Does Yahoo Real Estate Provide You With The Best Home Search Tools For Santa Barbara Real Estate?

Millions of Users Can’t Be Wrong...Or Can They! Yahoo! Real Estate reportedly attracts more than 5 million unique visitors per month. The Entire Yahoo! Network is one of the most trafficked internet destinations worldwide. The Yahoo! Network reportedly reaches 88% of home shoppers and 84% of homeowners. For general real estate information and news, I would like to point out that Yahoo is a wonderful resource.  I myself search here when looking for certain information and include myself as part of their network stats.  Real Estate Portals such as Yahoo, Trulia and Zillow are... Continue Reading >

What Do Buyers And Sellers Want Most From Their Santa Barbara Real Estate Agents?

Your Local Santa Barbara MLS, Local Knowledge and Honesty As access to MLS information has become more widely available to the public in the last few years, a large proportion of the real estate industry has become worried that the buying public would have no need for agents once they had this information.  In reality, the major change that has occurred is that this has simply lead to a more educated client from the beginning.  Great for everyone. Remember...the MLS access, how to guides, computer generated stats on zip codes etc. tell... Continue Reading >

Santa Barbara CA. Real Estate Among Pricey Cities That Pay Off

10 Pricey Cities that Pay Off by Matthew Bandyk of US News and World Report (short excerpt) "When you pay a lot of money for something, you hope to get a lot of value in return. Despite the housing downturn and the number of cheap houses it has left in its wake, there is still plenty of expensive land left. According to the Global Property Guide, an online real estate investor's guide, New York might have slipped from the second-most-expensive city in the world in 2008 to the sixth most expensive in 2009,... Continue Reading >

Joke Commentary by SmartMoney.com – What Realtors Don’t Say to Their Clients

I recently came across this article published by SmartMoney.com about supposedly "10 Things Your Real Estate Broker Won't Say" that to me is simply a joke. My First impression...What a lie and what a cowardly article by SmartMoney.com.  The reasons for this thinking by me are simply this: all of this is wrong/not true for any good agent no one takes claim for the article written (it is written by Staff) there is no where to comment back about these claims/points made Note: I tried to contact someone about this at SmartMoney.com and got no... Continue Reading >

Santa Barbara and Montecito CA. Luxury Real Estate Sales Update – First 6 Months 2009

--For our purposes here, I am going to refer to the luxury market here in our area as anything over $5 million. For the first 6 months of 2009, there were a total of 14 closed sales of luxury single family homes and condos here in Carpinteria, Montecito, Santa Barbara and Goleta CA.  As of July 1st, 2009, there were 3 properties in this luxury market that were pending sale (under contract). The highest sale within this luxury market was a French Country Estate built over 5 years with exceptional grounds and... Continue Reading >

Santa Barbara CA. Oceanfront / Beachfront Real Estate Sales Update – First 6 Months 2009

For the first 6 months of 2009, there were only 3 closed sales of single family homes and condos directly along the Oceanfront here in Carpinteria, Montecito and Santa Barbara CA.  As of July 1st, 2009, there were 0 properties directly along the Oceanfront area that were pending sale (under contract). The highest sale directly along the Oceanfront was a Mediterranean style home located in the cove in Montecito located at 1631 Posilipo Lane, Montecito CA., 93108.  The sales price was $8,300,000. Overall, this market directly along the Oceanfront was much slower... Continue Reading >

Samarkand Real Estate Sales Update, Santa Barbara CA. – First 6 Months 2009

For the first 6 months of 2009, there were a total of 5 closed sales of single family homes and condos in The Samarkand Neighborhood here in Santa Barbara CA.  As of July 1st, 2009, there was 1 property in The Samarkand Neighborhood that was pending sale (under contract). The lowest sale in Samarkand was a cute 2 bed 2 bath cottage in need of some updating located at 2923 Lomita Road, Santa Barbara CA., 93105.  The sales price was $715,000. The highest sale in Samarkand was a wonderful cottage set high... Continue Reading >

The Upper East Real Estate Sales Update, Santa Barbara CA. – First 6 Months 2009

For the first 6 months of 2009, there were a total of 10 closed sales of single family homes and condos in The Upper East Neighborhood here in Santa Barbara CA.  As of July 1st, 2009, there were 5 properties in The Upper East Neighborhood that were pending sale (under contract). The lowest sale in The Upper East was a bank owned 2 bed 2 bath condo located at 1600 Garden Street, Santa Barbara CA., 93101.  The sales price was $390,000. The highest sale in The Upper East was a wonderful Edwards... Continue Reading >

The Riviera Real Estate Sales Update, Santa Barbara CA. – First 6 Months 2009

For the first 6 months of 2009, there were a total of 13 closed sales of single family homes and condos on The Riviera here in Santa Barbara CA.  As of July 1st, 2009, there were 8 properties on The Riviera that were pending sale (under contract). The lowest sale on The Riviera was a lot and a foundation with good ocean views in which a buyer got one of the best deals we have seen here in Santa Barbara located at 581 Las Alturas Road, Santa Barbara CA., 93103. The... Continue Reading >

The Westside Real Estate Sales Update, Santa Barbara CA. – First 6 Months 2009

For the first 6 months of 2009, there were a total of 29 closed sales of single family homes and condos in The Westside Neighborhood here in Santa Barbara CA.  As of July 1st, 2009, there were 9 properties in The Westside area that were pending sale (under contract). The lowest sale on The Westside was a beat-up, bank-owned home that had been red-flagged by the city (tear down) located at 1721 Chino Street, Santa Barbara CA., 93101.  The sales price was $230,000 and received multiple offers. The highest sale on The... Continue Reading >

Downtown Santa Barbara Real Estate Sales Update, Santa Barbara CA. – First 6 Months 2009

For the first 6 months of 2009, there were 29 closed sales of single family homes and condos in the Downtown area here in Santa Barbara CA.  As of July 1st, 2009, there were 5 properties that were pending sale (under contract). The lowest sale in the Downtown area was single family home (short sale) in need of work located directly in the manufacturing area of Santa Barbara located at 636 East Gutierrez Street, Santa Barbara CA., 93103.  The sales price was $330,000. The highest sale in the Downtown area was a... Continue Reading >

Campanil Hill / Yankee Farm Real Estate Sales Update, Santa Barbara CA. – First 6 Months 2009

For the first 6 months of 2009, there were 2 closed sales of single family homes in the Campanil Hill / Yankee Farm area here in Santa Barbara CA.  As of July 1st, 2009, there were 0 properties that were pending sale (under contract). The lowest sale in the Campanil Hill / Yankee Farm area was a gracious single level Cottage/Ranch style home with ocean views on 1/8 acres located at 645 Sea Ranch Drive, Santa Barbara CA., 93109.  The sales price was $1,850,000. The highest sale in the Campanil Hill /... Continue Reading >