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Contents

A note from the SBAOR President

HOA Homefront Q&A: Fair Housing Violations?

Restrictions on Hard Floors and Outside Play......................... 4

By Staci Caplan President of the Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS®

Handyman: Too Much Wattage............................................. 4

National Association of Realtors® Honors its 2020 Good Neighbor Award Winners

Autumn Aromatherapy ............................................................ 5 Real Estate During the Pandemic:Third Quarter Home Sales Soar..14 Santa Barbara County Sales . ........................................... 15 Real estate Q&A: A relative wants to buy my share of a home. . .................. 20 Mums The Word for Fall.................................................... 23

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The National Association of Realtors® has announced its five 2020 Good Neighbor Awards winners. For 21 consecutive years, NAR has honored Realtors® who make an extraordinary impact on the world through volunteering. The efforts of this year’s Good Neighbor Awards recipients are even more outstanding given the challenges that COVID-19 brought to their respective humanitarian efforts, including canceled fundraisers, obstacles to in-person volunteering and increased need.

“Our Good Neighbor Awards winners leave a remarkable impact on their communities every year, but everything these Realtors® have done in 2020 is even more impressive and more commendable,” said NAR President Vince Malta, broker at Malta & Co., Inc., in San Francisco, Calif. “This year has brought unprecedented challenges, but the 2020 Good Neighbor Awards winners have been a force for good during the most difficult and unique times, and they continue to inspire all of us by showing how one person can make a difference in the world.”

Each of the five winners — selected by a multi-stage, criteria-based judging process — will receive a $10,000 grant for their charity.

The 2020 Good Neighbor Winners: Linda K. Brown Cofounder of Eden Village, Linda Brown transforms abandoned mobile home properties into villages of tiny homes that provide permanent housing to the chronically disabled homeless. To date, Brown and her husband have raised $4.75 million to place 36 tiny homes, with the goal of making their hometown a city “where no one sleeps outside.”magazine.realtor/LindaBrown Jeff Fields After losing several friends to suicide, Jeff Fields, past board president of Teen Lifeline, is committed to saving teens from what he calls “the most preventable death.”

Under Fields’s leadership, the organization serves more than 28,000 youth through a peer-to-peer teen crisis hotline while providing community education on suicide

Views expressed in the articles of House & Home are the views of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Santa Barabara News-Press.

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prevention. magazine.realtor/JeffFields Tamara House To honor her son’s memory, Tamara House raised $3.6 million to cofound Grant’s House, an after-school and summer program for children with special needs.

House used her real estate experience and relationships with contractors to renovate a 50,000-square-foot building, which now features 20 rooms with various activities and recreation opportunities for children with disabilities. magazine.realtor/TamaraHouse Vickie Lobo Cancer survivor Vickie Lobo founded Knock Knock Angels to help people start over after they’ve faced and overcome difficult situations like domestic violence, homelessness and drug addiction. Lobo partners with local philanthropic and community organization to furnish new apartments with donated furniture, dishes, towels and anything else these individuals would need to begin their new life. magazine.realtor/VickieLobo Greg Masucci Greg Masucci and his wife founded A Farm Less Ordinary, a nonprofit that employs young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These young men and women learn to grow produce from seed to harvest, attend farmer’s markets as ambassadors for people with disabilities and enjoy an environment that builds their skills and confidence. magazine.realtor/ GregMasucci Nominees were judged on their personal investment of time, as well as their financial and material contributions to benefit their cause. Good Neighbor Awards have been granted annually since 2000. Nearly $1.4 million in grants have been awarded to more than 200 Realtor®-led charities.

The National Association of Realtors® is America’s largest trade association, representing more than 1.4 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Staci Caplan can be reached at 805-886-3970 or emailed at stacicaplan@gmail.com

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HOA Homefront Reader Questions

Fair Housing Violations? Restrictions on Hard Floors and Outside Play

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL

Mr. Richardson: I enjoy reading your column.

I recently bought a condo and was in the process of replacing the carpet with laminate flooring because of allergies. The HOA informed me that there is a rule prohibiting hard flooring to be installed in condominiums above another condominium.

I asked the management company for the definition of “hard flooring” but have been ignored. Is there a legal definition? Would vinyl flooring or linoleum be considered “hard flooring” or is carpet my only option?

This is a health issue.

I am hoping you can provide some direction.

— Thanks, R.N. Dear R.N.: California Fair Housing laws and regulations require that the HOA make “reasonable” accommodations upon request to deal with your allergy issue (a disability). Have you provided the HOA with documentation that your allergies do not permit you to have carpeted floors? However, if you have documented the health necessity of the hard floor, that does not end the discussion.

The purpose of a restriction against hard floors above the ground floor is to protect the lower neighbor from noise nuisance.

The accommodation of a non-carpeted floor could be unreasonable if it creates a disturbance for the lower neighbor. So, your HOA and you should dialogue in what the regulations call “interactive process” to agree upon reasonable measures to buffer the floor. That may require the advice of an acoustic expert to specify an installation providing a reasonable amount of buffering. Since the cost of accommodation is normally paid by the requestor, you may be asked to pay for the consultation. The HOA may also ask you to promise to restore the carpeting after you move out.

However, even if the HOA approves the buffered new floor, your lower neighbor

still could find the noise objectionable, so you may want to include them in the discussion.

