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Princeton North
Dec 6, 20224 min read
Furniture Designer Lists Santa Ynez Farmhouse & Colleen Ballinger Buys Yogurt King’s SB Estate
Back in summer 1994, furniture designer Hélène Aumont picked up a traditional saltbox-style residence in the quaint village of Ballard,...
Princeton North
Nov 28, 20224 min read
Historic Gonzales-Ramirez Adobe
Located in Santa Barbara, California, the Gonzalez-Ramirez House is a National Historic Landmark that is a classic example of a CA adobe
Princeton North
Nov 1, 20222 min read
New State Housing Law Strips Parking Requirement From Santa Barbara, Local Control
A new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom could revolutionize housing projects in Santa Barbara by taking planning decisions out of the...
Princeton North
Nov 1, 20223 min read
Kourtney Kardashian, Travis Barker Buy Conan O’Brien’s Carpinteria Beach House
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have been married for nearly six months, but the pair still does not live together — as per the...
Princeton North
Oct 10, 20223 min read
Conan O’Brien's New property on the Sand & Larry David Spends Millions on Montecito Estate
Turns out Conan O’Brien isn’t ready to call it quits in Carpinteria just yet! A little over a month after his longtime beach house popped...
Princeton North
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Ellen's $36 million dollar flip
Montecito’s most notorious house flipper is at it again! Barely six months after Ellen DeGeneres dropped $21 million smackers on a...
Princeton North
Aug 16, 20221 min read
Riviera park sold
Riviera Park, which housed the original buildings of what would later become UC Santa Barbara, was sold on July 22 for an estimated...
Princeton North
Aug 5, 20224 min read
Moves that homebuyers can still make to find a lower mortgage rate
After dropping to record lows in 2020 and 2021, mortgage rates are back up. Way up. While the past few weeks saw a reversal in the surge,...
Princeton North
Aug 2, 20223 min read
‘Jurassic Park’ Screenwriter Flips Montecito home and some
It’s officially a wrap! After barely a year of ownership, Hollywood screenwriter/director David Koepp — best-known for blockbuster films...
Princeton North
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Step inside Lynda Weinman’s & Ariana Grande Montecito Estates...
Lynda Susan Weinman (born January 24, 1955) is an American business owner, computer instructor, and author, who founded an online...
Princeton North
Jun 6, 20224 min read
Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden Purchase in Montecito
Like a lot of prodigiously financed Angelenos with 12 or 13 million bucks to spend on a high-maintenance part-time vacation residence...
Princeton North
May 23, 20224 min read
EUCALYPTUS HILL Neighborhood HISTORY
The Eucalyptus Hill area of Santa Barbara occupies the eastern flank of the foothills known as the “American Riviera.” It is one of the...
Princeton North
May 11, 20226 min read
Santa Barbara Real Estate Market Trends & Analysis 2022
The Santa Barbara real estate market has enjoyed a historic run in home values over the course of a decade. As a result, real estate in...
Princeton North
May 9, 20222 min read
Michael Keaton’s Son Sells in Montecito, Buys Hancock Park Mansion
That’s a wrap in Montecito for Sean Douglas and his longtime wife Rachel. After only a single year of ownership, the couple has sold...
Princeton North
Apr 13, 20222 min read
There’s a historic shortage of houses 4 sale, & Realtor.com predicts more pain for homebuyers in CA
If you’re in the market for a new house, gear up for another wild year, because prices are high, and the number of new homes for sale is...
Princeton North
Apr 5, 20224 min read
March Notable sales in Montecito
Adam Levine Ponies Up $52 Million for Rob Lowe’s Former Montecito Mansion Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo can’t stop buying — and then...
Princeton North
Mar 3, 20224 min read
February celebrity notable sales
Natalie Portman Quietly Sells 10-Acre Montecito Estate While the transaction actually went down last year, word has just now slowly begun...
Princeton North
Feb 14, 20223 min read
Passive Investment Benefits of Delaware Statutory Trusts
Many baby boomers who hold highly appreciated real estate assets may be at a stage of their lives when they are seeking more passive...
Princeton North
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Montecito's Tea Garden, offered at $78 Million
In the foothills above Montecito, Calif., a roughly 330-acre property with the remains of an amphitheater and stone aqueducts is hitting...
Princeton North
Dec 1, 20213 min read
Passive Investment Benefits of Delaware Statutory Trusts
Many baby boomers who hold highly appreciated real estate assets may be at a stage of their lives when they are seeking more passive...
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