The color orange makes me happy and sometimes when I am driving around Santa Barbara I see a pop of it and it makes me smile. This gate was one of those times!

A little bit of something for everyone even the dog! Champagne for her, lager for him, a new “chucker” for the newest Mesa canine and some Mesa Life love for their yard! Congratulations to the new buyers of 230 Santa…

A collection of Santa Barbara books I gifted my new-to-our-community buyers for their closing today! Found at Chaucer's Book Store on Upper State.

In our final Market Statistic report for 2020, we reflect back on the year and can truly say it has been a year like no other. We are extremely grateful to our clients and our community as they have continued…

While recently flipping through Santa Barbara Magazine, I came across these awesome images that really resonated with me! These have been created by local Santa Barbaran (like me), Andy Leo, and can be found for sale on his website as…

Exciting News : @villagepropertiesrealestate is now an exclusive member of @forbes Global Properties! We are looking forward to opening up new opportunities for our clients by expanding our reach to a global audience!

When this house that we walk by daily, came on the market, I knew that it would be perfect for my buyers! Sure enough, they loved it and we beat out many other offers and recently celebrated the close of…

No, they did not eat candy the whole way to Utah... However, they (we) did consume quite a bit but Wyatt and Crosby were aware of the potential for tummy aches and the fact that Nana would be waiting for us at…

No other street in Santa Barbara is as well-known as State Street. It is this special street that’s at the very core of our downtown area. Over the summer, a small army of Santa Barbara-based architects let their imaginations run…

As we move into the final days of 2020 it is a time to reflect on a year that has been far from normal. In the real estate industry we have seen unprecedented trends and changes. We have stayed up…

Given that my birthday is the day after Halloween, this is always a favorite time of year for me and there are jars of candy corns on our counter along with decorative pumpkins, a plethora of jack-o-lantern elementary school art…

SANTA BARBARA REAL ESTATE MARKET UPDATE THROUGH OCTOBER 2020 Here is the synopsis from October 2020 from Village Properties on the Santa Barbara real estate market. In October, there were a total of 1,683 total sales properties sold (1,203 single-family residences and 480 condos).…

Up here on the Mesa we have been starting and ending many of the days with the sonorous fog horn sounding...we are all working and going to school at home still, so why not jack hammer up our root torn…

Here is the synopsis from September 2020 from Village Properties on the Santa Barbara real estate market. There were a total of 1,416 total sales properties sold (1,020 single-family residences and 396 condos). The SFR average price was $2,202,042 (median…

This Summer has had lots of wonderful parts for our family. We have spent hours everyday out in nature and this has fed our souls, strengthened our muscles, tanned our bodies and allowed us to reflect on the world we…

Here is the synopsis from August 2020 from Village Properties on the Santa Barbara real estate market. There were a total of 1,144 total sales properties sold (818 single-family residences and 326 condos). The SFR average price was $2,042,053(median $1,400,000)…

From an email update sent by lender Greg Knowles   A once-in-a-century pandemic may seem like a strange time to buy a home, but many Americans have decided the timing is just right. Driven by low mortgage rates, increased teleworking…

It's officially Summer, almost July 1st and my family decided to rent a RV from a family friend and drive to the mountains of Idaho for a change of scenery. As I type this, I am in the back at…

During the month of July, sales across our community were robust with more than 50% entertaining multiple offers. I am seeing some techniques for securing properties that I have not seen in a long time...such as escalation clauses (when a buyer…

"Virtual School" is scheduled to start again on August 18th, so the COVID Summer of 2020 is winding its way to a close. We have logged many miles on bikes, days at the beach, hikes in creek beds, Jr. Life…

Hello There, How are you holding up? Is there anything that I can do to assist you? I love to stay connected with people and to write... I have always wanted to be a writer, an author, some days a lounge…

I have not been this busy with clients that are serious about buying property since I was about to go into labor with each of my sons. I am not joking. The market is moving at warp speed with multiple…

As you might be able to tell from my subject line, I am pretty excited...there are 5 days left of the Santa Barbara Unified School District Elementary School year. That means 5 more days of "homeschooling" for me and my…

Pulling weeds makes me happy. So does working outside.  Recently we re-did a lot of our landscaping and I did the majority of it on my own. That is hard work, great therapy, the enjoyment I receive from pulling weeds…

While I have been honored to assist many buyers throughout this time of quarantine, I have also had several clients ask me to hold off on sending them options and want to wait to start looking at properties until things…

All joking aside, home-schooling my children is not easy. Not that I ever took what teachers do for granted, especially growing up the daughter of a high school teacher at Dos Pueblos High School, my Dad, Russ Waldrop, taught history…

Here is a recap of the Santa Barbara real estate markets through April 2020. The question I am most often asked have changed a bit... Most are based on what they would next like to see in their future homes. Everyone…

The update for April (which I will showcase when it is available) will be interesting to see as the market has changed drastically. While sales (active listings, pendings, new listings) are definitely down-around 20 -30%, (I am typing this on…

Sometimes when you walk into a house you just know that it is the "one" for your clients. All the pieces just fall into place and the path into the future becomes clear once your home has been found. This…

I love the process of helping first-time buyers purchase property in my hometown. It is even more fun when they are not from Santa Barbara and we get to have a tour of the town and go over the correct…