Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Weekly Real Estate Snapshot 12/20 - 12/26 * Holiday Week*

New Listings: 7

Price Improvements: 3

Pending: 10 breaks down to:
     under $1 million: 9
     $1-2 million: 1
     $2-4 million: 0
     $4-8 million: 0
     $8 million+: 0

Closed: 8 breaks down to:
     under $1 million: 5
     $1-2 million: 2
     $2-4 million: 0
     $4-8 million: 1
     $8 million+: 0

Off Market (expired, canceled, withdrawn): 18

Back On Market: 4

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

Weekly Real Estate Snapshot 12/13 - 12/19

New Listings: 14

Price Improvements: 15

Pending: 25 breaks down to:
     under $1 million: 19
     $1-2 million: 3
     $2-4 million: 3
     $4-8 million: 0
     $8 million+: 0

Closed: 22 breaks down to:
     under $1 million: 13
     $1-2 million: 6
     $2-4 million: 2
     $4-8 million: 1
     $8 million+: 0

Off Market (expired, canceled, withdrawn): 17

Back On Market: 8

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Village Insight December Issue

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Welcome to the
Winter 2010 Village Insight!
Village Properties is proud to introduce the latest edition of Village Insight, a new quarterly digital magazine.
Village Insight is a gorgeous completely digital magazine, accessible online with just one click.

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Village Insight has it all. Local stories, people and places. Real estate market news and insights. And lest we forget, a beautiful presentation of hundreds of Village's current listings. Grab the laptop, kick back, and browse through the full double-page layouts and photography. Village Insight is beautiful, fast, and free.

Village Insight is for visitors and locals alike. With original articles and artwork, we're sure everyone will discover something new about Montecito, Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez in each issue.
Please click here to view our Winter 2010 issue. We hope you enjoy it and share it with all your friends too. It's free!
 
Village Insight
Village Insight showcases more than beautiful homes and gorgeous estates.

Each issue provides its readers with stories about local treasures; events, people and businesses.

In This Issue...

A timely article about refinancing...
Living the good life up in Happy Canyon... The all important strategy behind staging your home... Information you need to know about your credit score and more!

It's not all just human interest though. VI weighs in with local real estate news and sales figures in our Real Insight section, and provides a few home financing tips and news in Smart Money.

Listings, Listings, Listings

And lest we forget, VI showcases hundreds of gorgeous listings, from Ojai up through Los Olivos.

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

December Santa Barbara EcoBroker Newsletter

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In This Issue:
Ideas to Make your Holiday Green
Get Ready for Plug-In Vehicles
Fish and Game Commission MPA Adoption Hearing 
Ocean acidification

 
To our fabulous family, friends, clients and colleagues, Happy Holidays!
 
We are all very blessed and we appreciate all of your support! 
 
May your New Year be bright, full of happiness and abundance. 

Your Friends,

DeAnn & Elizabeth 


LATEST & GREATEST...

SANTA BARBARA REAL ESTATE SNAPSHOT:
 
 November 28 - December 12, 2010*
Shorter time than usual...

New listings: 52
Price Improvements: 71
Pending: 41
Closed: 53
(break down:)
Sub $1 million: 32
$1-2M: 16
$2-4M: 5
$4-8M: 0
$8M+: 1
Off Market:  74
Back On Market: 23

This is a look at statistics provided through the Santa Barbara Multiple Listing Service over the past month.  They include single family residences and condos, from Carpinteria to Goleta.
 
 

 
INDUSTRY NEWS 

Ideas to Make your Holiday Green
 
Here are a few ideas from your friends at EcoBroker to help make your holiday season a lot more green! 

