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Owning Manhattan star Jessica Taylor helped facilitate one of the show’s most stunning deals. Without ever even meeting the buyers, she manages to up their budget from between $5 and $10 million to a whopping $21.7 million — and they never even step foot in the place they buy before putting in their offer. So, that begs the question: who the heck are these people? Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher? Rihanna and A$AP Rocky? Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet? Or maybe even Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
Because of a strict NDA, all we know about the unnamed couple is that they live in California and have two young kids and a private chef. Taylor describes them in the show as “very exclusive, high-network” clients, noting that they must be rich rich if they send their attorney to pick out a place for them.
The buyers are in search of a one-floor space with high ceilings, two kitchens, a lot of privacy and a Downtown Manhattan vibe.
Taylor eventually finds them exactly what they’re looking for — the only problem is that the space is listed at $22 million.
Despite the high price, the buyers decide to put in a final offer of $21.7 million, securing the place for more than double their budget and earning Taylor a commission of $651,000.
But what we all want to know, as viewers, is who these people are. Prince Harry and Markle check many of the boxes: two young kids, California-based and a need for privacy. Taylor even suggests that her boss Ryan Serhant might’ve paired her with them since they’re both British.
Well, we asked Serhant about these theories — and, unfortunately, he said they are “incorrect.”
The real estate mogul also explained a bit more about the deal.
“To be fair, it’s not that they went way over budget, it’s that they just didn’t really have a budget to start with,” he told DECIDER. “We tell everybody when they want to come and buy a place in New York City, ‘You’re about to spend more money than you’ve ever thought, forever on a home.'”
He added, “New York City is very, very expensive, but it’s expensive now. It’s always the most expensive right now. And I just don’t think they knew [how much] they thought for what they wanted.”
While Serhant was tight-lipped about who the buyers were, he did reveal that this was hardly the first time he had sold an expensive property unseen.
“We sold a townhouse on 68th St. for $57 million over FaceTime in South Africa. We sold another townhouse on 61st St. for $16.3 million over FaceTime in Croatia,” he said. “So, we have a big following and huge reach, which is why people also want to list their properties with us, because we can do stuff like that.”
Owning Manhattan is currently streaming on Netflix.
