A Day in the Life
Real Estate and Design
The CBS Sunday Morning show produces a “By Design” episode once a year. Last year Santa Barbara, California was prominently...
Is Wall Street Taking Over the Housing Market?
It’s fair to say that Wall Street ownership of single-family homes is a new trend with its roots in the wave of foreclosures that followed the 2006–2008 subprime mortgage crisis. This wave, and the subsequent rise in rental demand from displaced former homeowners, created a tantalizing opportunity for large-scale investors, and they seized it.
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The Lobero Theatre
The Lobero Theatre celebrates this momentous anniversary by honoring the past and safeguarding the future of this vibrant community treasure.
The Lobero Theatre is a historic performing arts venue located in downtown Santa Barbara, California. It was built in 1873 and is one of the oldest theaters in the state. The Lobero has been a center for performing arts in Santa Barbara for 150 years, hosting a wide variety of events including plays, concerts, dance performances, and lectures.
Click Read More below for video and more information about this historic Santa Barbara treasure.
Sightings
We roll out this update on Sightings in and around southern Santa Barbara as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival wraps up This week some of the attendees for the Film Festival included Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brenden Fraser, Austin (Elvis) Butler, Kerry Condon, Nina Hoss, Stephanie Hsu, Colin Farrell, and Brendan Gleason.
Elsewhere…
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced on January 18, 2023, the highly anticipated line-up for the 38th Festival which will run from February 8, 2023, through to February 18. The Film Festival will showcase 52 World Premiers and 78 US premieres from 43 countries along with tributes featuring the year’s top talent, panel discussions, and free education and community outreach programs. Click Read More below for more information.
Stephen Hawking’s Santa Barbra Connection
Stephen Hawking’s Five Favorite places are 1. The Big Bang 2. The Milky Ways central Black Hole 3. Gliese 832 c 4. Saturn 5. Santa Barbara, California
(Short video, with a very entertaining clip of Stephen Hawking flying over the Old Mission Church in Santa Barbara in a Rocket Ship! ) Click “Read More” below for video.
California Coastal Conservancy
Navigating a Changing Market
As we head into 2023 the housing market finds itself at a turning point, hindered by a dramatic spike in mortgage rates that chilled the market. A storm was brewing as sellers came to terms with the fact that volatile mortgage rates were rising and pushing some buyers to the sidelines dampening demand for their homes. Yet supply is still tight and home prices went up faster throughout the year than many American incomes. The cooling housing market also leveled the playing field for all types of brokerages as change became the new normal.
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