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Check Out These Must Have Santa Barbara Real Estate Property Search Apps!

Check Out These Must Have Santa Barbara Real Estate Property Search Apps!

By Stephanie Young on September 12th, 2011
As a Santa Barbara real estate expert, I am constantly looking for ways to help make life easier for those interested Santa Barbara home buyers with whom I work. Today I’d like to tell you about some neat apps that you can download that will help you with finding everything from the nearest Home Depot to ... [Continue Reading]
Santa Barbara Real Estate Guides, Marie Sue Parsons and Stephanie Young are attending Coldwell Banker Generation Blue!

Santa Barbara Real Estate Guides, Marie Sue Parsons and Stephanie Young are attending Coldwell Banker Generation Blue!

By Stephanie Young on February 15th, 2011
We are registered for Generation Blue - the annual Coldwell Banker Real Estate Conference in Las Vegas in March.  We absolutely can’t wait!!! Take a look at what we are in store for:  Coldwell Banker Generation Blue Experience ... [Continue Reading]
What Does 2011 Have in Store for Santa Barbara Real Estate Prices?

What Does 2011 Have in Store for Santa Barbara Real Estate Prices?

By Marie Sue Parsons on January 8th, 2011
The national real estate experts have given their forecasts for the U.S. housing market in 2011. Do the national real estate experts speak for the Santa Barbara housing market or will Santa Barbarans prove once again that they’re blissfully defiant of what the experts think?  What the National Experts Predict Nationally, leading real estate experts ... [Continue Reading]
Santa Barbara Realtors get local press for use of QR codes

Santa Barbara Realtors get local press for use of QR codes

By Stephanie Young on December 14th, 2010
Have you heard of a QR code?  If not, check out what this mother-daughter Realtor duo has been doing with the cutting edge technology! QR codes (the abreviation for “Quick Response”) is a type of bar code, similar to the ones we’ve all known for years on packaging and other material, is now being used ... [Continue Reading]
BofA and GMAC lift foreclosure freeze, Santa Barbara real estate marches on

BofA and GMAC lift foreclosure freeze, Santa Barbara real estate marches on

By Stephanie Young on October 19th, 2010
And just like that… BofA announces that foreclosures will resume.  Within a few days of hearing that several banks were voluntarily halting foreclosure sales in 23 states came the news that Bank of America was lifting their foreclosure freeze.  GMAC has lifted it’s freeze as well. As I suspected, the temporary (as in just a few days!) suspension ... [Continue Reading]
How will the hold on foreclosures effect Santa Barbara Real Estate?

How will the hold on foreclosures effect Santa Barbara Real Estate?

By Stephanie Young on October 16th, 2010
The announcement of several banks temporarily suspending foreclosures has been all over the news.  But how will this effect your Santa Barbara home for sale?  Santa Barbara has far fewer bank owned properties than in other areas of California, such as Bakersfield, Stockton or Riverside.  So it won’t have that much of an effect on ... [Continue Reading]
Santa Barbara Real Estate News: Banks Suspend Foreclosures

Santa Barbara Real Estate News: Banks Suspend Foreclosures

By Stephanie Young on October 12th, 2010
The president of the California Association of Realtors has issued a statement summarizing what we know about the voluntary suspension of foreclosures.  Here is what he said: “No doubt you’ve heard the news recently that a number of major banks have volunteered to temporarily suspend foreclosures in 23 states and Bank of America is temporarily ... [Continue Reading]

Has the Santa Barbara Real Estate market hit bottom?

By Stephanie Young on September 21st, 2010
Results are in: The Santa Barbara real estate market has hit bottom and home prices have stabilized, according to Mark Schniepp of the California Economic Forecast.  Not out of the woods yet:  Unemployment levels are still at 9.2% and businesses are cautious about hiring.  Schniepp predicts that the job market will take another 1-2 years before we ... [Continue Reading]
Santa Barbara Properties: Montecito Estate on List of Nation’s Priciest Homes

Santa Barbara Properties: Montecito Estate on List of Nation’s Priciest Homes

By Marie Sue Parsons on September 17th, 2010
Santa Barbara properties – long known for being among the nation’s priciest homes – recently made the Bloomberg Businessweek list of “The Most Expensive New Homes 2010”.  While Santa Barbara’s inclusion in spot #7 on this list indicates the luxury available in Santa Barbara real estate, it doesn’t mean that all properties are nearly that ... [Continue Reading]
Santa Barbara Real Estate Agents Raise Money to Fight Breast Cancer

Santa Barbara Real Estate Agents Raise Money to Fight Breast Cancer

By Stephanie Young on September 13th, 2010
As most of you know, Marie Sue and I participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer last weekend.  We each raised the required $1,800 needed to participate thanks to the generous support and donations from so many of our family, friends, and clients.  Here are some photos from the walk: It was so amazing ... [Continue Reading]
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