Just Listed

November 1, 2019

Two Doors Down from Thousand Steps Beach

Oceanfront for $3.3 million? Believe it.

October 30, 2019

Ocean Views Don’t Get More Widescreen Than This

From the upstairs terrace, you can see the sun rise to the left and set to the right. Below you lies all Montecito.

October 21, 2019

A Passion Project Inspired by the Alhambra and a Ferrari

One wonders what Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, whose portrait hangs inside, would make of the house, on the market for $29 million.

October 15, 2019

A Rare Peek Inside Downtown’s Most Adorable Enclave

Santa Barbara has more nooks and crannies than an English muffin, and none is more appealing than El Caserio, built in the 1930s as artists' studios. This new listing's style is everything you'd hope for from the compound—and it's a three-minute walk to Handlebar. 1

October 8, 2019

How Badly Do You Want to Live on the Beach?

It's always instructive to take a close look at a beachfront property, especially when the house needs substantial work. Given the amount of money you'd have to spend on this house, the $6.85 million price becomes even more purely about the location.

October 4, 2019

Behind This Nondescript Facade Is a Very Interesting House

You could pass by 331 E. Canon Perdido without guessing what’s inside—or even noticing the building at all. Designed in 1981 by the owner, it’s a miniature hacienda above a two-car garage.

September 30, 2019

Under the Tuscan Spell

Rhonda Byrne, author of "The Secret," has put her Montecito estate back on the market at a lower price. If anyone can actualize a sale into happening....

September 25, 2019

An Intimate Compound on a Street You Probably Don’t Even Know Exists

Near the end of a quiet street, with the bulk of the yard tucked behind, the 1949 house feels like a world of its own—and yet it's walkable to Coast Village Road.

September 20, 2019

A Clean, Contemporary “Cottage” on Miramar Beach for $8.4 Million

Five newly listed properties that don’t quite warrant posts of their own, including the largest property in Birnam Wood; a redone ranch house in Hope Ranch; a Montecito white box on a nice piece of land; and a Mesa mystery.

September 16, 2019

A Provençal Farmhouse in the Middle of Montecito

The shape of the 1987 house is fairly conventional, but the redesign and finishes make it both of the moment and timeless.