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March 8, 2022

The Santa Barbara Real Estate Market Continues to Run Wild

Last week's sales include a Butterfly Beach time capsule on the market forever; Jeff Shelton's Pistachio House; 1931 Edwards & Plunkett on a Lower Riviera cul-de-sac; the San Marcos Pass Road house with the massive boulder; several profitable flips; and more.

March 1, 2022

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Bought the Montecito Villa Inspired by the Alhambra and a Ferrari

Last week's sales also included an El Cielito Road property that went for $1 million over ask; a house with a "unique stone cave"; two to-be-constructed houses in the Boulders; an Alta Mesa property that exceeded expectations; and more. 2

February 22, 2022

1923 Stone-Clad Cottage Sells for 40 Percent Over Ask

Last week's sales also included an Oak Creek Canyon villa rich with European splendor; the old Arcady pool house; Pepper Hill charmer ready for a makeover; a divorcée special in the Hedgerow; successful spec renovation above San Roque; and more. 2

February 15, 2022

Rob Lowe and Sheryl Berkoff Just Made a Very Profitable Flip

Last week's sales also included the contemporary house atop TV Hill; John Mellencamp's aerie flip; an 8,380-square-footer in Hope Ranch; a sweet cottage on 65 acres on the road to Ojai; 1921 house on Ortega Ridge; and more. 2

February 8, 2022

House Overlooking Hendry’s Beach Sells for Nearly Twice Its 2018 Price

Last week's sales also included a likely teardown on the Riviera that went for $1.3 million over ask; Campanil fixer with neat views; a bunch of flips; downtown townhome for $3.4 million; Hope Ranch flip in the making; and many more.

February 1, 2022

Picacho Lane Estate Goes for $18.6 Million

Last week's sales also included 102 acres above the San Marcos Foothill Preserve; widescreen mountain views in Bel Air Knolls; the MUS premium on Hot Springs Road; a four-bedroom on an acre in Carpinteria; and a cottage flip on East Valley Road.

January 25, 2022

Hot Tub Heaven on Hot Springs Lane

There weren't many other major sales last week—just two in Hope Ranch—but don't think for a second that the market is cooling.

January 18, 2022

Funky Montecito Compound Sells for Over Ask

Last week's sales also include two houses way up the hill; the "Hope Ranch barn"; Equestrian Avenue three-bedroom; landscape designer Eric Nagelmann's garden cottage; and more.

January 11, 2022

Montecito’s 1918 Hacienda de Piedras Sells for $17.5 Million

Last week's sales also include a Toro Canyon aerie offloaded by a former Disney executive; 1935 Monterey Colonial; French-country three-bedroom in Birnam Wood; 1970s Hope Ranch; 39-acre farm near Glen Annie Golf Club; sweet-as-pie Hedgerow house; Harbor Hills two-bedroom for well over ask; Brinkerhoff Avenue house from 1885; and more.

January 4, 2022

Ortega Ridge Farmhouse Sells for $16 Million

Last week's sales also include a 1950s adobe walkable to Hammonds Beach; a 2016 San Roque house that went for well over the initial ask; a six-bedroom house in a Goleta gated community; an unbuilt house in the Boulders; and more.