Give Green Gifts
  • For kids, think science kits, solar power gadgets such as radios and flashlights, books about ecology, or tickets for a trip to a local nature reserve, museum, or zoo to see conservation in action.
  • For the green thumb on your list, purchasing gardening materials such as seeds, seedlings, plants, planter pots, soil, etc., are great eco-friendly gift choices.
  • Reusable grocery and shopping bags are always handy. 
Spend Time With Your Loved Ones
  • Making your own gifts is an excellent way of ensuring they're eco-friendly, well within budget, and a great way to enjoy the company and fellowship of others.
Make food. Giving homemade food beautifully presented in eco-friendly packaging is a delightful gift, part love and part delicious! How about homemade jam or bread?
  • Keep in mind the interests of each recipient and the need to reduce waste by using eco-considerate products when making the gifts. Make use of empty containers to package homemade treats for gifts. For example, decorate an empty Pringles can to package chocolate covered pretzel sticks!
Be Eco-friendly With Your Tree
  • If you celebrate Christmas, consider purchasing a living Christmas tree. This option has the benefit of not removing a tree for a temporary use and allows you to plant the tree in the garden or in another suitable place after use.
  • Be sure to compost a cut tree after use. If you don't have a garden or you're not able to hire or borrow a wood-chipper machine, check with your local council to see if it has a scheme for chipping or composting trees. 
  • Turn off the tree lights after you go to bed and while you're out. Try putting your indoor and outdoor lights on timers if you can't remember to do this manually. Doing this will also prevent fires.
 
For more ideas on how to make your holiday green click here.
 
 


COMMUNITY:

Get Ready for Plug-In Vehicles
A dozen models of all-electric and electric/gas plug-in hybrids will be available by 2012, and Santa Barbara is expected to be one of the top sales markets.  Are our homes, fueling stations and electrical grid ready for plug-in cars?


GET INVOLVED:

  FRIENDS & OCEAN LOVERS: We hope you will consider attending this HISTORIC meeting on Wednesday, December 15 at Hotel Mar Monte and showing your SUPPORT FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS. The Fish and Game Commission has a once in a lifetime opportunity to safeguard Southern California's ocean for future generations. The package most likely to be adopted by Fish and Game.

PLEASE ATTEND THE MEETING!

WHAT: Fish and Game Commission MPA Adoption Hearing
WHEN: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Meeting will begin at 9:00am. Early arrival is helpful to secure seats and submit speaker cards for public comment; however attendance at any time between 8:00am – 5:00pm is welcome and encouraged.
 
PLEASE WEAR BLUE TO SYMBOLIZE YOUR SUPPORT FOR MPAs.
WHERE: Hotel Mar Monte
1111 East Cabrillo Blvd.
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
 

 
VOCABULARY LESSON:
 
Ocean acidification is the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by their uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. [1]
 
 
 

 
COOL WEBSITE:
 
Santa Barbara County Recycling Resource Guide:

December Green Drinks 
 
Tuesday December 14
6-8pm
 
Arch Rock Fish
608 Anacapa Street
 
www.greendrinks.org/CA/Santa Barbara
 
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NEW LISTING:

748 Dos Hermanos
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
Offered at $699,000
 
Spacious detached home in Villa San Marcos.  This 3br 2.5 ba cul de sac home boasts a outdoor patio area, vaulted ceilings, fireplace, french doors off dining area and attached two car garage. affordable HOA dues.
 Priced below the 2 smaller units that sold this year, great deal!

 

 
NEW LISTING:
 
1521 Olive St
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Offered at: $1,575,000
 
Beautiful downtown townhouse. Low energy use home includes radiant floor heating, dual paned windows & quality insulation.  Watch the fireworks from the oceanview deck. Ideal upper East location.  This spacious home is newly built in 2003, quality throughout, 3br/3ba, gourmet kitchen, 2 car gar + guest spot.

Contact DeAnn for a private showing.
 
 

 
FOR SALE:
 
3952 Foothill Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93110

Offered at $589,000
 
Located down a private lane off the main road, this is a great opportunity to buy in the HOPE School district. Approximately 1/5 of an acre in the County of Santa Barbara, the property includes a dozen varieties of fruit trees, a towering redwood, a shaded flagstone patio, a shed/workshop, raised garden beds, chicken coop, and a sense of privacy while just minutes from all that Santa Barbara has to offer. The bright and airy home, built in 1954, has a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom layout that allows for an extended family or rental income, with a wood burning stove, vaulted ceilings, dual-paned windows, and gorgeous hardwood floors.

