Santa Barbara & Montecito Real Estate, Fine Homes & Estates
Major Air Service Increases at Santa Barbara Airport As evidence of the strong demand for convenient air service from Santa Barbara, two of the Airport’s commercial airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines, have announced dramatic increases in available seats departing from Santa Barbara Airport this year. Overall, Santa Barbara expects to increase passenger capacity in… more
Santa Barbara South County Market Overview In looking at the numbers for the month of May 2017 in Santa Barbara Real Estate, we can see that New Listings have remained somewhat steady. There have been 164 sales in the month of May, the highest number of 2017, with the trend of more sales each… more
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The founder of Lotusland – Madame Ganna Walska Madame Ganna Walska, a well-known Polish opera singer and socialite, purchased the Montecito, California estate in 1941 and spent the next 43 years creating Lotusland, which is now recognized as one of the ten best gardens in the world. The spectacular collections of exotic plants throughout the… more
Accessory Dwelling Units and Their Importance In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed three laws, Assembly Bill 2299, Senate Bill 1069 and Assembly Bill 2406. The legislation promotes secondary dwelling units which now are referred to as accessory dwelling units (ADU). The new mandate went into effect on Jan. 1. Accessory dwelling units… more
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