The seven houses of John and Cindy McCain
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Those of you still curious, and still confused, over how many houses John and Cindy McCain really own, this Zillow blog post was written for you. Zillow’s Diane Tuman counts up the McCain properties and stops at seven (three in California); she also notes that the New York Times counted up to 11, Politico counted eight, and the Washington Post counted six.
She’s got photos, addresses and links to Zillow’s ‘Zestimates’ of how much each of the various McCain properties are worth. (The McCain ranch in Sedona, Ariz.? Zillow says it’s cheaper than a typical Westside L.A. starter home, at $613,000)
For the record, the L.A. Times counted at least eight McCain houses: ‘McCain and his wealthy wife, Cindy, have four homes -- in Arizona, California and Virginia -- worth about $9 million on local tax rolls. The McCains also own at least four other residential properties as investments or for use by other family members, public records show. All of the properties are held in the name of Cindy McCain and her dependent children through partnerships, limited corporations and trusts.’
In the same story, The Times laid out the unusual circumstances under which Barack Obama purchased his $1.6-million Chicago home:
Obama and his wife, Michelle, bought their only home, a three-story Georgian revival house in Chicago’s leafy Kenwood neighborhood, for $1.6 million in 2005. They probably could not have done that without help from Antoin Rezko, an early political patron. Rezko paid $625,000 to buy the adjoining lot from the home’s owner, who wanted to sell it in a package deal. Obama later bought a narrow strip of the Rezko lot. In June, a federal jury convicted Rezko of mail fraud, money laundering and other crimes. None of the charges related to Obama or his home.’
-- Peter Viles
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