Contact Elizabeth for appointments

 
SOLD

917 Paseo Ferrelo
Santa Barbara, CA 93103

Sold for $965,000
 
 At the end of a cul-de-sac and bordering a peaceful canyon, this Riviera retreat offers ultimate privacy, lush tropical landscaping and irresistible city and ocean views. The stylish single level home features an open floor plan with oak floors, wood beam ceilings, gourmet kitchen and walls of glass to showcase the views. A four bedroom, four bathroom home also has a Gourmet Kitchen with custom cabinets, and granite counters. All of this and just a few blocks from downtown.

PENDING:
Short Sale...nothing short about it! 

328 Loma Vista
Santa Barbara, CA 93103

Listed at $609,000

This three bedroom Bungalow home is located on a one block long street in the  Historical District. Very close to Alice Keck Park, Kids World and  downtown.  French doors from back bedroom open to deck and backyard. Craftsman fireplace flanked by bookcases and classic built-in China buffet in dining room.  Updated plumbing, electrical, central A/C,  heating and newer oak floors.
Elizabeth Wagner & DeAnn Wilson
Village Properties
4050 Calle Real Suite 120 | Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Elizabeth: 805.895.1467 or DeAnn 805.451.7488
www.SantaBarbaraEcoBroker.com and www.GreenHomesSB.com
SantaBarbaraEcoBrokers@gmail.com

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Weekly Real Estate Snapshot 12/6 - 12/12

New Listings: 27

Price Improvements: 23

Pending: 21 breaks down to:
     under $1 million: 14
     $1-2 million: 5
     $2-4 million: 1
     $4-8 million: 1
     $8 million+: 0

Closed: 23 breaks down to:
     under $1 million: 17
     $1-2 million: 6
     $2-4 million: 1
     $4-8 million: 0
     $8 million+: 0

Off Market (expired, canceled, withdrawn): 24

Back On Market: 9

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Weekly Real Estate Snapshot 11/29 - 12/5

New Listings: 25

Price Improvements: 48

Pending: 20 breaks down to:
     under $1 million: 14
     $1-2 million: 2
     $2-4 million: 1
     $4-8 million: 0
     $8 million+: 0

Closed:  30 breaks down to:
     under $1 million: 15
     $1-2 million: 10
     $2-4 million: 4
     $4-8 million: 0
     $8 million+: 1

Off Market (expired, canceled, withdrawn): 50

Back On Market: 14

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Santa Barbara Real Estate through the end of November 2010

Each month a very generous and talented colleague, Gary Woods compiles all the Santa Barbara Multiple Listing and Cort sales data and provides many of us in the real estate industry with a synopsis of the current market. Thank you Gary, as always your expertise and data is very appreciated!
 
Starting with the Home Estate/PUD sector in November, after sales declining for 6 out of the previous 7 months sales went up if ever so slightly from the month of October. The median sales price for the month also went up slightly from October finishing the month of November around $875,000. When you look at the entire year of 2010 the median sales price is right about where it was last year at this time at approximately $855,000 and according to Case-Schiller and Inman that is where it will remain for the next 18 months to 2 years.

Sales for November below $1 million fell markedly to 38 as did the sales from $1 to $2 million dropping to 12. The sales from $2 million and up remained rose however to 16 with only 1 sale over $5 million and that sale taking almost 600 days to complete the buying process.

Looking at the first 11 months of ’10 we see that sales are up from ’09 by about 9% with over 800 sales in ’10. Escrows are also up about 8% for the year with the median list price on those escrows almost exactly where it was last year currently residing at about $880,000. New listings are also up about 8% for the year but the median list price on those new listings fell from approximately $1.2 million last year to just under $1 million this year.