— Thanks, Kelly Hello Kelly: Since COVID-19, more kids have been playing outside of our condos (including mine). It’s very peaceful and quiet even with the kids riding bikes, and they usually ride with their parents. Now the HOA announced that per the HOA governing documents recreational and sports activities of any kind are not allowed in common areas, including no baseball, scooter or bike riding, motorized toy cars, skateboarding or skating.

Can they do this? I know it doesn’t mention children but that’s who the HOA is targeting.

What do you think?

— Thanks, A.O. Dear A.O.: Rules mentioning or targeting children may violate state and federal Fair Housing laws. Such rules are considered “familial status” discrimination, which is illegal except in age-restricted communities. However, if the rules discuss prohibited activities, and not the age of the person pursuing the activity, the HOA may be within the law. HOAs often restrict recreation in common area streets, walkways, and landscaped areas to protect residents from nuisance, property from damage, and, most importantly, the participants from being injured by pursuing recreational activities in areas not intended for recreation. So, the HOA might not actually be targeting children, but instead trying to prevent potentially dangerous activities in common area.

With schools mostly closed at present, there is an understandable pressure on families with children, but safety cannot be overlooked.

— Best, Kelly

Your Handyman

By Mark Baird

Too Much Wattage Question: We recently remodeling our kitchen which turned out beautifully, but we have a problem with the ceiling lights. We have open beamed cathedral ceilings in the kitchen and dining area with track lights on the ceiling and pendant lights over the countertop peninsula, all with 10 small halogen spotlights. The lights all work wonderfully except when we turn on the microwave oven, the circuit breaker trips, and we have to turn the breaker back on before we can have our lights working again. The lights and microwave oven are brand new so we think that the circuit breaker may be bad. What can we do?

Your Handyman: Circuit breakers are designed to both prevent a shock in the event of an accidental short to ground which can happen if a person touches an energized wire, and also to prevent the electrical wires in your walls from over heating and possibly causing a fire when too much power is being demanded from a circuit. Electricity is a bit of a mystery to many people, but the basic concepts are actually pretty easy to understand. The electrical service in your home is divided up into circuits each having its own circuit breaker located in your circuit breaker box which is usually found on the outside wall of your home where the cables from the power lines on the street attaches to the house. A newer home will have separate 110-volt circuits for your wall outlets, ceiling lights, large appliances like your refrigerator and dishwasher, and a few 220-volt circuits for an electric water heater or clothes dryer. Each circuit is designed to safely provide adequate electrical service to run the lights and appliances that may be connected to or plugged into that circuit.

Amperage or amps is another common electrical term that can be understood as the strength or amount of current that is available to your home. Most new homes will typically have 200 total amps of available power while older homes may only have as little as 100 total amps. Each circuit breaker is rated for a certain level of amperage with the most common being 15 or 20 amps for most household usage and 40 or 50 amps for an electric oven, water heater or air conditioner. If the amperage needs of a circuit exceed the rating of the circuit breaker, then the circuit breaker will trip or open, which basically turns off the circuit.

The third common electrical term that helps to understand basic home electrical service is Wattage which is simply the amount of power that a light bulb or an appliance requires to work efficiently. You probably have noticed that light bulbs are always rated for wattage with a large incandescent flood light requiring as much as 150 watts or a new LED recessed can light only needing 6 watts. An electrical appliance like a large flat screen TV or a microwave oven may be rated for as high as 1200 – 1500 watts.

The last factoid of electrical information for this discussion is the simple formula: Wattage = Voltage x Amperage. The basic application of this formula for the layman home owner is that the amount of available wattage on any circuit is determined by the voltage which is 110V in this case, and the amperage rating of the circuit breaker which is likely 15 amps in this case. Multiplying 110 volts by 15 amps gives us a maximum available wattage of 1650 watts on this kitchen circuit. Each halogen light bulb is probably rated at 50 watts, with 10 bulbs having a total of 500 watts, plus the likely wattage of the microwave over at 1200 watts gives a total wattage of 1700 watts. The combined wattage of the lights and microwave oven exceed the rating of the 15-amp circuit breaker and the breaker trips.

All that being said, what is your solution? I would suggest replacing the halogen lighting with LED lighting which uses far less electricity, produces very little heat versus the halogen, which is very hot, and produces a very comfortable light. Another possible option is to plug the microwave oven into a nearby outlet on a different circuit using a heavy-duty appliance extension cord with 12-gauge wiring.

Kelly G. Richardson Esq., CCAL, is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and a Partner of Richardson Ober DeNichilo LLP, a California law firm known for community association advice.

Submit questions to Kelly@rodllp.com Past columns at www.HOAHomefront.com. All rights reserved®.

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Mark Baird is a General Contractor & the Owner of “Your Handyman” servicing Santa Barbara since 2006. You can contact Mark at 805-9681234 or email him at: mark.baird@sbcoxmail.com.

Visit his website at: www.yourhandymansb.com.

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A room like this is the perfect space for an abundance of textures and patterns that provide intrigue and complexity.

With no shortage of punchy and bright colors, this is a fall look full of sunshine and crisp lines.

Photos courtesy Handout/TNS

Autumn Aromatherapy

By Katie Laughridge

This space demands a unique and unexpected aroma that both stands out and blends effortlessly just as this perfect pattern does.

