Santa Barbara Ocean Front for sale. Best 24 Santa Barbara beach properties for sale picked by www.RareEstates.com

Below are the 24 properties of Santa Barbara ocean front for sale offering the essence of the Santa Barbara beach front property life style as chosen by www.RareEstates.com Link to detailed property page and multiple photos. The Santa Barbara estates and signature property market is one which requires well informed local knowledge that is crucial to successful acquisition [...]

Mortgage rates for Santa Barbara properties end the week practically unchanged after volital week

Continuing winds of change were again working to keep the market of financials from settling just yet, throughout last week. Monday news brought a nice shot upwards for the stock market, as brow beaten Bear Stearns now is predicted to get $10 a share in their buyout, rather than a reported $2 a share. Very [...]

Santa Barbara real estate market year to date comparison to last year shows stability and renewed strength

The Santa Barbara real estate markets of Santa Barbara proper, Montecito real estate, and Hope Ranch real estate markets show continued strength and marked improvement moving through the first quarter of 2008. Statisctics below from Santa Barbara MLS for Single Family Homes and Condominiums.  This Year: 1/1/2008 to 3/24/2008 Last Year: 1/1/2007 to 3/24/2007 For: 3/24/2008 Property [...]

Volatility in the Bond market affected Santa Barbara home loan rates violently but fixed home mortgage rates were better by around .25 percentage points ending the week.

With unprecedented weekend work, the Fed, this past Sunday evening, released news that the they not only decided to move to a decreased Discount Rate by .25%, 2 days ahead of  normal, but they also had helped assist the rescue of investment house Bear Stearns. The 80+ year old firm had its stock bought out [...]

Santa Barbara $50 Million Montecito beach front property, The Miramar Hotel and resort sees yet another delay

Sept. 6, 2007 – Premier Montecito beach front property resort and hotel is a Santa Barbara property jewel that has been mired again in bureaucratic red tape   Rick Caruso, the new owner and developer of the signature Montecito beach property Miramar Hotel says he’s redesigned the plan for the Santa Barbara beach front property, Miramar [...]

Perfect Santa Barbara contemporary home, majestic views, built with Green Building techniques

 This Montecito contemporary home for sale, built in state of the art Green Building techniques, perched on a knoll overlooking Santa Barbara beaches and the Santa Barbara Harbor to the south and the Santa Ynez mountains to the north, this one of a kind Montecito mini estate home on over 6 acres of private land is approximately 2100 sq [...]

What is the current state of the Santa Barbara Real Estate Market, Montecito real estate, Hope Ranch properties and surrounding areas?

Recent analysis of some strong market indicators, We have found the following: Today, on the Santa Barbara real estate market supply side, there is about a 4 month supply of Santa Barbara homes for sale in the median price range of the Santa Barbara real estate market place, greatly improved from an 11 month supply in [...]

Hope Ranch real estate, Santa Barbara Ocean bluff top masterpiece. www.RareEstates.com dream selection

Santa Barbara real estate has some of the finest homes and estate properties in the world. This Hope Ranch estate is a best of breed pick by www.RareEstates.com This Santa Barbara ocean front estate property inside prestegeous Hope Ranch is a richistani dream. The property is set on an ocean front point above the beautiful Hope Ranch beach, [...]

Sub-Prime housing debacle is over-hyped, stock market media influenced, press sensationalism

Wall Street is always looking to pry real estate equity into unreliable stock investments. Make lenders more responsible and housing markets will remain stable. (original post from August 2007). In case anyone hasn’t noticed, there are many real estate markets across the US that continue to fire on all cylinders. Some are again out of [...]

Santa Barbara home for sale is best value in the downtown area

This Santa Barbara California home for sale is nearly 1700 sq. ft. +-. A 3 bedroom 2 bath town home in a pristine creekside private setting. At this size living area this lovely home would be $1.2 to $1.3 million were it a single family home. It is truely an excellent value at $699,000 Click [...]