Six Agents, Ten Price Cuts, and Fifteen Years Later, It's Still With Us

41 Alpine Road, priced at $21 million when it began its quest for new ownership in 2006, can be yours today for just $8.995. The current owner decamped for Florida ages ago, but houses are harder to move. From what I can tell, the owner was 72 when he decided he no longer wanted to live here, and he’s 87 now. Despite its “magnificent views of Putnam Lake”, this could not realistically be described as a liquid asset.