• John Legend has picked up a new apartment in the East Village. The Grammy-winning singer—who is still looking to unload his former pad on East 3rd Street—has reportedly gone into contract to buy a one-bedroom condo at 52 East 4th Street, where Moby owns an apartment, too. [WSJ]
• SNL's Kristen Wiig has paid $1.5 million for a director Alan Taylor's SoHo apartment. The loft at 476 Broadway had been listed for $1.75 million. [NYO]

• It's not just the Manhattan real estate market that's stressing out Alex Rodriguez: He's having difficulty selling his mansion in Coral Gables, too. The slugger has cut the price of the manse from $14.9 million to $12.3 million, which is just $300,000 more than what he and ex Cynthia paid for it in 2004. [WSJ, CB]
• Troy Roberts, a correspondent on CBS's 48 Hours, has paid $2.275 million for a two-bedroom apartment at 135 Watts Street in Tribeca. [Cityfile]
• Monster.com founder Andrew McKelvey has listed his 6,000-square-foot apartment in The Sovereign on East 58th Street for $7.9 million. [WSJ]