Reese Witherspoon loses money in house sale

Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon ended 2013 by selling her California hone at a loss.

The Legally Blonde star purchased the lavish four-bedroom mansion in Ojai, California for $5.8 million in 2008, but she failed to find a buyer when she put it on the market for around $10 million in 2012.

Witherspoon was forced to slash the price and has now sold the house for just under $5 million , suffering a loss of approximately $816,500 , according to the Realestalker property blog.

The home, which features a barn, horse stables and carriage house, was in the spotlight in 2012 when Witherspoon loaned it to her Water for Elephants co-star Robert Pattinson after his headline-grabbing split from actress girlfriend Kristen Stewart.