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When Spotlight talks about the cost of living crisis, we’re debating whether to buy the organic eggs or just not eat this week.
But we can reveal the 1 per cent version of ‘tightening belts’ involves knocking $2million (1.48m) off the price of a Manhattan mansion - to fund a palace in Bermuda.
Leading the charge? The Douglas-Zeta-Joneses.
Catherine and Michael are trying to offload their ‘cosy’ 12-bedroom riverfront pile in the NYC suburb of Irvington. It’s got ten bathrooms - talk about flushing money down the toilet - and a 100ft terrace. And they’ve just hacked $2.25million (1.7m) off the price.
In the real world that’s a lottery win. They’re claiming they just ‘want to spend more time in tax-haven Bermuda’ now the kids have flown the nest. Sure.
Exhibit B: Mariah’s $18million (13m) problem
Around the block, the Queen of Christmas has listed her legendary Tribeca penthouse(see pics here),the one she showed off on that iconic episode of MTV Cribs while working out on a treadmill in heels, for $27million (20m). On paper she’s winning: she bought it for $9million (7m) in the late Nineties.
According to Realtor.com she’s been treating this apartment like an ATM with $18.6million (15m) in debt...
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