Santa Barbara Real Estate

This is an analysis of the Santa Barbara Real Estate market including Carpinteria/Summerland, Montecito, Hope Ranch, downtown Santa Barbara and Goleta through the month of April 2012. For the Home Estate/PUD market April marked the second month in a row that sales were at or above 100. The median sales price fell however from $835,000 [...]

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Although they can be stated in different ways there are only six factors that affect the sale of a home. It is important for you, as the seller, to understand who or what has control over them and how they impact on each other.   You control 3 of the 6 The Market controls 2 [...]

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* Stop reading now if you are even remotely humor impaired or comedically challenged! Yesterday’s man or woman used to think, “if I need to find someone this way, I’m already lost!” But today, someone might say, ” I don’t have enough time to drive around and look at all the open houses/a potential homebuyer’s [...]

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  Despite what appears to be a non-stop wave of tough news regarding real estate, four major media players have come out with the same advice: It Is Time to Buy a Home! Here are the four articles and a breakdown as to why the advice makes sense. The Wall Street Journal: Why It’s Time [...]

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For the comedically challenged and humor impaired this post is not recommended. But for those of you a little more daring… here we go with a little real estate humor: * Sign next to FSBO (For Sale By Owner): We shoot every third agent, and the 2nd one just left! * This house has every [...]

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What do Real Estate agents do to earn their commission ? Ever heard that question? Here’s a comprehensive and humorous take on that very question from a Home Inspector who’s worked closely with Real Estate practitioners. “They don’t do @*!?&% thing! Why they just stick a sign in the yard and make easy money. I [...]

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What could be more innocent then going on-line and looking at homes for sale? The San Francisco Chronicle calls it the new pornography (Pornography leads in most web site hits followed by Real Estate) , a delicious way to waste away in Computerville! All these intimate photos of multi-million dollar homes and virtual tours. How [...]

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