Fall is in the air, and with it the crisp and spicy scents I crave this time of year. I am candle-obsessed year-round, but I do consider autumn the official beginning of candle season. The comforting ambiance brought to a room by the soft glow of a candle is hard to beat (and especially needed this year). I truly believe that after a stressful day, a candle’s soothing aroma and soft glow can help you relax and re-center.

While I love spring scents full of fruit and sweet freshness, I find myself dreaming of wrapping myself in a warm embrace of delightful fall and winter notes like oak, amber, peppermint and ginger. These scents smell good enough to eat and make my mouth water just thinking about them. Take a journey with me as I pair some of my favorite scents with the coziest fall corners.

Molasses room The molasses room is one of my favorite spaces year-round. With warm brown walls the color of New Hampshire’s finest maple syrup, there is an inherit comfort to the room however it has been styled. We tend to put more of our earthy, masculine and cabin-inspired furniture and accessories in this area to enhance the rich and slightly rustic atmosphere. A room like this is the perfect space for an abundance of textures and patterns that provide intrigue and complexity. There is not a better candle pairing than the intricate blend of flavors that is Pickwick’s British Oak. With notes of cardamom, galbanum, lime and mandarin mixing with jasmine, basil and base notes of sandalwood and tree moss, it is a scent with many intriguing layers.

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Hedge apple room This space is full of natural light and has no shortage of personality. Plus, what better place for some fall foliage than a room the color of freshly dropped hedge apples? With no shortage of punchy and bright colors, this is a fall look full of sunshine and crisp lines.

Enter one of my go-to scents, Black Pepper.

This scent is interesting because it smells almost completely different when it is burning and when it is unlit. When it is lit, the sharp notes of black pepper soften to blend beautifully with the fresh floral scents of lemon, jasmine and violet leaf, creating the perfect top notes to a long-lasting base of oakmoss, amber and patchouli.

Plaid bedroom As a plaid-obsessed person, this bedding design speaks to my heart and soul and deserves a special fragrance to enhance it. It demands a unique and unexpected aroma that both stands out and blends effortlessly just as this perfect pattern does. In my search there was only one candle that could do it justice and that is Masala Chai. This scent snuck up on me unexpectedly and now burns in my bedroom almost every night. Both warm and uplifting, it contains soothing bedtime oils like peppermint, green tea (yes please!) and lemon along with spicy touches of green cardamom, clove, pepper, ginger and white amber.

Adapted from nellhills.com. Katie Laughridge is the owner of Kansas City interior design destination Nell Hill’s. For more information, email Katie at info@nellhills.com. ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Jason Siemens 805.455.1165

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1104 CHANNEL DR, MONTECITO 1.13±acs • $32,000,000 Phyllis Noble, 805.451.2126 LIC# 01448730

ESTELLE RANCH, SANTA YNEZ 995± acs • $29,500,000 Kerry Mormann, 805.682.3242 LIC# 00598625

296 LAS ENTRADAS DR, MONTECITO 6BD/11BA • $28,500,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

RANCHO CANADA LARGA, VENTURA 6,496± acs • $27,650,000 Kerry Mormann, 805.682.3242 LIC# 00598625

9525 CALLE REAL, GOLETA SOUTH 207±acs • $25,000,000 Kerry Mormann, 805.682.3242 LIC# 00598625

2075 VINEYARD VIEW LN, LOMPOC 3BD/3BA; 101±acs • $14,950,000 Kerry Mormann, 805.682.3242 LIC# 00598625

2697 SYCAMORE CYN RD, MONTECITO 5BD/7½BA 3±acs • $10,900,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

810 BUENA VISTA DR, MONTECITO 6BD+apt/9BA • $8,495,000 Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group, 805.565.4014 LIC# 01426886

3007 VISTA LINDA LN, MONTECITO 6BD/7½BA • $8,450,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

830 PARK LN, MONTECITO UPPER 5BD/4½BA • $7,400,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

1191 LAS ALTURAS RD, RIVIERA 4BD/4BA; 1±acs • $5,995,000 Josiah Hamilton, 805.284.8835 LIC# 01415235

4660 VIA ROBLADA, HOPE RANCH 5BD/5½BA • $4,695,000 Team Scarborough, 805.331.1465 LIC# 01182792 / 01050902

2439 SANTA BARBARA ST, GOLETA 4BD/3BA • $4,450,000 Randy Glick, 805.689.7167 LIC# 00950129

2081 CHINA FLAT RD, MONTECITO 4BD/4½BA • $4,295,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

124 VIA ALICIA, EUCALYPTUS HILL 3BD/3½BA • $3,895,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

3251 SHORT RD, SANTA YNEZ 40±acs • $3,850,000 Carole Colone, 805.708.2580 LIC# 01223216

990 VIA FRUTERIA, HOPE RANCH 3BD/3BA • $3,750,000 Team Scarborough, 805.331.1465 LIC# 01182792 / 01050902

850 ROCKBRIDGE RD, MONTECITO 3BD/2½BA • $3,450,000 Barbara Neary / Dan Encell, 805.698.8980 LIC# 01491532 / 00976141

10 SEAVIEW DR, MONTECITO LOWER 2BD/2BA • $3,400,000 Kathleen Winter, 805.451.4663 LIC# 01022891

2900 OLD CALZADA RD, SANTA YNEZ 4BD/3½BA+2BD/2BA GH;4.47±acs • $3,300,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

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4468 FOOTHILL RD, CARPINTERIA 3BD/3½BA • $3,250,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

