Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Tribeca House Now Just $12.5M

Guess the whiff of scandale hasn't done much for the sales prospects of 153 Franklin Street, the now-notorious Tribeca townhouse rented by Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the duration of his house arrest earlier this year. The place, the product of a Leopoldo Rosati renovation, was previously for sale at aPriceChopped ask of $13.995 million�and it's been hanging out with the PriceChopper again. The new ask is $12.5 million, a cut of 11 percent, or $1.495 million. The home's still for rent at a cool $50,000/month. If anyone needs a house arrest home base, full gallery right over here.
� 153 Franklin Street #BLDG [StreetEasy]
� 153 Franklin Street coverage [Curbed]

Avril Lavigne selling Bel-Air House

Singer Avril Lavigne and her ex-husband Deryck Whibley have put their Bel Air mansion on the market for $9.5M. This 8-bed and 10.5-bath house is over 12 000 sq ft (1100m2) in just a bit under 0.5 acres.

Beautiful exterior and pool area, but I am a bit surprised of the interior style of the house though - I would have thought that these young musicians would have had a bit more contemporary style than this...

Facebook's Zuckerberg new home, Mark buys his first home

The most famous young internet billionaire Mark Zuckerberg appears to have finally bought his first house for a whopping $7 M. The house itself is a classic beauty with 5 bedrooms, multiple porches, spacious rooms, panelled walls, Carrara marble in the bathrooms and ornate ceilings.

I like the look of this house and it seems that Zuckerberg is a bit traditional guy after all when it comes to house style. The first thing I would change though if I was the owner of the house would be the mint green colour in the kitchen ... And did I mention the one unusual thing about the house - the swimming pool is actually salt water pool. Would the reason be some sort of health benefits as salt is softer for the skin (and apparently cheaper to maintain too, but that shouldn't be an issues if you can cough up millions for the house to start with)...