Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have quietly hit pause on selling the Beverly Hills palace that once symbolized their second shot at forever. After struggling to find a buyer at a steep discount from their original ask, the former couple has taken the $52 million estate off the market again, turning a high-profile breakup asset into an ongoing real estate saga. The move keeps one of Hollywood’s most talked‑about homes in limbo, even as their marriage is firmly in the rearview.
The decision caps a year and a half of price cuts, relistings, and whispers about what the house really means to them now. It started as a dream marital home, morphed into a very expensive loose end, and has now become a test case in how even the most glamorous exes navigate a cooling luxury market and a shared property that refuses to move.
The mansion that would not move
The property at the center of all this is not just another big house, it is a full‑scale compound in Beverly Hills that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck bought together at the height of their reunion. The estate, often described as a mega mansion, sits in the exclusive Wallingford area and sprawls across a massive footprint with a reported 24 bathrooms and extensive grounds that turned it into a self‑contained world for the pair and their blended family, according to details on the Wallingford estate. It was the kind of place that signaled permanence, the physical proof that Bennifer 2.0 was built to last.
That narrative started to crack once the relationship did. After their split, the house shifted from romantic symbol to logistical headache, and the former couple’s attempts to offload it have played out in public. Reports describe the mansion as a “last material link” between them, a reminder that even for celebrities, untangling a life together often comes down to what happens with the shared home, a point underscored in coverage of how Jennifer Lopez and approached the property.
From $68 m dream listing to $52 m reality check
When Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck first tried to sell the place, they did what many high‑end sellers do: they shot for the moon. The Beverly Hills estate hit the market at $68 m, with the public listing pegging the ask at $68 million in the summer of 2024, a figure that matched the hype around their then‑fresh marriage and the trophy status of the home, as reflected in reports on the initial $68 million price. It was a bold number even by Los Angeles luxury standards, but it fit the Bennifer narrative at the time, all grand gestures and second chances.
Reality, and the market, had other ideas. With no buyer stepping up at that level, the pair eventually slashed the price to $52 m, relisting the mansion for $52 million in Septembe after months of limited traction, according to coverage of the $52 m relist. That drop was not just a rounding error, it was a public acknowledgment that even a marquee name and a mega mansion cannot completely outrun buyer caution, higher borrowing costs, and a glut of ultra‑expensive homes sitting on the market.
Divorce finalized, house still in play
By the time the price cut landed, the relationship that birthed the purchase was already over. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck finalized their divorce about a year ago, closing the legal chapter on their marriage while the house remained stubbornly unsold. The timing meant that, even as they divided up other assets and moved on personally, they were still co‑captaining a very high‑stakes listing, a dynamic described in coverage noting that Jennifer Lopez and made a notable choice with the shared home a year after their split.
That lingering tie turned the mansion into more than just a line item on a balance sheet. Reports have framed it as a kind of emotional and financial loose end, the last big thing they still had to figure out together. One account described how, as time went on and other issues were resolved, the Beverly Hills property increasingly stood out as the last material link between them, a sentiment echoed in analysis of how Jennifer Lopez and approached the sale.
Inside the tug‑of‑war over price and strategy
Behind the scenes, the path from $68 million to $52 million was not entirely smooth. In May, sources told TMZ that Affleck was eager to cut the price to get the deal done, while Lopez reportedly preferred to keep the original ask on the table for longer, a split in strategy that was detailed in coverage of how TMZ characterized Affleck and Lopez. That tension is familiar to anyone who has tried to sell a home with an ex, just with a few more zeros and a lot more public interest attached.
Eventually, the price cut happened, and insiders have suggested that the push to slash the ask was Affleck’s idea, reflecting his desire to move on from the property more quickly. Reporting on the relist noted that the mansion was brought back to market for $52,000,000 after the reduction, with the move linked to Affleck’s stance in coverage of how Ben Affleck approached the sale. The relisting at that lower figure was confirmed in separate reporting that detailed how Jennifer Lopez and Affleck relisted the Beverly Hills mansion for $52,000,000.
The quiet decision to pull the listing
Even with the discount, the house did not move, and that is where the latest twist comes in. In Jan, property records and listing sites showed that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck had quietly taken the $52 million Beverly Hills mansion off the market again, ending the active sale effort for now, as reflected in reports that Jennifer Lopez and had removed the listing. The move was not accompanied by splashy announcements or social media statements, it simply disappeared from the public market, a quiet reset after a very loud year.
Coverage of the change noted that the mansion had already been pulled once before, then brought back at the lower price, and that this latest step suggests the exes are rethinking their options. One report on the shift highlighted that Jennifer Lopez and had again removed the $52 million property from active listings, reinforcing that the sale struggle has been persistent rather than a brief hiccup.
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