2041 DERMANAK DR, SOLVANG 4BD/5BA; 5.25±acs • $3,250,000 Joe Ramos, 805.680.6849 LIC# 02040488

1186 E MOUNTAIN DR, MONTECITO 2.94±acs • $2,995,000 Daniel Encell, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141

165 LA VISTA GRANDE, SB 3BD/3½BA • $2,796,000 Kristin Arntz, 805.636.6867 LIC# 01817970

4120 VIEJA DR, HOPE RANCH 4BD/3BA • $2,570,000 Randy Freed & Kellie Clenet, 805.895.1799 LIC# 00624274 / 01434616

4000 W OAK TRAIL RD, SANTA YNEZ 3BD/2+(2)½BA; 40±acs; Wine Cellar • $2,450,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

241 E MOUNTAIN DR, MONTECITO 3BD/3½BA • $2,425,000 Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group, 805.565.4014 LIC# 01426886

521 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO 3BD/2½BA • $2,195,000 Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group, 805.565.4014 LIC# 01426886

2601 BASELINE AVE, BALLARD 4BD/4BA • $1,895,000 Nina Stormo / Brenda Cloud, 805.729.4754 LIC# 01341678 / 01772551

1366 PLAZA DE SONADORES, MONTECITO

2BD/2½BA • $1,585,000 Daniel Encell, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141

165 LESLIE ST, LOS ALAMOS 1.5±acs; 3 Lots • $1,295,000 Ealand & Sideris Group, 805.698.9902 LIC# 01766178 / 00603730

177 SEAVIEW DR, PISMO BEACH 3BD/1½BA • $1,050,000 Jody Neal, 805.252.9267 LIC# 01995725

820 CATHEDRAL VISTA LN, HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT

0.5 ± acs • $995,000 Kathy Strand Spieler, 805.895.6326 LIC# 00851281

2570 WILD OAK RD, LOMPOC 3BD/2BA; 21±acs • $959,000 Brett Ellingsberg, 805.729.4334 LIC# 01029715

445 MAIN ST, LOS ALAMOS 2BD/1BA; 2BD/1BA • $895,000 Ealand & Sideris Group, 805.698.9902 LIC# 01766178 / 00603730

2127 HOLLY LN, SOLVANG 3BD/2BA • $739,000 Karin Aitken, 805.252.1205 LIC# 00882496

001 SWEENEY RD, LOMPOC 81±acs • $719,000 Jody Neal, 805.252.9267 LIC# 01995725

25 HENRY CT, LOS ALAMOS 3BD/2BA • $629,000 Ealand & Sideris Group, 805.698.9902 LIC# 01766178 / 00603730

136 SIERRA VISTA, SOLVANG 2BD/2BA • $349,000 Karin Aitken, 805.252.1205 LIC# 00882496

24 EALAND PL, SANTA BARBARA 0.69±acs • $250,000 Tony Miller, 805.705.4007 LIC# 01979251

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020

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Real Estate During the Pandemic

Third Quarter Home Sales Soar

By Sue Irwin What a surprising year in real estate markets across the country, and especially in the Santa Barbara area! Our local market went from a roller coaster ride this spring to something more like a rocket launch this summer, and the trajectory appears to be continuing as we settle into autumn.

Here are highlights of the year so far, and a recap of how the business of real estate has changed in 2020. Home sales were more robust than normal in January and February, in large part due to low interest rates, but then sales slowed drastically by mid-March when the pandemic caused the country to take a break from almost everything, including a break from buying property. In a very short time, however, real estate was deemed by the State of California to be an essential industry. People working in the real estate industry—brokers, sales agents, lenders, escrow companies, home inspectors and more—adjusted their business activities by adopting protocols that allowed real estate business to be conducted in a safe manner.

Like most other businesses, going digital for meetings has become the norm, and any inperson property visits now require signed Property Entry Advisories, mask wearing, and hand cleaning stations. Vacant homes have been easier to show since no occupant is in danger of being exposed to Covid-19, but even so, Realtors must clean surfaces between showings. In addition, many sellers are requiring proof of financial ability to purchase their home before allowing showings to occur, particularly if they live in the home.

Summer Was a Wild Ride for Sales Activity!

In these restrictive and uncertain circumstances, most people were surprised by the surge of real estate activity that started in May and has continued full speed ahead ever since. When we compare the Santa Barbara Multiple Listing Service data for April

2019 and April 2020—April being the heart of the “spring buying season”—the newness of the pandemic brought the market to its knees, and roughly half the number of homes sold in April than we would generally expect. But starting in May, an increase in buying activity kicked into gear, with more sales and pending transactions each month from late spring through summer. In September alone, 177 homes closed escrow— about 75% more homes than last September. Despite the pull-back in early spring, by the end of September the South Coast surpassed the number of year-to-date home sales compared to last year—which was a relatively busy year.

Home Prices Are Now at an All-Time High Along with higher demand for homes and more sales, starting in July the median price of homes has increased more than anyone would have guessed. A year ago, the overall median price of homes along the South Coast was $1,288,250, just above the top median price before the Recession. By June this year, after a dip in early spring, the median was back at that level - $1,288,500. Then it took off, rising rapidly to $1,490,800 year-to-date by the end of September—a 15% increase in the South Coast median home price just over the summer.

