Fox News host Sean Hannity was reportedly on the buyer’s side of an ocean-to-lake estate that sold before Thanksgiving for a recorded $23.5 million in the wealthy town of Manalapan south of Palm Beach.
Hannity also owns a Palm Beach townhouse, which he bought in 2021 and last year declared to be his primary residence, according to Palm Beach County records.
The Wall Street Journal on Dec. 3 was the first media outlet to identify Hannity as the buyer behind the purchase of the Manalapan estate at 1840 S. Ocean Blvd.
The Palm Beach Daily News had reported the sale Nov. 27, the day after a deed recorded that listed the buyer as a Georgia-based trust named after the address of the property, which measures about 2 acres. The Daily News has not independently confirmed Hannity’s involvement in the sale, but the deed listed his longtime financial adviser, William G. Lako Jr., as trustee of the buying entity.
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The identity of the seller of 1840 S. Ocean Blvd. remains hidden in public records behind the Florida limited liability company that bought the estate three years ago for a recorded $18 million. But the Journal article cited mortgage records to link the selling entity, 1840 South Ocean LLC, to Palm Beach resident and financier Randall Smith. He is married to real estate investor Barbara Stovall Smith, who has been involved with the purchase and sale of multiple properties in Palm Beach over the past decade, the Palm Beach Daily News has confirmed.
