Lenders More Upbeat About Housing Recovery
It's true, lenders are more upbeat about the direction of the housing recovery The housing recovery continues: more than 70% of lenders surveyed said home prices are "rising at a sustainable pace," according to a quarterly survey of U.S. bank pro...
10 Best Things to Love About Santa Barbara
There's so much to love about Santa Barbara that it's hard to pick only 10 but here it goes.... It seems almost sacrilegious to just list down ten things to love about Santa Barbara – but then enumerating all of them would take up a great deal m...
Selling Santa Barbara Luxury Real Estate
Selling Santa Barbara luxury real estate can be tricky The purchase or sale of Santa Barbara luxury real estate is different than selling your average single-family home or starter condominium. That's why it's imperative to secure the assistance of ...
A Brief Look at Santa Barbara History
Santa Barbara History is Rich Santa Barbara history begins approximately 13,000 years ago with the arrival of the first Native Americans. For more than 10,000 years, the Canalenos (coast dwellers), or Chumash, lived in this region an enjoyed the r...
Prices Continue To Rise & Inventories Continue To Fall
Are you happy that prices continue to rise? In today's real estate market, prices continue to rise as inventories continue to fall. Over the past several weeks there have been a number of articles from various sources, including my blog on that sub...
Santa Barbara Real Estate: Rebounding Riviera
If you have read my June Newsletter and are seeking additional information regarding the Santa Barbara Real Estate Market the article Santa Barbara Real Estate: Rebounding Riviera is an excellent place to start. For several months now I have bee...
Real Estate Prices Are Going Back Up
Real Estate Investments Just Got Better Because Real Estate Prices are Going Back Up! The article Real Estate Prices Are Going Back Up is referenced in my June Newsletter and is an article from July 8th by Jed Kolko and is well worth the read. Ther...
Vacation home buyers – are they back?
Since the real estate collapse in 2008 I think it is safe to say the vacation home buyers market has been some what on the back burner for many people, with uncertainty in the economy and else where this is, to say the least, understandable. However,...
California Real Estate & the “Echo Boomers”
We have all heard of "Generation X" and "Baby Boomers" but what about "Echo Boomers." Between the demographic age of 17 and 31, there are sixty-two million echo boomers in the United States who between them are expected to shape the housing market ...
Santa Barbara Luxury Real Estate
In Santa Barbara we may be used to the term May grey but the Santa Barbara Luxury Real Estate market it is anything but grey with buyers continuing to be active and inventory continuing Aprils trend. For the month of May sales are up 40% with 47...