Ellen DeGeneres quits daytime TV, but will she keep busy with property deals?
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres might be ending her popular daytime TV show, but her hobby of being a prolific property flipper is sure to keep her occupied.
The Ellen DeGeneres show will wrap up after its upcoming 19th season, she told The Hollywood Reporter, saying she’s ready for a new challenge but will not quit over allegations of a toxic workplace culture.
The host and comedian hopes to take time for a break, before taking on movie roles and working more on environmental conservation.
With a long-running interest in real estate and design — and even her own homewares range — the daytime star might also find more time to buy and sell prestige properties.
Here are just some of her top property deals, alongside Melbourne-born actor wife Portia de Rossi.
Hidden Valley Farm
The couple bought an equestrian estate in California in 2009 for $US8.5 million, a year after they were married at their Beverly Hills home.
They sold the getaway — complete with eight private cottages, an art barn and a yoga pavilion — in 2013 for $US10.85 million.
Brody House
News first emerged in January 2014 that the talk show host had snapped up this mid-century modern stunner on Los Angeles’ Westside for almost $US40 million.
It was built for a property developer, with floor-to-ceiling windows, nine bedrooms, a pool and tennis court.
In an eye-watering flip, they sold it only six months later for $US55 million to Napster founder Sean Parker.
Wallace Frost-designed Montecito estate
The couple dropped $US26.5 million on a Tuscan-style villa in Montecito, a glamorous beach town outside LA, in 2013.
Designed by architect Wallace Frost, it features solid stone walls and views of the Pacific Ocean.
They listed it for sale in 2017 with price hopes of $US45 million, before ultimately selling for $US34 million the next year.
Carpinteria beach house
Even before selling the Montecito villa, the celebrity couple found their next pad — a beach house farther along the coast at Carpinteria, paying $US18.6 million.
Glass walls offer panoramic ocean views, and the main house comes with a separate bunk house for guests.
They sold it in two years for $US23 million.
Rancho San Leandro
This sprawling equestrian estate in an exclusive gated community in the Montecito Valley was added to the portfolio in 2017 at a cost of $US7.195 million.
In just eight months, they sold it for $US11 million to Tinder founder and chairman Sean Rad.
It shares a boundary with Oprah Winfrey’s homestead and includes a four-horse stable and riding arena.
John Woolf-designed Beverly Hills house
This Hollywood Regency-style mansion came with a price tag of $US15 million in 2018.
Designed by Hollywood architect John Woolf, it overlooks the city and the sea.
Although its owners improved the residence, they did not quite reach their initial asking price of $US17.95 million once it came time to sell.
But it did fetch $US15.5 million within a year of purchase.
Salt Hill Estate
This Bali-inspired four-bedder in Montecito cost $US27 million in early 2019, plus the addition of the near-$US1.9 million fixer-upper next door.
The compound — complete with pond and pickleball court — sold for $US33.3 million the next year.
Beverly Hills estate
The power couple bought an ivy-covered Beverly Hills home from Maroon 5’s Adam Levine in 2019 for $US42.5 million.
They sold it last month for $US47 million, the second-highest sale in southern California for the year so far.
Originally built in 1933, the residence above Sunset Boulevard has its own library, chef’s kitchen and a separate guest house.
Tudor house
This unusual residence was originally two barns built in England in the 1700s, before they were transported to Montecito and reconstructed into a private home.
With distinctive Tudor-style beams inside and out, plus a glassed-in orangerie, the home cost $US3.607 million in early 2020.
After a pandemic-era renovation it sold to pop princess Ariana Grande for $US6.75 million mid-way through the year.
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