Last week’s sales….
1650 EAST VALLEY ROAD
1002 five-bedroom with classic traditional interiors, handsome guest quarters, and an itty-bitty pavilion by the back gate; it’s on the S-shaped stretch of East Valley Road across from Knollwood Tennis Club.
Listed: $12.25 million in April 2026, cut to $11.75 million after two months.
Closed: $9.95 million.
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857 PICACHO LANE
Floops of a 2010 house on two acres built by the late novelist Sue Grafton and her husband, Steve Humphrey, and subsequently given a spec reno by actress Meg Ryan, who sold it for $16.8 million in June 2025. That buyer listed it just two and a half months later for a rather ambitious price.
Listed: $21.9 million in August 2025, cut to $19.9 million in June 2026.
Closed: $18 million.
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4815 BASELINE AVENUE
2001 equestrian hacienda on just under 20 acres northeast of Santa Ynez..
Listed: $7.778 million in May 2026.
Closed: $7.578 million.
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3236 BRAEMAR DRIVE
Built in 1996 with 1970s lines and topped with a suburban Spanish–style roof, on 1.29 acres in Yankee Farm.
Listed: $5.25 million in July 2026.
Closed: $4.8 million.
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150 OLIVE MILL LANE
1950s ranch house with three en-suite bedrooms on Olive Mill Road.
Listed: $4.695 million in August 2026.
Closed: $4.795 million.
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115 BUTTERFLY LANE
Off-market sale of a 1983 three-bedroom in the Lower Village.
Listed: N/A.
Closed: $4.5 million.
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2707 GLENDESSARY LANE
1925 house with a tricky floor plan on two lots; the one to the west currently devoted to driveway and gardens.
Listed: $3.95 million in August 2026.
Closed: $3.95 million.
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1510 FRANCESCHI ROAD
1964 spiffer-upper with amazing views at the end of a shared private drive.
Listed: $4.5 million in May 2026, cut twice to $3.595 million.
Closed: $3.6 million.
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1663 SHEPARD MESA LANE
Suburban Spanish–style house on the back of Carpinteria’s Shepard Mesa with a formal garden.
Listed: $3.995 million in July 2026, cut to $3.585 million six weeks later.
Closed: $3.55 million.
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1269 CAMINO MELENO
Renovated 1969 five-bedroom, three-bath above N. Patterson Avenue.
Listed: $3.699 million in August 2026.
Closed: $3.475 million.
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4055 NARANJO DRIVE
Stylish spec reno of a 1960s California ranch house above Foothill Road, not far from La Colina Junior High. The seller paid $1.8 million in December 2024.
Listed: $3.995 million in April 2026, cut four times to $3.495 million.
Closed: $3.45 million.
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And a few others worth checking out:
••• 1303 Las Alturas Road: $3.326 million.
••• 1144 Portesuello Avenue: $2.75 million.
••• 878 Paseo Ferrelo: $2.55 million (below).
••• 700 Concha Loma Drive: $2.55 million.
••• 648 Surf View Drive: $2.5 million.
••• 1628 Chapala Street: $2.15 million.
••• 936 N. Nopal Street: $2.05 million.
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