Feb 15th	Santa Barbara Real Estate Voice, Your Online Real Estate Resource
2008	Categories: Buyer's Resources & Advice, Santa Barbara, Seller's Resources & Advice

Santa Barbara Real Estate Voice is an online resource for Santa Barbara Real Estate, Montecito Real Estate and the surrounding areas.  When you work with a real estate agent to sell or buy a home, it will in all likelihood be the first or second largest financial decision of your life!!  That is a very big decision.  With that in mind, Santa Barbara Real Estate Voice is here to help you with finding information for all your real estate related questions and needs for Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland, Goleta, Hope Ranch, Carpinteria and the Santa Barbara Wine Country. You can search the Santa Barbara... Read more

Tags: Carpinteria, Goleta, Hope Ranch, market statistics, market updates, montecito real estate, neighborhood info, santa barbara area listings, santa barbara area mls, santa barbara real estate, schools, Summerland

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Feb 6th	Treat your Kitchen’s Home to Food from The Santa Barbara Farmer’s Market
2008	Categories: Green Housing & Living, Santa Barbara Local / Things to Do

The local Santa Barbara Certified Farmer's Market is simply a huge blessing and treat for all those who live in the Santa Barbara area.  Founded in 1983, the local Farmer's Market was established to provide California farmers with the ability to directly access a market for their agricultural products to the local community.  For the Santa Barbara community, it has provided a tasty and entertaining way to help support are local farmers, the environment, as well as put great food into our homes.  Prepare yourself to come across several unusual fruits and vegetables you have never seen before.  Innovative growers come up with many... Read more

Tags: downtown santa barbara, Goleta, santa barbara community, santa barbara farmer's market

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Feb 5th	Any Great Deals on Homes in Foreclosure in Santa Barbara?
2008	Categories: Buyer's Resources & Advice, Foreclosures & Bank Owned, Santa Barbara

This seems to be a common question I get here lately in Santa Barbara and Montecito, mainly from first-time home buyers and investors.  Like many things in life though, it simply depends. The common myth out there seems to universally be that homes in foreclosure must be the best opportunities to buy a cheaper home or get a "great deal".  Here is the big problem with this line of thought, at least in a town such as Santa Barbara or Montecito. First, when you see statistics in the newspapers or online about foreclosures in the Santa Barbara area, it almost always refers to... Read more

Tags: Carpinteria, experienced full-time realtor, First-time Home Buyers, foreclosure in santa barbara, Goleta, homes in foreclosure in santa barbara, Montecito, realtor, Santa Barbara, santa barbara proper

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Jan 28th	Santa Barbara Real Estate Market Update for the Goleta North Real Estate Area – Overall Yearly Sales Statistics for 2007
2008	Categories: Goleta, Market Statistics / Updates

Goleta North Real Estate for January 1, 2007 - December 31st, 2007 I have summarized below an easy to look at brief outline of the overall statistics for the Santa Barbara Real Estate  market for the Goleta North area: The total number of single family homes sold was 139.  Overall the average sales price in 2007 was at $1,173,843.  The average days on the market were 71 in 2007. The total number of condos / townhomes sold was 45.  Overall the average sales price in 2007 was at $585,009.  The average days on the market were 68 in 2007. The total number of PUDs sold was... Read more

Tags: Goleta, goleta real estate, market update, personal listings, Real Estate News, single family homes, townhomes

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