Hot Property

April 24, 2021

Nearly 17,000-Square-Foot House Sells for $19.1 Million

Other notable closings include Miramar Beach two-bedroom; 1926 Riviera villa; Lutah Maria Riggs in the Golden Quadrangle; Jeff Shelton in low-key mode; a pair of $3 million houses right near the freeway; and more.

April 17, 2021

Double-Wide Miramar Beach House Sells for $16 Million

The week's other notable sales include a 1902 compound on Riven Rock Road; Hope Ranch house that closed in three days; Hedgerow four-bedroom that went for $300,000 over ask; French Provincial in Birnam Wood; and more.

April 10, 2021

Santa Barbara Real Estate Continues to Sell Like Hotcakes

It was another $80 million week in closings (and that's just the properties over $3 million). See what sold and for how much, including two Picacho Lane estates, a Hope Ranch architectural statement, a midcentury with potential, and a Lower Riviera charmer.

April 3, 2021

21-Acre Compound in Toro Canyon Sells for $9.25 Million

The week's other notable sales include a 9,000-square-foot Mediterranean in Ennisbrook; vacant lot flipped for $1.5 million more after just nine months; a cute 1941 Moody Sisters house; big villa on prestigious Park Lane; elegance on Emerson Avenue; and more.

March 27, 2021

Another $100 Million Week for Local Real Estate

And that's not even including sales under $3 million. Notable properties to change hands include houses on Butterfly Beach and Sand Point Road for $31 million and $23 million, respectively; one of Birnam Wood's best; a neat mini-compound near the Natural History Museum; and a Crocker Row grande dame in the Upper East.

March 20, 2021

High-Priced Montecito House Sells for $1.7 Million Over Ask

Yet another huge week for local real estate, with noteworthy sales also including a 1928 Tudor on three acres; a new-build just off Olive Mill Road; a five-acre Picacho Lane estate; two Mediterranean villas that went for at least $8 million; a glam 1919 villa; a sweet, sunny house in Toro Canyon; the Sears kit house on Wellington Avenue; and more.

March 13, 2021

Maroon 5’s Adam Levine Spent $22.7 Million on a Historic Montecito Estate

Other noteworthy closings this week: Someone dropped $45 million on a Fernald Point compound; 105 oceanfront acres in Hollister Ranch; Hedgerow house that sold for $2.5 million more than it did just last summer; an architectural statement in Hope Ranch; and many more.

March 6, 2021

1929 Riviera Stunner Sells for Almost $10 Million

Noteworthy sales this week also include one of the most stylish houses in Montecito, a glamour puss on Pepper Hill, a compound near the Miramar resort, Ladera Lane spec reno on the market for nearly two years, a Riven Rock fixer, and more. 1

February 27, 2021

Natalie Portman Sells 10-Acre Montecito Property for Healthy Profit

The local real estate market is even hotter than it was six months ago: everything is selling, often going into escrow before officially being listed and selling above ask with a quick close. So if you think you might want to sell—and you have somewhere else to live—now is the time.

February 20, 2021

Midcentury on the Riviera Ready for a Transformation

Other noteworthy sales in the past week include a 1947 house on Picacho Lane, another Hope Ranch teardown, turnkey in Cielito with indoor pool and gym, a dazzling mountain setting above Carp, and the Coyote Road hovel.