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Princeton North
Dec 4, 20232 min read
Historic Montecito Gem Hits the Market: A Peek Inside "Los Sueños"
Are you ready to step into luxury living? A historic Montecito mansion, affectionately known as "Los Sueños" (The Dreams), has just been...
Princeton North
Jul 1, 20232 min read
Luxurious Montecito Estate with Celebrity Connection Sells for Record Price
Discover the extraordinary estate that captured the attention of luxury real estate enthusiasts and celebrities alike. Recently sold for...
Princeton North
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Fashion Designer Pieces Together His Own Personal Santa Barbara Shangri-La
Jeff Abrams has officially added another piece to his ever-growing Montecito residential puzzle — the historic El Mirador estate. The...
Princeton North
May 30, 20232 min read
Beyoncé, Jay-Z Spend $200 Million on California’s Most Expensive House
Earlier this year, Jay-Z sold his controlling stake in the D’ussé Cognac brand to Bacardi for a reported $750 million. So it may make...
Princeton North
May 10, 20234 min read
What is Measure ULA and How Will It Affect the LA and Santa Barbara Market?
Los Angeles Measure ULA, officially known as the “Homelessness and Housing Solutions Tax,” is a ballot measure that Los Angeles voters...
Princeton North
May 10, 20232 min read
Lavish Santa Barbara Estate Strikes a Chord With Nashville Songwriter
Back in February, Shane McAnally told The New York Times he had been busy shopping for a California home. Now records reveal the country...
Princeton North
Apr 21, 20236 min read
3 comfortable retirees all with around $2M saved. What did they all have in common? All own homes.
For many Americans, retirement advice is limited to encouragement to save more or warnings that they haven’t saved enough. But most...
Princeton North
Apr 18, 20232 min read
The True Tale of Zorro & His Ties to Santa Barbara
In 1919, Johnston McCulley began to write a series of popular novels about a swashbuckling champion of justice. Dressed in black,...
Princeton North
Apr 10, 20232 min read
Oprah Winfrey Sells Spare Montecito Ranch to Hollywood Filmmaker
For many years, Oprah Winfrey’s main residence has been the so-called “Promised Land” estate, a roughly 66-acre compound in prime...
Princeton North
Mar 29, 20232 min read
AKG | Christie's Intl. Real Estate Enlists Industry Maverick Josh Ramirez to Lead New Division
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aaron Kirman of AKG | Christie's International Real Estate, one of the nation's...
Princeton North
Mar 10, 20232 min read
Santa Barbara makes the list of Top 10 U.S. towns where millionaires are buying second homes
For many of America’s most affluent people, having a second or third home is the norm. And according to a new report, they prefer...
Princeton North
Jan 30, 20234 min read
Ellen DeGeneres Sells Montecito’s Historic Rancho San Leandro & Sprouts CEO Bags Oceanfront Home
After capping off 2022 with the record $70 million purchase of an oceanfront compound, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are...
Princeton North
Jan 13, 20232 min read
Lake Cachuma Expected to Fill and Spill in Wake of Major Storms
Swelled by heavy runoff from recent large storms, Lake Cachuma is expected to fill and spill by this weekend, according to Santa Barbara...
Princeton North
Jan 4, 20233 min read
$33.5M estate Where Meghan & Harry Filmed Netflix Doc & Ellen's $70m beach front estate
When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat down to be interviewed for their much-anticipated Netflix docuseries, which began its...
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 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
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 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
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...
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