02/07/09 What Happened? Did Regis Buy Another House On North Stanwich Road? If Regis Keeps Buying Houses, Then We Will Never Be Able To Get Rid Of Him

THE HEADLINE:

Regis Philbin Can't Sell His House But His Neighbor Can

THE QUOTE:

"Regis can do anything these young punks can do. I always fit right in. They want Regis to dance, Regis will dance. They want Regis to lift weights with them, Regis will lift weights with them. Whatever they want! I can do anything but sell my $5.4 Million Dollar House. I am only one man. What's the matter with these people? This House Is Beautiful I am telling you. It sits on 5.68 acres and has five full baths, three half-baths, a two-sided fireplace and library with wet bar. I just can't figure out what is the matter with these people. The The master suite has a fireplace and his-and-her baths. There's a tennis court, pool and gazebo for God sakes. Could someone buy this place already", said Regis Philbin AKA “the hardest working man in show business”

THE STORY:

Regis moves to bigger house down the road

Greenwich Time Staff
Posted: 02/07/2009 05:57:37 PM EST

Today on the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" "¦ oops, sorry wrong show. You've read about television personality Regis Philbin's house in Greenwich being for sale, but did you know he has bought another, bigger one in the same neighborhood?

Apparently the "Live With Regis and Kelly" host and wife Joy have upgraded from 5,000-plus square feet to around 13,500 square feet and have more land. The price tag was in the low-$7 million range......

THE CORRECTION:

Breaking news (if July 7, 2008 is “breaking”) from Greenwich Time

From: For What Its Worth

By: Christopher Fountain

Holy cow, nothing gets past Greenwich Time real estate reporters. It reveals today for the first time that Regis Philbin has bought a new house! They got that right (although he got less land, not more than his old house on Meeting House) and a lot more space: 13, 661 sf, and paid $7.2 million for the place on XX North Stanwich Road, but he bought it last summer in July, not February of this year. The last listing price for this 1997 house, by the way, was $7.995 million but if memory serves it sat on the market for a long time at a higher price tag. I’ll check tomorrow.

The article says that Philbin’s unwanted house is priced above $5 million. Again, my memory may be faulty, but I thought it had been reduced to the 3s. But perhaps that’s just where I thought it should be priced, not where it’s currently priced. I’ll call his show and suggest it, if he still has a show. Does he?

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