Helen Mirren relists her longtime Hollywood Hills estate for $13 million after big renovation
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High-profile relistings at discounted prices underscore how even trophy assets are repricing around liquidity and carrying costs. For anyone exposed to luxury real estate — as investor or operator — assume more volatility and longer sales cycles in your planning.
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