16, 2010 3:09 pm

    For real estate investors and buyers, knowing the numbers going in and preparing for the worst case scenario is key.

72. engineered oak flooring on February 26, 2010 3:57 pm

    I agree with most of what you’re saying.

73. Celebrity Foreclosures… « Xtreme Short Sale Blog on March 2, 2010 8:51 am

    [...] Oh, there are more here too (you’ll be surprised!)  zillow celebrity foreclosures [...]

74. Cricket Bats on March 2, 2010 10:53 am

    wow! scary times!

75. Loan Modifications « Kens Mortgage News on March 15, 2010 11:16 am

    [...] some of the real life celebrities that are in danger of losing homes. http://www.zillow.com/blog/celebrity-foreclosures/2008/06/#{scid=news-site-rightlink2}.  Long-time TV host Ed McMahon,  Retired baseball star, Lenny Dykstra, actor Stephen Baldwin, and [...]