Coldwell Banker’s Barbara Reaume is an experienced Montecito realtor specializing in Montecito homes for sale. Barbara helps home sellers and home buyers navigate the sometimes tricky world of Santa Barbara real estate by providing both home buying tips and house staging tips. Santa Barbara real estate agent Barbara Reaume often works closely with Central Coast wealth advisors...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Santa Barbara, CA - May 8th, 2013. SBAOR represents approximately 1,200 Santa Barbara Realtors and Montecito Realtors from all real estate specialties including residential home sales, luxury mansions for sale, commercial sales, short sales, development, property management and appraisals. Every quarter, SBAOR ranks Realtors by the total dollar volume and number...
Read MoreThe housing market is on firmer ground today, as two major tax provisions survived the "fiscal cliff". Congress did not touch the mortgage interest deduction, and it extended tax relief for one year on mortgage debt forgiveness. Under a law signed in 2007, debt relief on loan modifications, short sales, and foreclosures were no longer taxable;...
Read MorePersistently declining for-sale home inventory helped push the median price of California homes up to its highest level in four years in August, according to a report by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Closed sales of existing single-family homes in the Golden State also saw gains, rising 2.3 percent on an annual basis in August to...
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