A Truly Major Week for Santa Barbara Real Estate

What looks like a huge week for local real-estate sales was actually even huger, because these 22 are only the ones that were entered into the MLS. We’ll have to wait till the others show up in the county records to learn their closing prices.

1210 CHANNEL DRIVE
New-build Warner Group design that wasn’t even on the market for a month.
Listed: $18.5 million in August 2020.
Closed: $17.45 million.

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851 BUENA VISTA DRIVE
Took a while—and a massive reduction in expectations.
Listed: $20 million in April 2017.
Closed: $12.2 million.

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705 RIVEN ROCK ROAD
See above.
Listed: $18.5 million in August 2017.
Closed: $10.282 million.

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1684 SAN LEANDRO LANE
Extremely gracious 1920 Reginald Johnson houses in the Hedgerow. 
Listed: $7.995 million in February 2020.
Closed: $7.5 million.

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1171 GLENVIEW ROAD
Five-bedroom house in Pepper Hill.
Listed: $6.495 million in August 2020.
Closed: $6.495 million.

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736 TORO CANYON ROAD
From the listing: “Designed by Leif Aarestrup, founder of the Lief Gallery in Los Angeles, this estate is a rare art collection in and of itself boasting a Baroque fountain from an Austrian monastery circa 1680, French Empire lamps from 1810, an 1880 French statue at the courtyard entrance, and beautiful iron doors with two Danish crowns from the Queen Schakenborg Castle.” Pictured above: “a handmade Swedish fireplace from 1800.”
Listed: $10 million in March 2020.
Closed: $5.7 million.

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1465 E. MOUNTAIN DRIVE
The views you’d expect, but it needs new surfaces throughout.
Listed: $7.5 million in May 2019.
Closed: $5.225 million.

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833 KNAPP DRIVE
Part of the original 1905 George Owen Knapp estate, Arcady (the same Knapp as Knapp’s Castle).
Listed: $5.35 million in July 2020.
Closed: $4.85 million.

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2069 BOUNDARY LANE
In Birnam Wood between the golf course and East Valley Road.
Listed: $4.395 million in August 2018.
Closed: $4.105 million.

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516 BRAEMAR RANCH LANE
Six-bedroom house in the Yankee Farm part of town.
Listed: $4.185 million in July 2020.
Closed: $4.025 million

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615 HOT SPRINGS ROAD
A lot of house but very little yard that doesn’t face Hot Springs.
Listed: $3.895 million in August 2020.
Closed: $3.95 million.

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1850 E. LAS TUNAS ROAD
Midcentury on the Riviera.
Listed: $3.85 million in January 2020.
Closed: $3.7 million.

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965 VIA FRUTERIA
The only way it would be worth $9.9 million is if it sat on a gold mine.
Listed: $9.9 million in May 2019.
Closed: $3.4 million.

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1177 SUMMIT ROAD
Cute house in the Coast Village area of Montecito.
Listed: $3.25 million in July 2020.
Closed: $3.17 million.

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3903 LAGUNA BLANCA DRIVE
On the golf course in Hope Ranch.
Listed: $3.875 million in June 2019.
Closed: $3.1 million.

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221 E. ISLAY STREET
1922 Upper East house with room to build.
Listed: $2.995 million in August 2020.
Closed: $3.03 million.

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2150 EAST VALLEY ROAD
1952 California cottage.
Listed: $2.8 million in August 2020.
Closed: $2.8 million.

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2014 GARDEN STREET
A.k.a. Crocker Row #2, built in 1895.
Listed: $3.2 million in December 2019.
Closed: $2.535 million.

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822 DE LA GUERRA TERRACE
Clunky facade but otherwise appealing.
Listed: $2.395 million in May 2020.
Closed: $2.266 million.

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4357 CUNA DRIVE
For this Hope Ranch Annex house, the third time pending was the charm.
Listed: $2.245 million in June 2020.
Closed: $2.125 million.

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1399 GREENWORTH PLACE
Midcentury in the Hedgerow. Hoping we get to see it post-renovation….
Listed: $2.2 million in August 2020.
Closed: $2.05 million.

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750 OLIVE AVENUE
2002 Craftsman in Carp that could pass for much older (in a good way).
Listed: $2.495 million in January 2020.
Closed: $2 million.

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