One factor driving the median home price increase for the South Coast has been a record-breaking number of luxury home sales in Montecito, where the year-to-date median of $3,668,298 is 24.6% higher than last year’s $2,943,325. In Montecito, we normally have a large number of highend properties that are on the market for a very long time, but the usual over-supply of homes has been virtually exhausted by a pandemic-driven demand in the high-end market.

For you homeowners out there, please note that the South Coast median increase of 15% doesn’t necessarily mean that your own home has increased that much this

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summer—it’s a reflection of all home sales on the South Coast. As you can see in the callouts below, different areas have seen different amounts of median price change this year! Certainly, most sectors of the South Coast have higher median prices compared to this time last year, but not 15%. Compared to the end of September last year: • Hope Ranch’s 2020 median was $3,485,000, up 12.4% • Santa Barbara’s 2020 median home price was $1,375,000, up 8.3% • Goleta’s 2020 median price was $1,077,500, up 8.6% • Carpinteria/ Summerland is the only sector that has a lower median price now than last year-to-date. The 2020 median home price of $1,129,500 is 6.7% below last years median.

The condominium market has been robust this year. The median sales price of condos year-to-date is $712,500, an 8.3% increase over last year. The number of condos sold in the month of September alone was about twice as many as last September, and year-to-date the number of condo sales is just a hair below last year, but likely to surpass 2019 levels in October.

Higher Prices Fueled by Low Interest Rates and High Demand for Homes What’s fueling this upsurge in number of sales and prices? Low interest rates have definitely continued to help entice buyers into the market, and they are a godsend for people looking to buy an entry level home.

It’s understandable that the low rates are enticing—who knows how long we will have 30-year fixed rates at 3% or less?

But mainly, the pandemic has changed people’s needs, and having a home that works well for those needs has become a top priority: People want a beautiful living space since they are spending more time at home, and they want the conveniences of a home office and space for home schooling, plus outdoor areas for play, entertaining guests or enjoying quiet moments outside.

Besides locals resettling, Santa Barbara and Montecito have become a refuge for people moving from larger urban centers, predominantly from Northern and Southern California but also from the East Coast, Texas, the Northwest and elsewhere. A smaller urban area and the natural beauty and climate of the South Coast are big attractions.

Sellers’ Market Conditions Prevailed All Summer Without a doubt, the real estate market had sellers’ market conditions across the board throughout July, August and September. Homes are selling quickly and multiple offers are common, and the data for “Months of Inventory” confirms that it’s a sellers’ market. Measuring how many months it would take for all listings to sell if nothing new

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came on the market, the value of months of inventory (MOI) reflects the demand for properties compared to the supply available.

A value of 3.0 or less is considered a pretty hot market, and at values above 5.0 the scale starts tipping in favor of buyers having more clout than sellers in negotiations, generally speaking.

This year, with such high demand for homes, months of inventory has been dropping steadily, meaning available homes are selling at a much faster rate than new listings are coming on the market.

The Goleta and Santa Barbara sectors weighed in at 0.9 MOI for September—less than one month of inventory available.

Looking back to our last hot sellers’ market—as the recovery took hold after the recession—Goleta did have an MOI this low at least one month in 2014, but Santa Barbara never did, and the overall MOI rarely dipped under 3.0 for the South Coast as a whole. This September, the South Coast MOI stood at 1.4—something I don’t think we have ever seen. The unusually high number of sales in Montecito is a major reason why the overall number is so low. Unlike its usual 7.0 or higher MOI, this September Montecito recorded a historically low 2.9 MOI. It’s Hard to Predict Where We Go from Here The election, the pandemic, a rapid increase in home prices over the last few months, interest rates remaining low, winter weather, holidays—there are a lot of factors that can influence the real estate market in the coming months. Whether you are buying or selling, now more than ever it is important to connect with a local Realtor who can give you accurate information about what is happening in the market right now, down to the micro-neighborhood level, to help you with your decisions.

Sue Irwin is a full-time real estate professional with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties. She is a member and past chair of the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors Statistical Review Committee.

Sue Irwin

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices (805) 705-6973 Email: sueirwinrealtor@gmail.com

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020

Santa BarBara County SaleS

This is a partial list of all recorded residential sales in Santa Barbara County from October 8th, 2020 thru October 9th, 2020. While these recordings are public record, the News-Press receives this information from an outside source. This list does not represent all sales that occurred over this time period. Consult your REALTOR® for further information regarding home sales in your area of interest.

