March 6, 2022
Just Listed
March 3, 2022
February 24, 2022
Riven Rock Road Estate Asking Twice What It Sold for Ten Months Ago
Noteworthy new listings also include a Riviera midcentury given a turnkey renovation; 1926 Joseph Plunkett gem in the Upper East; a 1935 Tudor in the Shepard Mesa part of Carpinteria; Alta Mesa house asking $3.6 million; a casita at El Rancho Hacienda; and more. 2
February 18, 2022
February 11, 2022
February 4, 2022
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi Are Going for a $13.9 Million Flip
Noteworthy new listings also include a stone-clad bungalow from the 1920s; prominent Padaro Lane pocket for $29.5 million; high style in Hope Ranch; 8,493-square-footer on Eucalyptus Hill's golden slope; oceanfront flip on Sea Ledge Lane; and more. 4
January 28, 2022
January 20, 2022
The Montecito Tea Gardens Property Is Back on the Market for $78 Million
Noteworthy new listings also include a sweet Summerland farmhouse; more-or-less turnkey Hope Ranch compound; low-key charm on Pepper Hill; "straight out of a romance novel" in Montecito; rural funk on Las Canoas Road; and more. 2
January 14, 2022
January 7, 2022
A Hundred-Year-Old Stone House on the Riviera
Other noteworthy new listings include a Cielito house with a grotto pool and an electrified cave; 11 acres above Summerland; a Riviera flip with approved plans for a new house; a Hedgerow teardown; the original model home for a gated community; and more. 1
Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
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