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Happy 2026! This is one of our favorite newsletters to write. Taking time to reflect on the year behind us offers perspective, while looking ahead allows us to make a few educated guesses about what the next year may bring. So, what’s happened in the Santa Barbara real estate market in…
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Happy Thanksgiving, what a great time of year! It’s fun to finally have some weather — and all the festivities of the season ahead. So, what’s happening in the Santa Barbara real estate market? This market is hard to sum up in a few words, but here’s where things stand. Overall, this market…
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Howdy! We hope everyone enjoyed their summer. What is happening in the Santa Barbara Real Estate Market? Here are the headlines: Total Sales in July picked up compared to 2024 Sales for 2025 seem likely to outpace 2024 by at least 10% Pendings (homes under contract) have picked up Inventory Levels…
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What is happening in Santa Barbara’s Real Estate Market? There is a lot to digest and happening. Two big headlines: For the first 3 months of 2025, the median home sales price is a whopping $2,795,000. To put that into perspective, the median home sales price in 2024 was $2,172,130. On April…
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The end of the year and the start of a new one is a great time to look back and reflect. Even though it’s arbitrary, it’s a helpful marker to consider where our market is, what’s trending, and what might happen in the future. So what is the current state…
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Without a doubt the big news in the real estate market this month is… The long-awaited, predicted, and anticipated drop in the Fed Fund Rate, yahoo! While many anticipated an initial cut of 0.25%, it came as a surprise to many when the Fed decided on a 0.50% reduction. Although the…
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What to say & where to begin… here is the latest news in Santa Barbara real estate. You may have noticed that we have not sent out a newsletter in a few months, a brief hiatus, part of that is simply life, but part of that has been this market.…
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What is up with all the media & news about real estate commissions? Is there a change coming? And the big question is, are real estate commissions going to decrease? Lots to cover, but we will keep it brief and our goal is to be unbiased. We have always held…
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“So, how is the real estate market doing? Our sales volume has seen a modest increase in the last two months compared to our historic low 2023. We would like to see more listings and sales, but any improvement in volume is good. One message that has been broadcast by…
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2024 is off and running. Though we don’t experience extreme weather like other parts of the country, we do have some seasonality. It takes a little time for buyers to return after the holidays. We could try to extrapolate trends, but with just 86 sales it is probably good to…
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