Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has scored quite the real estate touchdown, selling off three expansive homes in the tony L.A. neighborhood of Hidden Hills within a matter of hours—for a total of $21.3 million.
The first two properties in Stafford’s stacked sale were part of an expansive compound that the 2025 NFL MVP and his wife, Kelly Stafford, purchased from rapper Drake for a total of $11 million in 2022. The third is a sprawling red brick mansion that the duo picked up for $10.5 million that same year.
Stafford, 38, and his 37-year-old wife—who share four daughters—have spent close to two years trying to offload the properties from Drake’s so-called YOLO (you only live once) estate, putting both dwellings on the market for the first time in the fall of 2024.
In September of that year, the smaller of the two homes, which spans nearly 2,500 square feet and sits on just over 2 acres of land, was listed for $6.8 million—$800,000 more than the Staffords had paid for it. One month later, the other property, which the couple had purchased for $5 million, was also put on the market with an asking price of $5.7 million.
After many months, and multiple price changes, records show that the two abodes both sold on June 3 to the same buyer, who purchased them for a total of $11.6 million via an LLC, meaning the Staffords earned a profit of just $600,000 on the sale.
Had both houses achieved their highest asking prices of $6.5 million and $6.995 million, the duo would have walked away with a total of $13.45 million, $2.45 million more than they paid for the homes.
However, when it came to the sale of their third abode, which closed on June 4, the couple actually took a fairly hefty loss of nearly $1 million, selling it for $9.7 million to a separate LLC, having bought it four years ago for $10.5 million.
The sprawling abode does not appear to have been listed on the MLS, suggesting that the couple sold it in an off-market transaction.
Perched on just over 1.5 acres of land, the enormous 7,500-square-foot abode was described in a previous listing as a “stunning Hidden Hills manor” that featured its own private vineyard, as well as “colorful gardens,” and a pool and spa.
Offering eight bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, the dwelling also boasts an “array of spacious sunlit public living rooms,” the listing description stated.
When the Staffords closed on the home in March 2022, it was reported that they were planning to use the enormous property as their primary residence—however just over one year later, they upped their real estate game when they splashed out $28.2 million on an adjacent spec mansion that was being built on a piece of land previously owned by Jennifer Lopez.
The pop star lived in an enormous mansion on the parcel for seven years until 2017, when she sold the property—at which point her home was demolished and the land was separated into two plots, one of which was earmarked for the Staffords’ new home.
When Stafford and his wife purchased the extraordinary mansion, it was still in the process of being built and their decision to offload the adjacent property suggests that their new dwelling may finally have been finished.
It was initially thought that the couple were planning to turn both abodes into a giant compound that would span approximately 3 acres and feature two pools, as well as the separate structures.
However, it seems the Staffords are more than happy with their new abode, which was previously described as offering more than 15,000 square feet of living space inside a modern, elegant structure with enormous walls of glass that overlook the Los Angeles skyline.