AREA BUELLTON/SOLVANG

ADDRESS

SELLER

BUYER

PRICE

DATE

1555 DOVE MEADOW RD

LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUS

TESTA MICHAEL

$1,755,000

10/9/20

2060 DERMANAK DR

WORD OF FAITH WORLD OUTREACH

ROBBINS LEE EA

$2,546,000

10/9/20

5455 EIGHTH ST 53

PRESSMAN JEROME EA

DEAN KENNETH

$531,000

10/9/20

580 TORO CANYON PARK RD

SHINE TG INC

WANDERMENT FARMS LLC

$4,455,000

10/9/20

491 PACIFIC OAKS RD

SEIB SHAROL EA

CHASE JOHANNA

$951,000

10/8/20

225 OAK VIEW LN

COHEN ALLAN EU

COUSSA GREGORY EU

$1,250,000

10/9/20

5319 PASEO RIO

GIERHART CARYN EA

WILSON TYLER

$1,510,000

10/9/20

GUADALUPE

4917 SANDPIPER LN

GIESE ICHOLAS EA

MANDUJANO-PADILLA SOSTENES

$454,000

10/9/20

LOMPOC

518 N F ST

HOLDING KEITH

LAZARO EMILY EA

$325,000

10/8/20

1221 E PEACH AVE

HAZEN JAMES EA

PAREDES SAMANTHA EA

$369,500

10/9/20

1001 N SIXTH ST

PEIL CRAIG EA

VELASQUEZ JUAN

$375,000

10/9/20

314 S K ST

TIFFANY CHRISTINE EA

POWELL COLLIN

$420,000

10/8/20

1790 SYCAMORE CANYON RD

1790 SYCAMOREBUILT LLC

BGHS HOLDINGS LLC

$650,000

10/9/20

685 TORO CANYON RD

LEE SARAH

SECURITY EAT 393 INC

$2,261,000

10/9/20

900 KNOLLWOOD DR

KIDDER MARY EA

KNOLLWOOD DRIVE PROPERTY TRUST

$14,200,000

10/9/20

3570 MODOC RD 21

IVERSON DEREK

DAVIDSON DOROTHY

$510,000

10/8/20

12 W CONSTANCE AVE 1

SALAS LILLIAN EA

WESTGARD DAVID EU

$645,000

10/8/20

2418 CALLE REAL

PUIKUNAS DAVIE EA

KENNEDY WILLIAM EU

$833,000

10/9/20

1230 CARPINTERIA ST

SANCHEZ JULIE

GLASS NATHAN EU

$890,000

10/9/20

421 N NOPAL ST

CECCATO GRAPPINO EA

HOWARD CYNTHIA EA

$975,000

10/9/20

615 ALAMEDA PADRE SERR

TORRES LUCINDA EA

DARIN DANIELLE EU

$1,025,000

10/9/20

2213 OAK PARK LN

HASKELL KAREN

DESAINT PAIGE EU

$1,050,000

10/8/20

350 CHAPALA ST

BATES PHILIP EA

NOLAND MICHAEL EA

$1,075,000

10/8/20

1047 CHELTENHAM RD

CONTRERAS MARIO EA

LEGGAT IAN EU

$1,395,000

10/9/20

2425 CALLE SORIA

BOWERS ERIC

COTTER CHRISTOPHER EU

$1,460,500

10/8/20

1504 LIVE OAK LN

TRAVOLTA JOHN

BOIRE DAVID EU

$1,522,500

10/9/20

1476 CRESTLINE DR

OLSON JANE EA

PROKH ALEX EA

$1,680,000

10/9/20

1022 ESTRELLA DR

TOKIWA TYMIKO EA

EUBANK CHRISTOPHER EA

$1,908,000

10/9/20

130 LOS AGUAJES AVE

STACEY A SHERWIN LLC EA

130 LOS AGUAJES LLC

$2,300,000

10/9/20

1255 FERRELO RD

FERRELO LLC

HINAN STEVEN EA

$2,950,000

10/9/20

640 W VISTA CIR

BUCHAN ALBERT EA

GUTIERREZ ROSA

$380,000

10/9/20

430 N RAILROAD AVE

GARCIA PABLO EA

VILLENA MARIA

$400,000

10/8/20

734 E TUNNELL ST

SCHMIDT LARRY EA

CARILLO HUMBERTO EU

$415,000

10/9/20

1947 N DEJOY ST

CARRILLO HUMBERTO EU

AVALOS RAUL EA

$425,000

10/9/20

3065 MONTANO DR

VIOLETTE RICHARD EU

JEVNE WILL EA

$440,000

10/9/20

1363 MIRA FLORES DR

RUNIONS DANIEL EU

PENA ANTONIO

$497,000

10/9/20

CARPINTERIA

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1715 N Refugio Rd | Santa Ynez | 3BD/3BA DRE 00753349 | Offered at $3,250,000 Carey Kendall 805.689.6262

1690 Sky Dr | Santa Ynez | 2BD/3BA DRE 00753349 | Offered at $2,700,000 Carey Kendall 805.689.6262

1100 Palomino Rd | Santa Barbara | 6BD/5BA DRE 01468842 | Offered at $2,345,000 James Krautmann 805.451.4527

665 Coyote Rd | Santa Barbara | 5BD/4BA DRE 01236143/01410304 | Offered at $2,195,000 Grubb Campbell Group 805.895.6226

236 Hot Springs Rd | Santa Barbara | 4BD/4BA DRE 00852118 | Offered at $2,149,000 Jeff Oien 805.895.2944

3943 Calle Cita | Santa Barbara | 5BD/4BA DRE 01236143/01410304 | Offered at $1,495,000 Grubb Campbell Group 805.895.6226

( 0LFKHOWRUHQD 6W _ 6DQWD %DUEDUD _ %' %$ DRE 00938841 | Offered at $1,349,000 Bob Curtis 805.895.1951

145 N Seaward Ave | Ventura | 4BD/4BA DRE 01712742/01335689 | Offered at $1,200,000 Hansen/Clyne 805.901.0248

420 Los Verdes Dr | Santa Barbara | 3BD/2BA DRE 01468842 | Offered at $1,195,000 James Krautmann 805.451.4527

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EXCLUSIVE OFFERINGS SANTA BARBARA LIVING AT ITS FINEST

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In the heart of the Golden Quadrangle, Stonehedge represents one of Montecito's finest legacy estates offering three homes, iconic grounds and a fabled history.

