JLo closes in on new home purchase in LA

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly eyeing a new home in Los Angeles. Is her months-long property search almost over?

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Picture: Mindy Small/Getty Images

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly eyeing a new home in Los Angeles — very close to where her ex-husband Ben Affleck currently lives.

A source told TMZ the singer-actress toured a $US20 million ($A23 million) off-market mansion in Brentwood, the same neighbourhood where Affleck purchased his bachelor pad after they split.

The source said Lopez “really likes” the property but has “serious concerns” about the air quality around it given the ongoing wildfires that have been burning since January. 7.

Page Six reports the “Maid in Manhattan” star, 55, is fond enough of the place that she’s bringing in an air quality specialist to assess the area before proceeding with the purchase process.

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Jennifer Lopez is reportedly eyeing a $US20 million mansion in the Brentwood neighbourhood of LA. Picture: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Lopez recently toured the off-market estate, which is located near her ex Ben Affleck’s new house. Picture: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images

Affleck previously evacuated his $US20.5 million ($A31.3 million) mansion — located on the border of Brentwood and Pacific Palisades — that he bought just a few months before the deadly Palisades Fire ignited.

The blaze — which destroyed almost the entire neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades — was at 77 per cent containment, but officials warn of the air quality throughout the whole county.

“Fire debris and ash contain harmful substances like heavy metals, asbestos and toxic chemicals,” LA County Department of Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said at a press conference, according to ABC7.

“Heavy metals such as lead and arsenic can come from burned electronics and building materials,” she added, noting that “inhaled over a long period of time, [fire debris] can lead to chronic changes and … respiratory conditions.”

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Lopez “has been checking in on Ben”. Picture: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Affleck previously evacuated his $US20.5 million mansion. Picture: Realtor

Aflleck and Lopez publicly listed their Beverly Hills mega mansion for $US68 million. Picture: Realtor

Affleck, 52, temporarily stayed with his first wife, Jennifer Garner, and their three children — Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 12 — at the actress’ Brentwood home. He previously lived in a rental nearby.

However, the actor-director moved out of that property in September 2024 after purchasing his new house two months prior. Despite the ongoing Palisades Fire, he returned to that house on January 8.

Meanwhile, Lopez “has been checking in on Ben throughout this whole ordeal” and “let him know she’s there for him and the kids,” an insider previously told Page Six.

Though the former spouses — who were married for two years — finalised their divorce earlier this month, they are still trying to offload their marital mansion in Beverly Hills, which is on the market for a reported $US68 million ($A101 million) million.

Parts of this story first appeared in Page Six and was republished with permission.

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