In 2025, the brokerage can lay claim to being involved in the year\u2019s record sales of 594 South Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills and 630 Nimes Road in Bel-Air. Each of the properties fetched $110 million to make for Los Angeles County\u2019s most expensive closings in 2025.<\/p>\n
While some have said the year proved to be more challenging in the County\u2019s high end, the following list, compiled by The Real Deal Research, shows what agents were able to still get deals done\u2013with some setting high-water marks while they were at it.<\/p>\n
Eric and Wendy Schmidt and Spelling Manor (Getty, The MLS) <\/p>\n
It turns out 2025\u2019s magic number was $110 million.<\/p>\n
The sale of Spelling Manor<\/a> made for the year\u2019s second trade for that price when it closed in July to tie for the year\u2019s priciest residential sale in Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n Carolwood Estates double-ended the deal with CEO and co-founder Drew Fenton the listing agent on behalf of a reported Saudi national. Meanwhile, Carolwood\u2019s Linda May represented former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy<\/a> in their purchase.<\/p>\n The Schmidts have plenty of room to work with in their new residence, with over 56,000 square feet. They won\u2019t have to travel far for their daily needs and entertainment. The Manor comes complete with bowling alleys, beauty salons, rose gardens to wander through, library and a professional screening room.<\/p>\n Australian billionaire James Packer<\/a> was so excited over his purchase of the Le Belvedere residence in Bel-Air that he let slip to a hometown media outlet news of the sale before it officially closed.<\/p>\n The former Crown Resorts chair snapped up 630 Nimes Road<\/a> in May to make for a 2025 record in LA County, holding the top spot alone until Spelling Manor traded for the same price a few months later.<\/p>\n Some of the market\u2019s biggest names had a hand in getting the off-market deal done.<\/p>\n Packer tapped Carolwood Estates\u2019 Drew Fenton and Westside Estate Agency co-founder Kurt Rappaport to represent himself in the deal.<\/p>\n The seller, a limited liability company tied to European Investment Management Services Inc. with headquarters in Los Angeles, was represented by Carolwood\u2019s Stephen Resnick, Jonathan Nash, David Parnes and James Harris.<\/p>\n Who ever heard of a surf shack selling for $80 million<\/a>?<\/p>\n In Malibu, that\u2019s just another day and another deal\u2013altough it\u2019s notable that the late July closing marked the city\u2019s priciest for 2025.<\/p>\n The off-market trade was done quietly and involved two shell companies. On the buy side was PDPG LLC, which records trace to a Longview, Texas address.<\/p>\n The seller was a Wyoming LLC, called Surfwatch, managed by Wendy Schreiber Fiske, according to property and state records. The company is tied to a Santa Barbara address that Schreiber Fiske owns with Orlo James Fiske, chief technology officer of electric energy storage tech company Gravity Power.<\/p>\n Compass\u2019 Chris Cortazzo represented both sides in the trade of the roughly 1,300-square foot home, sitting on a 1.4-acre lot. A second, vacant lot was also part of the deal.<\/p>\n Hidden from wandering eyes, behind privacy hedges running alongside the street, is the contemporary home once owned by Dara Mir.<\/p>\n Mir is the estranged husband of \u201cShahs of Sunset\u201d star Lilly Ghalichi, who filed for divorce earlier this year.<\/p>\n The businessman quietly sold the property at the end of June to a Delaware-registered limited liability company called RoadX.<\/p>\n The hillside property sits on a 1.6-acre lot, with the home spanning roughly 30,000 square feet and includes a sports court and subterranean parking.<\/p>\n Coldwell Banker Realty\u2019s Ben Y. Mason and Joyce Rey<\/a> were the listing agents, according to the Multiple Listing Service. The buyer was represented by attorney Nima Stephen Vokshori.<\/p>\n Another celebrity couple made a move behind the gates of Beverly Park when Paris Hilton<\/a> paid $63.1 million for a mansion in the upscale community.<\/p>\n Hilton and husband Carter Reum reportedly bought the property from Gu Fang, who is married to Chinese billionaire Xu Hang, whose fortune comes from starting medical device maker Mindray Medical International.