California's Golden Age is thriving in Santa Barbara and few homes can claim the lineage of the architectural beauty of Cuatro Vientos.

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1690 SKY DRIVE SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA

NEW LISTING

First time on the market in the prestigious Rancho Estates is a 5± acre estate overlooking the stunning vitas of Happy Canyon. The sophisticated yet relaxed home was designed by

5± ACRE ESTATE IN RANCHO ESTATES with Privacy, Views, and Quality Craftsmanship

well-known architect, Howard Marter for him and his family. The house was expertly built

by Matt Louden and has the comforts and conveniences of a contemporary design yet embraces nature with natural wood doors, windows, and accents. The 3,500± SF single level house is comprised of 2 bedrooms, a spacious office, large multi-use hobby room, 2.5 bathrooms, and an oversized 3 car garage. Wide hallways and spacious living areas make this home extremely livable and offers an ease for entertaining. Many rooms have stunning views of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Relax on the back patio or meander through

OFFERED AT $2,700,000

the thoughtfully designed gardens consisting of California native plants, fruit trees, shade trees, and even a greenhouse. A prime 5± acre estate in one of the Santa Ynez Valley's most sought-after neighborhoods known for its equestrian estates and ample water provided by a community mutual water company. The multi-use hobby room has plans for converting to a bedroom/bath.

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1715 N REFUGIO ROAD SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA

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his stunning 5± estate sits on a hilltop overlooking the spectacular panorama of the Santa Ynez Mountains. The relaxed California interior style is combined with extensive outdoor living making it is an entertainer’s paradise complete with a pool, spa, outdoor fireplace and

BBQ area, and a second outdoor kitchen with pizza oven, fire pit area, and stone dining table off the back of the house. The home’s interior is inviting and warm and features Saltillo tile and wood floors, two stone fireplaces, beamed ceilings, and large picture windows with spectacular views of the valley. The main residence has 3 bedrooms, each with its own patio, 2.5 baths, a large office with French doors to the pool area, and an open well-laid out floor plan. There is a detached studio, pool bath, and down the hill behind the house is a large 2,000± sf metal storage barn. The parcel is set far off the road and has ample acreage for horses, hobbies, orchard, or your own private boutique vineyard.

There are plans and an electrical meter for a 2nd residence which would have equally breathtaking views! The property is served by a private well and has 2 water meters with the SY Water District for both the main house and future 2nd residence. All of this and only minutes to Los Olivos or Santa Ynez, and 35 minutes to Santa Barbara. Live the California dream with room to roam and space to breathe!

OFFERED AT $3,250,000

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Santa BarBara County SaleS AREA

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SANTA MARIA

4329 SNOWHILL CT

REYNOLDS KATHLEEN EA

LEYVA JOSE

$629,000

10/9/20

1499 CORSICA DR

KWON MATT EU

DENNE HAROLD

$799,000

10/9/20

4596 BEVERLY DR

GRAINGER SUSAN

BARAKAT RAMI EU

$950,000

10/8/20

6024 QUAIL CT

TIGHE THOMAS EA

MOWREY DARYLL EU

$1,200,000

10/8/20

SUMMERLAND

395 GREENWELL AVE

HUMMING BIRD ROCK RANCH

CASTELL MARK EA

$8,550,000

10/9/20

UNICORP

1843 N VINE ST

MACINTYRE LANCE

LA BRISA EQUITIES LLC

$325,000

10/9/20

1860 N MILLER ST

VEA SOPHIE EA

DE CASTRO CARMENCITA EA

$333,000

10/9/20

3859 VIA MITAD

MARTIN TERRY EA

JIMENEZ HUGO EU

$360,000

10/8/20

500 S R ST

TRUJILLO SYLVIA EA

GARCIA RENE EA

$389,000

10/9/20

216 E BENNETTA DR

MANCUSO JOSEPH

MESIAS SHANE

$399,000

10/9/20

1009 E STACY ANN TERR

SNOOK REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST 4

ANTHONY FLORRIENE EU

$487,500

10/9/20

1170 LINCOLN ST

JUNGHANDEL SHARON EA

RILEY KEVIN EA

$600,000

10/9/20

1183 HARRIS DR

GRUENFELD CHRISTOPHER EA

SORA JEON

$650,000

10/8/20

379 ST ANDREWS WAY

SWART MICHAEL EU

ARNOLD WILLIAM EA

$688,000

10/9/20

3322 TIVOLA ST

JONSSON MARGARET EA

CARLSON MICHAEL EA

$815,000

10/9/20

1345 CIMARRON DR

ANDERSON MICHAEL EA

HIGBEE TAYLOR EU

$920,500

10/8/20

279 ALISAL RD

FLETCHER BRENT EU

FACHA TL

$950,000

10/9/20

Real estate Q&A:

A Relative wants to buy my share of a home. what issues could come up?

By Gary M. Singer Question: I co-own a house with my mother. My brother wants to buy my half of the property, and we agreed on a price, but he wants to pay me over time. He will inherit the rest from our mother eventually.

Is there any reason I should be concerned?

— Grace Answer: Yes, there are several issues you should consider.

When entering into any agreement, especially one with a family member, you should have a written contract. Not only will this help resolve problems that may arise, but it

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will also cause you both to think of issues now that you would not have otherwise.

You need to address what happens if your bother stops paying you, if he lets the hazard insurance lapse, or fails to pay the property taxes.

