At the start of January, thousands of people evacuated to safety and, tragically, lost their homes in the LA fires. Amid many celebs sharing updates about their living situations and the fires causing production delays,

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The sale was due to Paltrow's desire to downsize, her realtor told the Wall Street Journal, now that her (and singer Chris Martin's) children, Apple and Moses, are growing up and attending college at Vanderbilt and Brown, respectively.

The 1950s single-story house was unharmed by the recent wildfires.

Gwyneth Paltrow sold her longtime Brentwood, California, house for $22 million, after dropping the price several times. Gwyneth originally purchased the single-story 8,000-square-foot home in 2012 with ex-husband Chris Martin.

Hollywood actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow has sold her Los Angeles mansion for a whopping $22 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The 8,000 sq. ft. property is located in Mandeville Canyon, an upscale area of Brentwood neighborhood.

Around seven months after it first hit the market for nearly $30 million and subsequently underwent a price chop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s longtime Los Angeles home in the Lower Mandeville Canyon area of Brentwood has sold to an unidentified buyer for $22 million.

According to records, the Goop founder has sold her Los Angeles property for a cool $22 million. While it’s a huge pay day, it’s not as much as Gwyneth was hoping to get for t