Tag archives: housing

It was difficult to approach writing a year-in-review article, when faced with the recent calamitous episodes in Montecito. Then the hills I hiked every week came down onto our fair town the morning of January 9, many of us lost – or know someone who lost –family, friends, co-workers, even their homes and property. My […]

It was a challenging holiday season Montecito residents experienced under the cloud of smoke and ash created by the recent Thomas Fire, the largest such wildfire in California history; many of us were forced to spend weeks miles away, having been evacuated for a substantial part of December. Our hearts go out to those who […]

If you follow this column, you have likely heard me mention the lack of new listings in Montecito over the past six months or so. This lack of new housing inventory is never more evident than it is on the Montecito broker-agent open house tours on Wednesdays. Many real estate agents look forward to broker […]

The Montecito Heat Index is a snapshot of demand for single-family homes in five price sectors. Rather than a measurement of completed sales, typically referred to as lagging data, the Heat Index looks at homes currently under contract resulting in a more accurate picture of market demand. And as real estate activity is seasonal, today’s […]

For whatever reason, the available housing inventory for sale under $10 million in Montecito continues to be low, and this time of year, we don’t expect to see a lot of new homes hitting the market. That said, there are plenty of properties to choose from in most price ranges over a million dollars.  So, […]