Rihanna, J-Lo and Blackpink’s Lisa. These Celebrities Made Major Real Estate Moves in 2024.

A-listers love to make big-ticket adjustments to their property portfolios, and 2024 was no exception.

From mansions in London and penthouses in Dubai, to estates in Los Angeles and apartments in New York, here are some of the biggest celebrity real estate moves Mansion Global covered this year.

In February, the eclectic London home that Freddie Mercury designed to fit his eccentric lifestyle hit the market for offers over £30 million (US$38 million).

Garden Lodge, in the capital’s posh Kensington, was Mercury’s much-loved home from 1980 until his death in 1991, at which point the Queen frontman’s residence and everything in it was bequeathed to his one-time fianceé and close friend, Mary Austin.

The home has a double-height drawing room with a wraparound gallery that serves as a library and bar overlooking the room and Mercury’s grand piano, below. There’s also the Japanese room, a sitting room that leads out to the home’s Japanese-style garden, which Mercury helped to create, complete with magnolia trees, topiary and water features.

Former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty listed his celebrity-pedigreed equestrian estate in Los Angeles for $21.5 million. But the rocker hadn’t owned the 10,460-square-foot house in the guard-gated community of Hidden Hills for long before putting it on the market. He purchased it from actor Sylvester Stallone in October 2023 for $17.2 million.

Set at the end of a long driveway, the five-bedroom main residence has a grand two-story entry, a theater room, a library, a massage room and a family room, which leads to a covered patio.

Ideal for equestrian enthusiasts, amenities at the property comprise a four-stall barn, a tack room and a professional-sized private riding arena.

Pop star Lisa of the South Korean girl group Blackpink scooped up a newly renovated Beverly Hills getaway for $3.95 million, Mansion Global exclusively reported.

The 27-year-old Thai rapper, singer and dancer, whose legal name is Lalisa Manobal, made her debut with Blackpink in 2016, and released her first solo album in 2021. She’ll soon make her acting debut in the third season of HBO’s “The White Lotus.”

The 3,387-square-foot, vine-covered house, which has four bedrooms, a clay tile roof, stone flooring and vaulted wood ceilings, stands in the hills of Coldwater Canyon. It’s set back from the street behind high hedges and is landscaped with olive trees and bushes. The grounds have a large wooden terrace with a pizza oven, and there’s room for a pool.

In May, Rihanna found a buyer for her multimillion-dollar penthouse in Los Angeles’s Century City neighborhood that was once owned by the late actor Matthew Perry.

The billionaire pop star and businesswoman, who had listed the full-floor pad on the 40th floor of the Century building for $24.95 million, bagged a buyer in just two months.

The big-ticket home, which has walls of windows taking in the city skyline and Pacific Ocean, is fitted with lavish features, including a great room with towering ceilings, a library with a fireplace, a screening room, a chef’s kitchen and a family room. There are also four bedrooms, including a primary suite with a sitting area, fireplace and marble bathroom.

In the Big Apple, Judith Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, made a final verdict on her Manhattan penthouse: It was going on the market.

The TV personality and former prosecutor, famous for her courtroom reality show, listed the stately duplex in Sutton Place for $9.5 million.

The eight-room unit, in a pre-war building designed by the renowned architect Rosario Candela, has a 29-foot entrance gallery; a living room with a wood-burning fireplace; a formal dining room with floor-to-ceiling French casement doors; a wood-paneled library; and a chef’s kitchen that doubles as a social hub and casual dining area.

This summer, the Mediterranean-style Malibu estate that was the longtime and beloved home of the late rocker Tom Petty hit the market for $19 million.

The 10,000-square-foot home is character-laden, from the rich dark wood flooring and Spanish-tiled bathrooms to the antique sconces and vintage chandeliers.

A formal great room boasts a grand fireplace beneath hand-carved skylight covers—a personal touch from Petty. There’s also a wood-paneled library and TV room; a music room; a chef’s kitchen with an adjacent butler’s pantry; a gym and massage room; and a formal dining room with seating for 16. Nestled on roughly 2.6 acres, the grounds are lush with flat lawns, fountains, ponds, waterfalls and a pool.

After months of rumors about their impending split, and whispers that the former were quietly shopping the home around, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck officially put their massive Los Angeles mansion on the market for $68 million in July.

The roughly 5-acre property—which is in a gated community and spans a massive 38,000 square feet—includes an indoor sports court with an adjacent gym and games room. Built in 2000, the house has 12 bedrooms and a whopping 24 bathrooms. The resort-sized property has the amenities to match, including a V-shaped pool with views over the surrounding hills, a detached two-bedroom guardhouse and a 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse.

Later that same month, Affleck dropped $20.5 million on an equestrian estate in Los Angeles.

In October, it was revealed that David and Victoria Beckham were set to splurge on an $80 million mansion in Miami Beach.

The 14,270 square-foot, two-story home has a pool and a waterfall in its entryway, a central courtyard pool, a gym, a spa, a chef’s kitchen, a home theater and nine bedrooms.

A rooftop deck, al fresco dining area, outdoor kitchen and floor-to-ceiling windows blend the indoor and outdoor spaces, while sabal palm trees shroud the windows for privacy. There’s also a razor-edge infinity pool and 124 feet of water frontage.

Two years after buying Paul Simon and Edie Brickell’s New Canaan, Connecticut, property, Richard Gere and his wife, Spanish publicist Alejandra Silva, sold the home in a seemingly off-market deal for $10.75 million.

Gere had paid Simon and Brickell $10.8 million for the 31.8-acre property, so the sale was a slight loss for him. The English country-style property has two homes—a five-bedroom main house built in 1938 by Harold R. Sleeper and a three-bedroom cottage, according to the listing from 2022.

Outdoor amenities include terraced patios, a pool and perennial gardens. The property also has woodland trails, a rock-rimmed brook, a natural pond and a waterfall.

Brazilian soccer star Neymar snapped up an AED 200 million (US$54.45 million) penthouse in Dubai’s Bugatti Residences.

Neymar, whose full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Jr., acquired one of the building’s so-called Sky Mansions that’s equipped with a car elevator capable of transporting vehicles directly to the penthouse, and a private swimming pool with panoramic views of Downtown Dubai.