Radio talk show host Alan Colmes and his wife Jocelyn Crowley have purchased apartment 16C at 2 Fifth Avenue for $1.1 million, according to a deed that showed up in public records today, Curbed reported. The listing and floorplan for Colmes’ new pad don’t appear to be online, but another C-line apartment a few floors up is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit. Last July, Colmes, commentator and formerly half of Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” sold his triplex penthouse in the Silk Building at 14 East 4th Street for $1.725 million. [Curbed]

Britney Spears and the Silk Building at 14 East 4th Street

A price-chop-plagued penthouse at 14 East 4th Street, otherwise known as the Silk Building, which once belonged to pop singer Britney Spears, can’t seem to nail an asking price that appeals to the masses. When Spears sold the apartment in 2006, it was after two years of sitting without a buyer and after $2 million in price reductions. It seems little has changed since then — the current owners have been trying to unload the property since the middle of 2008, during which time they reduced their asking price to about $5 million from an original figure of $6.6 million. [more]

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Alan Colmes and images from 14 East Fourth Street

Alan Colmes, formerly one half of the political odd couple “Hannity & Colmes” on Fox News, may be popular with about half the country, but his penthouse condo at 14 East Fourth Street isn’t getting much love. The apartment, located in the famed Silk Building, which once counted Britney Spears as a resident, first came onto the market in March this year with an asking price of $1.995 million, New York magazine reported. The unit was pulled off the market in September, only to remerge earlier this month with a price tag down $45,000. That, apparently, wasn’t enough of a discount. The 1,501-square-foot home, marketed by the Corcoran Group’s Margaret Heffernan, recently saw its price drop again, down to $1.895 million, it was just reported.