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Santa Barbara Homes Sales Statistics for 2010 Through February There are a lot of people watching the Santa Barbara real estate market these days and wondering where it is headed.  The latest numbers show that sales activity is picking up.  Comparing the first two months of 2010 to the same perio...

Summerland Real Estate Summerland is a small beach town on the coast just south of Santa Barbara.  The beach at Summerland is a nice place to take a walk with your dog or just hang out.  The water is almost always calm because, like Santa Barbara it is a Southern facing coastline and the Channel ...

1031 Exchange into Santa Barbara Real Estate 1031 exchangeshave been around a while and are still a great way to preserve your wealth through reinvestment in  "like kind" assets.  Basically, a 1031 exchange allows you to reinvest sales proceeds on your investment properties that would otherwise b...

Classical Music at the Lobero, Santa Barbara I am not going to pretend that I know anything about classical music and I probably wouldn't plan an evening to see a performance of this genre; but, I do like live music and free live music is even better.  So, when a friend called on Tuesday with fre...

Santa Barbara January 2010 Home Sales Statistics Well, the results are in for the real estate market in Santa Barbara for the month of January 2010 and the stats are pretty interesting, if your into this kind of stuff.  Lets compare January 2009 to Jan 2010 and see how it looks.  The first number...

Rating Santa Barbara Elementary Schools For many families with school age children, the public school their child will be assigned to attend is an important factor in their home buying decision.  In California the public schools are ranked using a scoring system that measures the test scores of i...

Summerland Real Estate- Summerland Market Report Jan 2010 Summerland California is an easy going beach town just South of Santa Barbara on the Pacific Coast.  Many people have passed through Summerlandon the 101 freeway which hugs the coast along this scenic stretch.  The main street in Summerlan...

2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival February 4 - 14th 2010 is the Film Festivals 25th anniversary and it looks like it will be a great one with some big time names in town.  Sandra Bullock is receiving the American Riviera Award.  James Cameron will be here to receive the Modern Master...

Moving to Santa Barbara? Join the Newcomers Club. If you are relocating to Santa Barbara and want to meet some new friends and explore the city, the Santa Barbara Newcomers Club is perfect for you. All ages are welcome from 20 to 90 and there is something that everyone will enjoy. There are many ...

Winter in Santa Barbara, well actually, Summerland, just a couple miles South of Santa Barbara and the Southern neighbor of Montecito, is a beautiful time of year.  Today is January 27th and sitting on my deck in the seaside beach town of Summerland, CA, I'm having another one of those "it doesn'...