Looking at the Districts, we see that in Carpinteria/Summerland through November ’10, sales are up about 12% from 62 to 70 and the median sales price is almost exactly where it was last year rising from $670,000 in ’09 to $675,000 in ’10. In Montecito, sales are up slightly from 127 last year to 136 this year for a 7% increase and the median sales price is almost exactly where it was last year falling from $2.475 million to $2,425,000.

For the East Side of Santa Barbara, sales are up about 7% going from 205 in ’09 to 222 in ’10. The median sales price is also up slightly from $899,500 last year to $929,500 this year. The West Side has also seen an increase in sales going from 144 last year to 170 this year for an 18% increase and the median sales price has gone up from $750,000 last year to $795,000 this year.

In Hope Ranch, sales are up by 2 from 18 to 20 this year with the median sales price going up from $2,335,000 to $2,375,000 this year. Because of some rather large sales the average sales price in Hope Ranch is way up however from $3,662,361 in ’09 to $3,993,212 in ’10.

For Goleta South, home sales are up from 76 to 86 for a 13% rise but the median sales price has gone up only slightly from $670,000 last year to $672,500 this year. Goleta North sales are up about 5% from 140 to 147 and the median sales price is up from $704,500 to $710,000.

Despite the numbers of sales falling for 6 out of the last 7 months and moving up a little in November we are still about 9% ahead of where we were last year, but the median sales price remains at almost exactly where it was last year at this time.


For the Condo market, sales fell from 33 in October to 26 for November. The median sales price also fell from $475,000 in October to $425,000 in November. The numbers of opened escrows rose to 31 for November up from 26 in October but the median list price on those escrows also stayed the same for both months at just under $400,000.

After being ahead of the ’09 sales pace for most of the year, sales are almost exactly where they were last year with 297 in ’10 compared to 292 in ’09. The numbers of escrows fell however about 6% from ‘09 declining from 324 last year to 311 in ’10. The rest of the numbers including new listings, sales price to original list price ratio and average sales price remain almost exactly where they were at this time last year. 

With sales in the mid 20’s for November 2010, 11 of those sales were between $350,000 and $450,000 with 14 sales between $300,000 and $500,000. There were 2 sales above $1 million however but one of those sales took a whopping 925 days to complete.

Looking at the Districts, we see that condo sales in Carpinteria/Summerland are up about 20% going from 47 last year to 56 this year. But, with the numbers of sales up, the median sales price is down from $417,500 last year to $388,850 this year with the average sales price down from $504,602 last year to $434,113 this year. In Montecito, sales are up more than double from 10 to 22, but the median sales price is about where it was last year rising slightly from $1,060,000 last year to $1,062,500 this year with the average sales price falling slightly from $1,151,400 to $1,128,636.

On the East Side of Santa Barbara sales are up by 27% from 51 last year to 65 this year but the median sales price has gone down from $534,450 to $475,000 with the average sales price also falling from $651,124 to $586,747. Condo sales are also up on the West Side of Santa Barbara but not nearly as far as the East Side. In ’09 there were 73 sales on the West Side and this year there have been 74. The median sales price is down slightly however dipping from $505,000 last year to $496,000 this year.

For Goleta South, sales have dropped by 30% from 64 last year to 45 this year with the median sales price also going down from $451,000 last year to $370,000 this year. Sales are also down for Goleta North from 55 last year to 42 this year for a 27% decline with the median sales price going up from $394,000 to $408,500.

Sales for the Condo Markets in the Santa Barbara area are almost exactly where they were last year after being way ahead of the previous year’s numbers for most of the year. Escrows have flattened out for the past 3 months remaining about 6% behind where they were last year and the median sales price while not declining as precipitously as it has been for the previous 2 years is still declining in ’10 down to about $435,000 for the year.

The single family dwelling market despite an increase of about 9% in the numbers of sales and 8% for escrows and new listings is basically where it was last year at this time. The median sales price is almost exactly where it was last year but the average sales price is slightly ahead going up from $1.37 million to $1.465 million.  For the foreseeable future it looks like things are going to remain about where they’ve been for the last year for Santa Barbara Real Estate.

Gary Woods