<\/p>\n The couple didn\u2019t hold the property for very long but appears to have made a tidy return on their investment. They bought it in 2023 for $55 million from actor Mark Wahlberg and his wife Rhea Durham<\/a>, who had originally sought $87.5 million<\/a> for the over 30,000-square-foot mansion in 2022.<\/p>\n Hilton tapped family to represent her and Reum in the deal: Barron N. Hilton and his wife Tessa Hilton, who were co-founders and co-CEOs of Hilton Hilton up until their departure from the brokerage to Compass in September.<\/p>\n Compass\u2019 Ginger Glass and Alexandra Glass were the listing agents.<\/p>\n What a year for James Packer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Not only was the billionaire and son of late Australian media mogul Kerry Packer the buyer in a deal tied for No. 1 in Los Angeles County residential for 2025, but he preceded that trade about a month earlier with his sale of 1028 Ridgedale Drive. The April closing marked Beverly Hills\u2019 priciest residential sale of the year.<\/p>\n The property was once a rental for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Before that, comedian couple Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman owned the residence for about two decades before they sold it for $26.6 million in 2015.<\/p>\n Packer enlisted Westside Estate Agency\u2019s Kurt Rappaport and Carolwood Estates\u2019 Drew Fenton to represent him in the sale. Rappaport also represented the buyer.<\/p>\n Property and state records indicate the buyer is a shell company called Stancheck Capital, with a New York address tied to accounting firm Spritzer Kaufman.<\/p>\n A 1920\u2019s Spanish Villa quietly made its way onto the market for the first time in more than 20 years before being sold in one of the year\u2019s pricier transactions.<\/p>\n The sellers were Bradley Bell<\/a>, executive producer and head writer for CBS soap \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful,\u201d and his wife Colleen Bell, property records show. Colleen held several roles for \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful,\u201d including director of special projects, and was later nominated in 2013 by President Obama to serve as ambassador to Hungary.<\/p>\n The couple sold the home in May to TV and film producer David Zander, according to property and state records.<\/p>\n Revel Real Estate\u2019s Ben Bacal was the listing agent, while Carolwood Estates\u2019 Drew Fenton brought the buyer.<\/p>\n Napa Valley in Beverly Hills. That\u2019s what the late architect Howard Backen was going for with Villa Oliva<\/a>, which nabbed a buyer to become one of the city\u2019s more expensive 2025 trades.<\/p>\n The over 12,000-square-foot estate counts six beds and seven baths, sitting on nearly an acre.<\/p>\n Christie\u2019s International Real Estate Southern California\u2019s Aaron Kirman and Carolwood Estates\u2019 Linda May held the listing on behalf of a trust tied to Stephen Paul and his wife Nancy Paul. Stephen\u2019s family holds a minority stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers and also founded steel maker Ampco-Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n The buyer was a limited liability company called 942 Alpine Peak, which tracks to the NBC Tower at 455 North Cityfront Drive in Chicago, according to property and state records.<\/p>\n Compass\u2019 Carl Gambino and John Bercsi brought the buyer in what was briefly Beverly Hills\u2019 most expensive trade before 1028 Ridgedale Drive sold later that same month.<\/p>\n When Milwaukee Brewers minority owner Robert Beyer<\/a> sold his Brentwood home, nicknamed Ocho Manos, the purchase price was Brentwood\u2019s highest since a $57 million sale in late 2021 at 13058 Rivers Road.<\/p>\n James Packer with 630 Nimes Road. Left: Carolwood Estates CEO Drew Fenton and Westside Estate Agency\u2019s Kurt Rappaport. Right: Carolwood Estates\u2019 Stephen Resnick, Jonathan Nash, David Parnes and James Harris (Getty, 630 Nimes Road via Jeremy Spann) <\/p>\n
Paris Hilton with 71 Beverly Park (Getty, Paul Barnaby) <\/p>\n
James Packer and 1028 Ridgedale Drive (Getty, Google Maps) <\/p>\n
Beverly Hills Estates\u2019 Jack Harris and Michael Fahimian with Carolwood Estates\u2019 Drew Fenton and Andrew Beyer with 11740 Crescenda Street (Carolwood Estates, Beverly Hills Estates) <\/p>\n