PEOPLE talked to the ‘Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles’ star to find out why high profile stars opt for low profile listingsthey’ve shared since 2023, a source tells PEOPLE — and the way they're doing it is actually very common for A-list couples., who is not associated with Affleck and Lopez's listing, but has sold homes for Kim Kardashian and Heather Dubrow, tells PEOPLE why some stars choose their approach.
“Especially living in Hollywood, just because of location, at least 25 to 50 deals a year are going to be celebrities, high-profile celebrities,” he says. “Some of them love the press, and some of them are completely opposite and don't. They get enough press and they would rather not get any more.”The first is that the listing photos would reveal “the way that they're living.”
“I've dealt with it a billion times before,” Altman says. “There's always going to be people who pretend because they just get a kick out of seeing a house or touring a house, or they want to see a famous person's house. I assume that the access is going to be extremely limited. It's going to be people that are going to be as pre-qualified and proof of funds as you could ever imagine before they get access to it.
He says a $61 million house, for instance, is “totally different” from a house in the $3 million range, for which the seller would be “missing a huge buyer pool” if they didn’t put it on the market publicly. to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.