With just one notable upward price adjustment, and the rest down, the real estate market appears to one settling back into a sort of normality.
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Other recent news: Santa Barbara will replace parking kiosk workers with technology; the Apple store has reopened; complaints about the redistricting commission; cannabis grower agrees to work with community group; cannabis storefront applications; actor Ron Ely filed a wrongful-death lawsuit; courthouse arch restoration.
Plus: New York City home store opening in Montecito; Governor Newsom signed the bill banning many rat poisons; 30 new electric-vehicle charging stations at a downtown garage; grants for small businesses coping with Covid-19; royals deny reality show report.
This week’s notable new listings include terrific old houses in the Upper East and on Equestrian Avenue, a miniature compound, a sweet farmhouse, a Mesa Cape Cod with a funky roofline, and more.
Other recent news: A small plane crashed into the ocean off Isla Vista; new efforts to get college students to behave appropriately during the pandemic; update on Highway 101 wildlife crossing.
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Since the couple lives in Montecito, they seem likely to shoot here—a glimpse of their life will be the spoonful of sugar that makes the charity stuff more palatable. UPDATE: A spokesperson subsequently denied the report.
More food news: Rumors of a change at Derf’s Cafe; the deli at Little Dom’s Seafood is open for takeout; learn to make a standout dish from the Lark; praise for Rancho San Julian’s dry-farmed melons.
Other recent news: A rundown of local candidates; rating school-board candidates; new system to protect whales from ships; Board of Supervisors rejects grand jury accusations; resort with five golf courses proposed for Vandenberg Air Force Base; civilians sought for police-review board; opposition to Los Olivos bridge demolition.
The days of only turnkey properties under $5 million being hot are well over—everything is selling, at all price points and in all conditions.
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