The Twilight: New Moon HouseSold For: $2.48 million
Iconic Scene: Jasper attacks Bella at her birthday party
The biggest risk in living here might be the hordes of tweens willing to commit felonies for a glimpse of vampire Edward Cullen’s bedroom. When it came on the market, the listing got 180,000 hits in its first week. As a result, prospective buyers had to pass a screening test before they were even allowed to see the place up close. Still, it took two years and a couple rounds of price cuts to get the deal done.
6 Homes From Famous Films For Sale In Real Life -- Fiscal Times
You’d think that having your home featured in a celebrated film would guarantee a buyer when resale time rolled around -- but it seems even fame can’t fight the housing slump. Over the past few years, some of pop culture’s most recognizable homes have come on the market with surprisingly limited success.
Take the iconic glass house featured in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Originally put up for sale in May 2009 at an asking price of $2.3 million, almost a year later that price dropped to $1.8 million. Early this year, another dip brought it down to $1.65 million, and still no dice. The house’s starring role didn’t translate into the big award: a sale. In fact, The Fiscal Times found six iconic houses from well-known movies that have been for sale over the past three years, and only two of them have sold.
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Editor: For the other 5 homes, go here.
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