Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country Real Estate. The Santa Ynez Valley is a bucolic valley dotted with vineyards, olive trees and oak trees, many of which are hundreds of years old. It is a feast for the senses as your eyes gaze over hundreds of acres at a time. Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country is home to…
Hope Ranch Real Estate. Hope Ranch is one of the most desirable communities in Santa Barbara. It consists of just under 800 homes on over 1800 acres of park like grounds. It is nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez mountain range so many of the beautiful homes in Hope Ranch offer terrific ocean and mountain views. Within the…
Santa Barbara Oceanfront Real Estate. Santa Barbara oceanfront real estate is arguably one of the most desirable destinations in the world. Santa Barbara is a small oceanfront resort community with great weather, architecture, flora & fauna and residents want to keep it that way. Residents of Santa Barbara love and enjoy the clean and uncrowded…
As reported in USA Today, The Gallup-Healthways Well Being Index interviewed more than 353,000 Americans in 2009 in preparation for this study. The study looked at how Americans feel about their job, their health, their lives and their future. Santa Barbara County ranked in the top 10.
Montecito Real Estate January 1st through May 31, 2011. The number of Montecito homes sold through the end of May 2011 is up 23.9% versus the same time last year. The number of newly listed Montecito homes for sale is down 0.7% compared with this same time last year. The median sales price of Montecito…
Santa Barbara Luxury Real Estate Sales Activity Sales in the Santa Barbara luxury real estate market in 2011 have certainly favored the buyers. In the Santa Barbara oceanfront real estate market, there have been 3 sales so far. One on Channel Drive was a private sale, outside of the Santa Barbara Multiple Listing Service. The sales…
Montecito Real Estate Statistics through October 2011 The number of homes sold in Montecito through October 2011 is up 10.3% compared with the same time last year. The number of Montecito homes listed for sale up only 1.9% when compared to last year. There are several terrific opportunities in the Montecito Real Estate market. To…
Year End Pending Surge in Santa Barbara Luxury Real Estate In what would otherwise be a traditional Holiday slow down for Santa Barbara real estate, we are experiencing a surge in the luxury segment. Recently we saw a Hope Ranch home listed for $6.8 million, a Montecito home listed for $3.5 million, another Montecito home…
2011 Year End Statistics for Santa Barbara Real Estate and Montecito Real Estate Santa Barbara Real Estate There were 5.4% more Santa Barbara homes sold in 2011 than in 2010. The number of Santa Barbara homes listed for sale was about flat at 0.6% year over year. The median sales price of a Santa Barbara…
Santa Barbara Real Estate Market for 2012. The Santa Barbara Real Estate Market Starts 2012 with a BANG! The number of homes sold in Montecito doubled in January 2012 when compared with January 2011. A 100% increase! The number of Montecito homes listed for sale was up 36.4% over this same time. The median sales…