Paul Hogan has built up an impressive multimillion dollar property empire over his career.
As the 86-year-old Australian edges closer to a permanent return Down Under after living in America for years, his portfolio has now largely been dismantled.
Over the decades, Hogan has amassed an extraordinary list of homes in some of the wealthiest parts of both Australia and America – including Los Angeles, Byron Bay, Granville, Chullora, Mosman, Seaforth, Belrose and Vaucluse.
The Sydney-born star’s first foray into real estate began in the harbourside suburb of Mosman in the early 1970s with his first wife, Noelene Edwards.
The couple purchased their first home in 1973 for $45,000, selling it a year later for a modest profit before upgrading to a $71,750 Seaforth home.
That property later sold for $118,000 in 1979, before the pair moved to a sprawling Belrose acreage of more than 8,000 square metres, bought for just $78,000.
Paul Hoganhas built up an impressive multimillion dollar property empire over his career
Although Hogan and Edwards divorced twice, the Belrose property remained in their names until it finally sold in 1998 for $2.16million.
Perhaps Hogan’s most famous Australian residence was Cedar Springs, a sprawling 132–hectare hinterland estate near Byron Bay.
He built the property himself ahead of his 1990 wedding to Crocodile Dundee co–star Linda Kozlowski, and it became his final Australian home before relocating to the US for three decades.
The estate sold in 2006 for the hefty sum of $8.1million.
In the early ’90s, Hogan splashed out by snapping up homes in some of the US’ ritziest areas, including Venice Beach, Malibu and Santa Barbara.
One of his most notable properties – a four-bedroom Malibu home overlooking the Pacific Ocean – was purchased in 2009 for US$6.45million and later listed for US$6.5 million (AU$9.7m).
He held onto his Venice Beach compound until 2015, when it sold for US$1.995million after being bought just two years earlier for US$1.585 million.
Hogan and Kozlowski divorced in 2014 after 24 years, citing irreconcilable differences.
Hogan’s most famous Australian residence was dubbed Cedar Springs and was a sprawling 132–hectare hinterland estate near Byron Bay. (Pictured)
One of his most notable properties – a four-bedroom Malibu home overlooking the Pacific Ocean – was purchased in 2009 for US$6.45 million. (Pictured)
His Venice Beach compound sold for US$1.995 million. (Pictured)
He later remained in Venice Beach, where his mansion was reported to be worth about US$3.5million.
Hogan’s last known Australian property link was severed in 2010, when he sold a commercial office investment in Parramatta.
The western Sydney block, purchased in 1988 for $13.6million, marked the final chapter in what was once a sprawling and lucrative property portfolio.
Today, as Hogan spends more time in Australia, the once-mighty real estate empire that mirrored his global stardom has quietly faded into history.
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