Bartiromo's new townhome: $6.5 million

Max Abelson of the New York Observer writes that CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo and her husband Jonathan Steinberg have purchased a new townhome on the East Side for a cool $6.5 million.

Abelson wrote, “The five-bedroom house, east of Third Avenue, has a second-floor balcony overlooking the 39-foot-long backyard garden, plus a two-camera security system with a flat-screen monitor.”

Later, he pointed out, “According to public records, which list the couple’s old address at a nearby apartment, their new townhouse recently belonged to Michael and Melissa Slocum, who bought it for a relatively steep $6.8 million in August 2004.

“Photographs from the recent Stribling listing show the townhouse as a customarily fancy Upper East Side place with big ruffled curtains and bigger chandeliers. Better yet, the place has four working wood-burning fireplaces, a 32-foot-long kitchen, and a wet bar between the second floor’s dining and drawing rooms.”

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