santa barbara real estate listings: How to Spend 48 Hours in Santa Barbara
- 11/14/11 11:42 AM
Fall’s grape harvest is the perfect excuse for a weekend away as industry locals share the new (and old) hot spots to hit. With its mix of sophisticated lifestyle, natural beauty and rustic Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, Santa Barbara, already a big draw for Hollywood, is luring more big-name residents than ever before. In December, George Lucas spent in the $20 million range for a beachfront retreat. A few weeks later, Drew Barrymore paid $5.7 million for a Mediterranean-style mansion in the tony enclave of Montecito (population 8,900), part-time home to Oprah Winfrey, writer-producer David Crane and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Even so, … (0 comments)
santa barbara real estate listings: Why Buy Santa Barbara Real Estate?
- 11/11/11 11:53 AM
The past few years of rocky real estate markets has left some people wondering, why buy a home? If you find that thought running through your mind consider these things. A recent survey commissioned by the National Association of Home Builders found that 72 percent of its respondents opposed any effort to get rid of the homeowners’ mortgage interest deduction. That’s despite the fact that doing so could help ease the nation’s budget deficit. Gil Gross host of Real Estate Today Radio reported that, “The survey cut across partisan lines, and even across homeowner status. 76 percent of Republicans and 64 … (0 comments)
Fall’s grape harvest is the perfect excuse for a weekend away as industry locals share the new (and old) hot spots to hit.
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