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Melissa Gorga's Home Makes 'Most Viewed' List

8 Pond View made Zillow's Top 10 ahead of the White House.

8 Pond View in Montville came in one place ahead of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on real estate website Zillow's list of its Top 10 Most Viewed Homes of 2011.

Melissa Gorga's mansion in the township ranked No. 7 on the list. The White House came in at No. 8.

Zillow said the homes that get the most clicks are "mostly mega-homes of the rich and famous that capture our collective imaginations."

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Gorga and her family were new cast members on the third season of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," a popular reality show that follows the lives of several families in New Jersey, including the family of Gorga's sister-in-law, Teresa Giudice, who also lives in the township.

One episode included scenes of Gorga and her family riding a mechanical bull on their Pond View front lawn on Thanksgiving. Gorga also

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The home, located on 2.235 acres, is assessed at about $1.5 million and its property tax bill last year was $52,108.33, according to tax records.

No word from Zillow on where Giudice's home at 6 Indian Lane in the Towaco section of town came in on their "most viewed" list.

According to a Bravo news release, Nielson Media Research found the first part of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" season three reunion drew 3.4 million viewers and made Bravo the No. 1 cable network among females 18 to 49 in the 10 p.m. hour.

Another New Jersey reality TV address—the "Jersey Shore" house in Seaside Heights—topped Zillow's list, followed by the Wehba Mansion in Los Angeles ($55 million) and the Frank Woolworth Estate in New York City ($90 million). 50 Cent's home in Farmington, Conn., came in at No. 5.


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