January 30, 2021
Everything continues to sell—high, low, turnkey, and not. Among the interesting properties to change hands: a Hedgerow charmer, the weirdest house on the Riviera, a split personality in Birnam Wood, a Hope Ranch fixer in its first time on the market in 70 years, and a cute 1936 house on a secret downtown street.
October 29, 2020
The week's top price reductions also include a new-build manor in central Montecito, a former Finnish ambassador's fanciful throwback, and a mini-compound near the Museum of Natural History.
October 9, 2020
The week's noteworthy reductions also include a 1912 estate with intricate shrubbery, a boxy contemporary with toilet issues, a 1980s palace in Ennisbrook, a French country house, a chunk of Lower Riviera funk, and more.
August 28, 2020
The week's top price adjustments are mostly downward—including a funky Lower Riviera triplex and an architectural statement in east Montecito—but things being what they are these days, a couple went up. 2
July 29, 2020
There's something for everyone in this roundup of noteworthy new listings—a $28 million mansion in Montecito, a charming Lutah Maria Riggs house from 1966, a two-bedroom San Roque cottage, and many more.
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Well said, I was sleeping lightly at 3:40-ish this morning when I heard a rumbling sound, then some minutes later by a muffled BOOM. Not… — Dan
My take is that I’m fine being woken up at 3 am for national security launches. We live near one of the two good launch… — Andy
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