Back in June, we talked about a little house known by millions of TV-viewers as The Bachelor’s pad. It’s the house where many a rose ceremony was performed - by contestants on both “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.”

The home was listed for $12,995,000. And it looks like the owner, a contractor, is having a 33% off sale. The price has dropped to $8,750,000. The 6-bedroom, 9-bathroom home sits on 10 acres in Agoura.

We remember well how much we drooled over the THREE Wolf ovens and subzero freezers. Not to mention that pool, which should probably be on our Swimming Pools list under… something.

But with a softening SoCal market, it’s not a surprise that many luxury places are reducing their prices.

It’s still a gorgeous place - check out the photos of this amazing property. It was built with materials from Mexico, Morocco, China and India.

[source: WSJ]

We mentioned last month that David Duchovny and Téa Leoni put their home on the market and then dropped the listing a couple of weeks later. There were conflicting stories about whether they were rethinking the sale or wanting to return to New York, and their agent wouldn’t confirm whether the house had an offer.

The LA Times is now confirming that the couple does indeed have an offer on the house, although there’s not any information on the buyer at this time, including the price paid. The home was listed for $12 million.

As mentioned before, the home is 6,578 square-feet, has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, two pools, a gym, and a guest house. The home was sold quite quickly, considering the real estate market (and the economy).

Duchovny is best known for his role as Fox Mulder on the tv series X-Files. As seems to be the trend right now, the characters in the series return in a movie (now in theaters). While we watched the series at the beginning, it eventually got too weird for us to continue. We probably stopped watching sometime after the episode “Home” — which is just too creepy for words. Remember the three brothers from Pennsylvania, and the woman under the bed? Yeah, that one. *shudder*

Anywho, in addition to the X-Files movie, Mulder has been in the series Californication. Anyone else start hearing the Red Hot Chile Peppers when they see the series name? Our favorite Duchovny film would probably be the sleeper Return to Me. Why, yes, we do like sappy movies once in a while.

Leoni, on the other hand… well, sorry but we’re just not a fan of the work she’s been doing. Although, in spite of the reviews, we kinda liked Spanglish, but that was more in spite of Leoni than because of her.

We’ll keep watching for news of who bought the home and let you know when we see something.

David Duchovny and Téa Leoni put their Malibu home on the market for $12 million. And then they dropped the listing just a couple of weeks later. What gives?

Hot Property reports conflicting stories. We’ve heard they want to return to New York - maybe even before school starts. I guess even the beautiful ocean view isn’t enough to make them forget about the frequent Malibu fires. But their agent says they like the house so much they’re trying to make up their minds. She wouldn’t comment on whether the 6,578 square-foot house has an offer (another reason to withdraw the listing).

They stand to make a tidy profit, though, having bought the house in 1999 for $3.55 million. With two pools, a gym, and a guest house, it’s possible the house is under contract. After maybe 2 - 2 1/2 weeks on the market. That’s impressive given the recent lackluster sales in much of SoCal real estate.

In fact, just two doors down, Kenny Chesney’s house is still awaiting a sale.

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