Archive for Santa Barbara Properties Market outlook
Santa Barbara oceanfront home site
Santa Barbara Oceanfront home site video of one of the rarest oceanfront parcels in the world.
Santa Barbara Real Estate – Its not Complicated!
I recently saw the movie “Its Complicated” , a romantic comedy set in Santa Barbara, directed by Nancy Meyers and starring a Santa Barbara resident, Steve Martin and a Classic Santa Barbara estate. In an interview in Santa Barbara Magazine, Nancy Meyers says she chose a Santa Barbara property for the locale in the movie [...]
Montecito Ocean View Estates
Viewed several spectacular ocean view properties in Montecito this week!
The first is an estate which boasts a prime location – with Oprah as a neighbor. Buy this home and perhaps one day you will be invited to attend one of Oprah’s exclusive events!
Of course another reason to buy the property is to own a [...]
Santa Barbara & Montecito Real Estate on Rebound?
Housing starting to show a recovery in Santa Barbara and Montecito? Some indicators sure do point in that direction. Existing home sales increased in July by 7.2% – this is the biggest single month increase on record. Two additional impressive items of note – July pending home sales increased to a 2 year high and [...]
Santa Barbara real estate forclosures are minimal, and area home owners are thankful
The Santa Barbara real estate market has proven itself through good markets and bad, that the old real estate tenet of , Location, Location, Location is still enforce!! The Santa Barbara properties market continues to out perform most markets in the US and the world for that matter. Just review many of our “Santa Barbara properties [...]
Montecito Estate Buyer’s Market
The Santa Barbara Association of Realtors recently held its Real Estate & Economic Review & Forecast for the Santa Barbara real estate market at the Montecito Country Club. This review of the recent Santa Barbara Real Estate market dynamics, including the luxury real estate market, shows the median price has come down over the last 12 [...]
Santa Barbara Real Estate Benefits From Prestigious Award
Santa Barbara real estate has yet another reason for sustained demand. Santa Barbara has just received a prestigious award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Santa Barbara was selected as one of the 12 most distinctive destinations in America. According to the Trust, they make their choices based on “vacation destinations across the United States [...]
Santa Barbara Real Estate and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2009 (SBIFF) runs in Santa Barbara, California from January 22 through February 1. Along with its idyllic Mediterranean climate and setting, the SBIFF has put Santa Barbara, California on the map, providing notoriety to Santa Barbara as a resort destination. Even through today’s market conditions, Santa Barbara view, oceanfront and [...]
Montecito estate properties offer significant buying opportunity
The following are compelling reasons to why it may now be a very opportune time to be a Montecito Estate buyer within the luxury Montecito properties market. Looking at figures comparing this year to last year shows an increase of approximately 18% more homes coming onto the Montecito real estate market in 2008 than 2007. There [...]
In the Santa Barbara real estate market, is it better to rent or buy?
We have been asked this question a fair amount lately. "In the Santa Barbara real estate market, is renting right now a better option than buying a home or a condo, and waiting it out until the market settles?"
The Answer: Well it really depends on your situation, but there has never been a clearer time in [...]