Real Estate in Santa Barbara

If you are considering buying real estate in Santa Barbara, whether for your beach vacations, for investment, as a retirement home or to live in year round, the following information may be of interest.

The overall demographics have been gradually shifting from families to older couples and singles nearing or in retirement.

The Isla Vista area near University of California Santa Barbara is a good place to invest in rental property because of all the students. Plus it's near the beach.

Santa Barbara Overview
A beautiful community backed by the Santa Ynez Mountains and fronted by the Pacific, much of the architecture here is Spanish Mediterranean, owing to its roots in early California history. Not only that, but the weather is nearly perfect year round.

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Santa Barbara’s population is just under 90,000. Almost a quarter of the residents have a bachelor’s degree, with another 15 percent possessing a Graduate or professional degree.

Montecito, just to the south is the high end luxury real estate market.

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