Although Taylor Swift is most renowned for her phenomenal music career, she may soon be adding “real estate mogul” to her résumé as she owns eight residences spread across four states. Forbes estimates that the 33-year-old superstar, who just finished the first leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour in the United States, is worth $570 million, of which $150 million is real estate.
Swift has gone from being a farm girl to becoming a well-known pop sensation. Before the Swift family relocated to a five-bedroom house in Wyomissing, a town outside of Reading, fifteen minutes away, her ascent to fame started on a Christmas tree farm in Cumru Township, Pennsylvania. She picked up the guitar and showed an early interest in music at this Georgian Colonial-style house. Swift persuaded her parents to relocate to Nashville when she was 14 years old in order to focus on her singing career. It was in Nashville that she made her first official real estate acquisition in 2009—a apartment she still owns today.
Swift has been shaking off doubters ever since, amassing eight diverse pads, ranging from a $150 million penthouse in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood to an 11,000-square-foot historical landmark in California. And there’s no telling how much more she’ll conquer in the kingdom of real estate (and what new songs she’ll sing about them), amid a successful tour that Forbes estimates will make her a billionaire by the end of this year.
BEVERLY HILLS MIDCENTURY MODERN HOME, LOS ANGELES
This ranch-style house, built in the 1950s in Hollywood in the style of midcentury modern architecture, is no longer owned by Swift. With its prime location at the foot of verdant hills, the house is light-filled and spacious. The ranch, which has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, has a modest exterior but boasts white vaulted ceilings, floor to ceiling glass, and the most amazing feature of all—a 1,000-bottle climate-controlled wine cellar. She advertised the house in May 2018 after purchasing it in 2012. In September, it sold for $2.65 million, $300,000 less than what was originally requested. Nevertheless, the sale brought her a total of $850,000.
NEIGHBORING TRIBECA TOWNHOUSE, NEW YORK
Quickly extending its reach, three years after acquiring the two TriBeCa penthouses, it acquired the century-old townhouse adjacent to it. The property is thought to be worth $18 million and has a home theater, gym, guest suite, and terrace, among other opulent features. Leopoldo Rosati, a designer and architect, completely refurbished the building that was constructed in 1915.
BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE, LOS ANGELES
Swift has had three houses in Los Angeles in total, but her 1934 Beverly Hills estate, which she bought in 2015, is the most remarkable. Swift decided to purchase the 10,982-square-foot mansion, which was previously owned by movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn, and is currently undergoing restoration in order to become a historic landmark.
WEST VILLAGE APARTMENT, NEW YORK
Swift rented this 1870 brick townhouse between 2016 and 2017 while her $50 million TriBeCa loft was being renovated. The townhouse gained notoriety after Swift’s hit song “I rent a place on Cornelia Street.” This little property is now formally for sale at a whopping $17.9 million, or it can be rented for $45,000 per month. The area has a large indoor pool, seven baths, and four bedrooms. Double-height ceilings, original Parisian brickwork, and an array of opulent chandeliers are examples of luxurious elements. One of her most exquisite homes, it combines new renovations with an aged charm to create an opulent and expensive living space.
WATCH HILL SEASIDE ESTATE, RHODE ISLAND
Taylor Swift’s 12,000-square-foot beach house sits atop the highest point of the Rhode Island town, serving as the destination for her famous A-list parties (she’s known for throwing Independence Day gatherings here). With seven bedrooms, eight fireplaces, a glorious pool, and shoreline views extending 700 feet, this mansion is one of her most impressive buys.
MUSIC ROW PENTHOUSE, NASHVILLE
In 2009, Taylor Swift, then just twenty years old, entered the Nashville real estate market by buying a 3,240-square-foot condo on Music Row. The opulent Adelicia building is home to this industrial-style condo, which boasts enormous floor to ceiling windows and an open concept design. According to reports, the celebrity created the apartment’s interior design herself. She called it “whimsically girlie,” comparing its aesthetic to that of a “shabby-chic Alice in Wonderland.”
TRIBECA NEW YORK CONDO EXPANSION, NEW YORK
In early 2018, the 12-time Grammy winner paid $9.75 million for an additional three-bedroom, 3,500-square-foot loft on the second floor of the same TriBeCa building, dramatically upping her stake in the super-coveted 155 Franklin Street. The apartment was previously owned by financier Jeremy Phillips.
GREEK REVIVAL ESTATE, NASHVILLE
Swift bought Northumberland Estate, a large Greek Revival house in Nashville, as her second residence, staying true to her roots despite leading a jet-set lifestyle. Herringbone floors, marble fireplaces, vaulted ceilings, and a 5,600-square-foot main house with a 2,000-square-foot guesthouse are all elements of the exquisitely built property, which she paid $2.5 million for in 2011.
TRIBECA PENTHOUSE, NEW YORK
In an old TriBeCa building at 155 Franklin Street, Swift purchased not one, but two adjacent penthouses in 2014. They were transformed into a single, spacious duplex with a billiards room, a grand staircase, and ten bedrooms and ten bathrooms. What’s the best part? Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings, sold these houses to her.