Simone Biles Sells Texas Home After Tearful Farewell

Simone Biles has sold the Spring, Texas, home where she lived for six years, saying in a TikTok video that leaving the property brought her to tears. Local real-estate reporting put the sale price between $1.08 million and $1.24 million, with the transaction closing October 15. Biles said she had not expected to feel so emotional. In the video, she described the house as the place where she felt she had grown up and become an adult, and recalled both good and bad memories from her years there. She also wished the next owners as much happiness in the home as she had experienced. In the caption, Biles said the house sold in four days. She described preparing air fresheners for potential buyers and showing her husband, Jonathan Owens, the home one last time, but said she cried instead. The video showed largely empty rooms and the backyard pool. Biles and Owens sold the home after building a custom residence they have described as their dream home. When a commenter asked why they were selling, Biles replied that they had built their dream home. According to her account of the project timeline, design work began in 2020, construction began in February 2022, and the new house was...