It would appear that Taylor Swift feels the same way about real estate as she does about music, as she has amassed an outstanding property portfolio in addition to becoming recognized for the song and album You Belong With Me.
Swift, a singer and songwriter from the United States, released her debut studio album when she was still a teenager. Since then, she has consistently produced hit singles, and as her wealth has increased, she has lavished millions of dollars on the purchase of real estate.
Swift, 32, has amassed an estimated $80 million property portfolio, which includes homes in New York City, Nashville, Tennessee, and Beverly Hills, California. Forbes estimates that Swift’s net worth is USD $550 (AUD $764) million, and the publication ranked her 25th on its list of the highest paid entertainers for 2022 last month. Swift’s property portfolio includes homes in New York City, Nashville, Tennessee, and Beverly Hills, California.
The city of New York
It should come as no surprise that Taylor Swift chose to make her real estate purchases in New York City, given that she was the voice of the 2014 smash song “Welcome to New York.”
It is thought that Taylor Swift made her first investment in the real estate market of New York City in 2014, when she purchased two neighboring penthouses in the trendy, industrial-style neighborhood of Tribeca for a total of $19.95 million USD.
It also features four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms, and it has a full-floor master suite in addition to a guest suite that has its own private door. The home features Italian cabinets throughout, as well as a theater, gym, bar, and terrace in addition to a great room with a fireplace and a high-end kitchen.
The next year, she shelled out roughly another ten million dollars in order to purchase an apartment on the second level of the same building in which she had previously lived from banker Jeremy Phillips. According to reports, the transaction took place outside of the market.
She also reportedly owns other apartments nearby.
Rhode Island
Swift had already established her residence in the state of Rhode Island, which is also located on the renowned east coast of the United States, before she began investing heavily in real estate in New York City.
She is rumored to have spent approximately $17.75 million USD to acquire a beachfront property perched high on Watch Hill in the year 2013. The lofty location of the property, which lies on a total of five acres of land, provides unimpeded views of the surrounding body of water.
It is claimed to include eight bedrooms and eight fireplaces, and it has been the location of many a Fourth of July celebration with her’squad’ of gal pals, including model Gigi Hadid, who even advertised the house on her Instagram account.
Swift has stated in interviews that she enjoys giving tours of the home to her guests, complete with tales about the previous owner of the home, who, along with the home itself, inspired one of Swift’s songs.
Nashville, Tennesee
Despite being born in Pennsylvania, when asked where home is Swift has said in interviews the answer is “Nashville”.
Her family moved there when she was 14 to help along her musical career, and so it’s only fitting that the place she considers home is also the location of her earlier real estate purchases.
Having started with a three-bedroom penthouse in Nashville’s Music Row, which she paid USD $1.9 million for when she was just 20, by 2011 she was hankering for something grander.
She ended up settling on a grand Greek revival estate known as Northumberland Estate, which she purchased for USD $2.5 million.
Sitting on six acres in an area known as Forest Hills, the home, built in 1934, incudes four bedrooms, five bathrooms and guest house.
Los Angeles, California
It’s hardly surprising that a star as big as Swift would wind up in LA, where she has purchased and sold a number of homes in Beverly Hills before finding one that befits her status — snapping up the Hollywood home of legendary film producer Samual Goldwyn.
In 2015, Swift purchased the seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom estate for USD $25 million.
Since she purchased the home off Goldwyn’s son, she has gained approval from the Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission to have it declared a cultural landmark, and is said to have restored it to its former glory.
It’s now thought to be her only LA residence, after she offloaded two other homes in 2018 — a Cape Cod-style cottage which she sold for $4 million and a smaller home she used as a guesthouse for $2.65 million.
And all by the age of 32. Something tells us the ‘love story’ between Swift and property is only going to get deeper.
