Which Celebs Won Big (and Which Ones Bombed) in 2015 Real Estate?

Let’s be honest, we will (almost certainly) never set foot inside the homes of Katy Perry or Brad Pitt. So realtor.com® offers the next best thing: the deep, inside scoop on celebrity housing! With 2015 coming to a close, we thought we’d take a look at celebs who made winning real estate moves this year, as well as those who foundered.

Country music-turned-pop star Taylor Swift is also a budding property mogul with an ever-expanding portfolio of properties. With massive crash pads in her hometown of Nashville, TN; Beverly Hills, CA; Manhattan, NY (Peter Jackson’s old penthouse); and other places, her holdings reportedly total $70 million. Not bad for a 25-year-old!

In July, rapper 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy; but two months later, he was flaunting new digs in Africa. Meanwhile he’s been trying to unload a 21-bedroom, 25-bathroom behemoth in Farmington, CT, since 2007. Initial asking price: $18.5 million. List price this year? $8.5 million. And still no takers. We’ve asked this before, but could it be the stripper poles?

Winner: Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian has racked up quite the real estate miniature empire. Even her 9,000-square-foot “starter home” with Kanye West in Beverly Hills was extraordinary—and renovated to even greater heights with four now-infamous gold-plated toilets. Bought for $10.75 million, the home went on the market in November for $20 million. That’s quite a markup, so if they get even close to that they’ll be doubling their money.

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