And in more famous footballer news, Tom Brady has dropped the price on his Time Warner Center “ultra-luxury” condo by $540,000. Brady relisted his home this summer at $18.29 million, up from the original 2007 $16.5 million price. This drop of a half million isn’t a huge surprise, considering the state of economy.

Brady re-listed his condo right around the same time that his girlfriend, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, listed her West Village penthouse.

As we mentioned previously, the three-bedroom, 3.5 bath condo comes with full hotel service from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, including a full-time doorman and concierge service.

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When Bob Costas bought his condo at 15 Central Park West, speculation abounded about whether or not he’d sell his 61st-floor Time Warner Center condo. Well, we can wonder no more, as the NY Observer reports that Costas and his wife have indeed sold the 1,819-square-foot Time Warner condo for $8.5 million.

They bought the unit in 2005 for a mere $4.95 million (or just over $5 million, depending on the source). Now that’s a nice return on their investment, wouldn’t you say, darlings?

This sale makes way for the Costas family to move on over to Central Park West, where he purchased a unit for approximately $11 million. And they’ll have a lot more space in their 3,444-square-foot abode.

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