http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog Montecito and Santa Barbara Real Estate Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:27:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=257 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=257#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:02:41 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=257 It’s a little bit like real estate’s Rite of Spring: ‘for sale’ signs sprouting on lawns like new flowers finding Santa Barbara’s April sun. And since we are used to hearing how “Santa Barbara property]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=257 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=265 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=265#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:04:18 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=265 In an age where technology is king, the concept of free and widespread listing syndication at first sounded promising to agents and consumers alike. “Listing Syndication” is the term used when third parties – including big Internet outfits like Zillow and Trulia — take Santa Barbara real estate agents’ listings and put them up on their humongous national [...]]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=265 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=249 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=249#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:14:53 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=249 For a long time the ‘the economy’ seemed to be just some distant abstract notion. Talking heads on Sunday shows jabbered about it, made predictions or shied away from making predictions about it, and life went on either way. Certainly Santa Barbara homeowners & Montecito homeowners would decide to put up their homes for sale and prospective buyers would look for Santa Barbara homes ]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=249 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=243 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=243#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:33:07 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=243 It’s not what you would guess, but there it is: according to CNNMoney, the firm that keeps track of foreclosures has reported that the foreclosures on million dollar properties is growing while foreclosures for midrange properties are beginning to drop. It’s been five years since the housing market began its precipitous drop. During that time, overall growth in foreclosures has been front and center for headline writers in Santa Barbara and throughout the rest of the nation. But only now are foreclosures among some of the nation’s ]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=243 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=219 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=219#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:59:03 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=219 Since everyone in the country knows who Billionaire Warren Buffet is, it’s fair to call him the most prominent investment expert around. So, when Mr. Buffet offers his opinion of the housing market as he did during a recent interview, Santa Barbara & Montecito residents ]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=219 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=206 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=206#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:08:04 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=206 The quality of your Santa Barbara realtor can have unexpected impact on your life.  Think about the process of buying a home. First you explain your highest hopes and deepest fears concerning home ownership — then you allow this person to take that knowledge to find an answer that will affect every day of your [...]]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=206 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=195 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=195#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:16:15 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=195 It has been a long time since truly credible sources dared to combine the word ‘optimistic’ with anything like ‘Home Sales Buying Season’, but last week the National Association of Realtors’ Chief Economist, Lawrence Yun, sounded like he is ready to start talking that way.   This spring the Santa Barbara residential real estate outlook [...]]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=195 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=185 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=185#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:59:03 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=185 For people in the first stages of their Santa Barbara real estate & Montecito real estate search, entering a 5-number zip code seems to anchor almost every step of the way. That’s a quick way for computer databases like the MLS to direct searches, but there are some not-so-apparent facts about Santa Barbara homes & [...]]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=185 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=171 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=171#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:47:16 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=171 By the end of February, The Wall Street Journal felt confident enough to print a headline shrieking, “At Last! Banks Rev Up Lending”. But that doesn’t mean that FHA loans aren’t going to continue to be important to the Santa Barbara real estate market. To be perfectly clear, let’s get some terms straight. “FHA” stands for the Federal ]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=171 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=166 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=166#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:08:29 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=166 If you are a newcomer to Santa Barbara real estate investing, finding your first income-generating property can seem like a fairly daunting task. How can you be sure that a property will generate enough cash flow? How will you estimate your costs to put potential homes for rent into the profit column? Altogether, how will you know when you find the right opportunity in Santa Barbara or Montecito?]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=166 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=155 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=155#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:06:21 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=155 Part of the fun of beginning the house hunting process in Santa Barbara is attending open houses. For many buyers, especially those who haven't yet sought out a buyer's agent, it's a leisurely, no-pressure way to shop for Santa Barbara Real Estate. That is, once you have mastered the art of finding out where the open houses are......MORE ]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=155 1 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=123 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=123#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:37:52 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.michaelcalcagno.com/blog/?p=123 How is the Santa Barbara Real Estate and Montecito Real Estate market doing? We are asked this question on a daily basis and the answer is complex due to the various markets. A brief answer using the latest statistics are as follows.]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=123 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=111 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=111#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:20:34 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.michaelcalcagno.com/blog/?p=111 Santa Barbara home prices as well as Montecito home prices have always been directly affected by the school district they are located in. For people that are newly moving to Santa Barbara or Montecito it can be difficult to understand what makes some Santa Barbara neighborhoods more expensive than others.]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=111 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=96 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=96#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:23:18 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.michaelcalcagno.com/blog/?p=96 Stunning beach home was reduced today by a whopping $5,000,000 dollars down to $14,950,000. Click to see all the property details.]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=96 0 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=85 http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?p=85#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:12:20 +0000 MCalcagno http://www.michaelcalcagno.com/blog/?p=85 Sotheby's International Realty is number 1 in sales volume for Santa Barbara CA]]> http://www.homesinsantabarbara.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=85 0