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Jun 182013

Most Expensive Home for Sale in the Santa Barbara Area

Have you been wondering what the most expensive home for sale in the Santa Barbara area currently is? While we certainly have no shortage of high value properties in the region, some just come with significantly loftier price tags for various reasons...

Jun 122013

Get Your Offer Accepted

With more and more buyers seeking fewer and fewer houses there are a number of things a buyer can do to try and make sure his or her offer gets noticed in a competitive marketplace driven by lower inventory levels. (more…)...

May 232013

Real Estate Prices Rising Across the Country

There have been numerous articles in recent months about the surge in home prices, so lets take a deeper look into some of the numbers and see what is happening in various parts of the US, including the Santa Barbara area, and why prices are rising a...

May 162013

Celebrity Living in Santa Barbara

What's it like to be a celebrity living in Santa Barbara? In a word, refreshing. The American Riviera has been a magnet for the rich and famous for over a century and celebrities here can stroll down the street without getting stared at or otherwise ...

May 142013

Preparing Your Santa Barbara Home For Sale

There are several things sellers can do when preparing their homes for sale in order to make them more appealing to  buyers and minimize any negotiations over requests for buyer credits and potential legal actions. So, when you're preparing your San...

May 72013

Housing Recovery: Threats Remain

The recent drop in foreclosure rates to 2007 lows, combined with climbing home sales and prices (as seen in Santa Barbara real estate!), are a reflection that the real estate market is continuing to gain ground. Threats remain, however. What are they...

May 22013

Foreign Investment In Real Estate: The Luxury Market

In today's real estate environment, more and more buyers are coming from overseas to purchase primary and/or secondary residences. That phenomenon is being seen in Santa Barbara real estate, and especially when it comes to Montecito homes. In order t...

Apr 242013

Top 10 Best Estates in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara has long been synonymous with gracious living, its hillsides, and beaches strewn with some of the grandest estates in the country. Having been a Santa Barbara Realtor for more than 20 years, I have become more than familiar with our...

Apr 112013

Luxury Real Estate – Proposed Tax Cuts

President Barack Obama once again is calling for a cap on the value of itemized deductions, including the mortgage-interest and property-tax deductions, in his 2014 federal budget request. The cap would limit the value of deductions to 28 perce...

Apr 112013

Land Prices Rise as Builders Scramble for Lots

An improving housing market is creating a sharper increase in land prices and "creating big profits for land investors, but putting pressure on builders to further increase the price of new homes," The Wall Street Journal reports. Land values acr...

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