Ellen DeGeneres Buys New Montecito House Right Next to Oprah

EXCLUSIVE

Ellen DeGeneres is back in her old haunt — Montecito, CA — and, while her new estate there is a little smaller, it shares a property line with Oprah Winfrey … TMZ has learned.

Ellen’s new spread put her back just under $7.2 mil and sits on nearly 6 acres and includes 2 Spanish style homes — one is 3,000 sq. ft and was built in 1845. The other is 3,600 sq. ft. … built in 2006. There’s also a barn for horses — and the place has amazing ocean views.

It’s in the same gated community where Oprah lives. Ellen can literally go knock on her door for a cup of sugar.

Ellen’s still in the process of selling her old Montecito mansion — that one was on 17 acres — for $39.5 million. And, oh yeah, the land baroness just snapped up a beach pad down the coast in Carpinteria, CA.