Top Dollar! The Biggest Celebrity Home Sales Of 2012!

Dec. 23 2012, Published 11:00 a.m. ET
By Jon Boon - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
Recession? What recession?
Not only do celebrities make a hell of a lot of money doing their day jobs, some are even bringing in the dollars through property sales, and Breaking Celebrity News has a rundown of 2012's biggest real estate winners (and losers!), courtesy of our friends at Zillow.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Adrienne Maloof managed to sell her extravagant 12,882-square-foot Beverly Glen home with 7 bedrooms, 9 baths, tennis court, media room, wine cellar, swimming pool with pool house and a guest house for 19.95 million! It was only on the market for a month!
When Ricky Martin moved from Florida to New York, he decided to sell his Mediterranean-style home in the process. The mansion, which has an 108-foot private beach, was sold for $12.8 million which gave the Livin’ La Vida Loca singer enough money to pick up a condo in the Big Apple.
Ellen DeGeneres is a fast mover. The Malibu home she bought from Brad Pitt in December 2011 for $12 million was back on the market just a year later. She quietly got $13 million for the property which sits on 1.26 acres and has spectacular views of the beach and ocean beyond.
After growing disenchanted with the West Village apartment she bought following her 2001 divorce from Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman listed