You should also consider what would happen if he passes away unexpectedly before paying you off, files for bankruptcy or gets a divorce.

Because allowing your brother to pay you off over time for the house is essentially a mortgage loan, you will need to check state and federal law and do it by the book.

Also, every person has a unique financial

position, and this sale may have tax consequences, so speak with your tax professional before moving forward. This information will help you structure the transfer appropriately.

This transaction is more complicated than it may seem and should be set up to fit your family’s unique needs. The three of you should consult with an experienced attorney to help you structure this properly.

Most of the time, everything will work out fine on its own. But having dealt with family disputes like this in my law practice, this is a situation where an ounce of prevention is worth five pounds of cure.

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ABOUT THE WRITER Gary M. Singer is a Florida attorney and boardcertified as an expert in real estate law by the Florida Bar. He practices real estate, business litigation and contract law from his office in Sunrise, Fla. He is the chairman of the Real Estate Section of the Broward County Bar Association and is a co-host of the weekly radio show Legal News and Review.

He frequently consults on general real estate matters and trends in Florida with various companies across the nation. Send him questions online at www. sunsentinel.com/askpro or follow him on Twitter @ GarySingerLaw. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Mums The Word for Fall

By Calla Jones Corner In early October I bought 3 chrysanthemum plants to brighten up my front doorstep during the gloomy days. Seeing the outdoor plant stand at Trader Joe’s overflowing with a panoply of colored mums reminded me that for decades I’ve loved seeing how French flair flourishes when decorating with these seasonal blossoms.

If one is lucky to enough to be in France during October and November, one’s eye is constantly enchanted by how the French are able to decorate store windows, window boxes and dining tables with their innate savoir faire, using mums.

France sells more than 23 million of the plants from 9,000 cultivators during the two months.

For Americans, chrysanthemums signal the beginning of Autumn and the pumpkin harvest.

This seemingly boring flower that one picks up cheaply at grocery markets before Halloween lasts ’til Christmas, filling vases at Thanksgiving to focus the eye on Fall’s subtle, yet lusciously striking colors. In fact, mums are anything but boring.

Normally I am in France in October to visit our family in Burgundy where mums are celebrated for Toussaint, the French equivalent of “All Saints’ Day”, at the end of October and for Armistice Day, on the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour, to celebrate the ending of World War 1. On that day in 1919, George Clemenceau called upon the French to decorate with mums the tombs of fallen soldiers. The flower was chosen because it was one of the rare plants flowering at that time of the year.

So, too, for Toussaint, which falls on November 2. It is not a biblical holiday, as one might think, but rather a day of catholic tradition celebrating all the dead. French cemeteries in November burst with colored mums as the nation mourns its deceased family members and heroes.

Apart from its role in national fêtes, different colored mums are offered as symbols—yellow for perfection, red for intense love, white for pure love, pink for infatuation that could turn into real love. It is said in France that if one dreams of

mums, one is waiting for love and marriage.

The origin of mums is not known. But it is thought that it dates back to the 15th century, B.C. in China, where the flower symbolized nobility and hardiness and was given to families who had a newborn. Its boiled roots make a calming tea or a treatment for headaches. Its petals are added to salads. As a ritual, nectar from the petals is served on the 9th day of the 9th moon during an autumn festival known as “the Double Nine”.

Only the Japanese outdo the French in their historical adherence and affection for the flower.

In Japan, mums have been cultivated since the 8th century A.D., when it was chosen as the imperial symbol, representing the sun. It adorns the country’s flag and all pertaining to the empire. Japan’s Emperor sits on “The Chrysanthemum Throne.”

Kamikaze pilots, during World War II, used the mum as their symbol. The Order of the Chrysanthemum is the highest medal awarded for bravery. Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, often uses mums. In November, in Bunkyô, a suburb of Tokyo, the annual Chrysanthemum Festival exhibits mums from over 2,000 varieties.

There is even an ancient recipe for chrysanthemum cheesecake, which today’s gourmets claim has an undefinable taste and aroma. Japan claims to have 350 of the approximately 20,000 known varieties.

Calla Jones Corner has been writing about plants for over five decades. She was the Swiss Correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and the Associated Press from 1972-1984, writing from Lausanne. From 19841989 she was also a stringer for the Wall Street Journal, European Edition, writing from Brussels. Her feature articles have also appeared in Gourmet Magazine, Writer’s Digest, the Swissair Gazette, Cape Cod Life, The Boston Herald, The Spectator and many other publications both here and abroad. She now freelances from Montecito.

DECORATING TIPS: • Densely packing mums with other flowers, like asters, plays up their texture.

• Yellow mums placed in blue vases are a mood booster.

• Put in white vases a mixture of white spider and pompom mums with baby’s breath, carnations and silver dusty miller, to create a wintry feel.

• Arrange loosely clusters of white and chartreuse daisy and pompom mums into farmhouse pitchers for a casual look.

• For a lush look, combine delicate red roses with pink anenomes and similarly colored large and pompom mums.

Photo Top: Mums come in a myriad of colors and sizes Middle: Mums filling an antique urn on a sidewalk in Beaune, France.

Bottom: Calla Jones Corner on her doorstep with newly planted button mums All photos courtesy of Calla Jones Corner

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OFFERED AT $2,495,000

This 4bed/4bath ~3,058 sq. ft. Alta Mesa home is resting on a spacious corner lot with gorgeous ocean and island views.

This traditional residence has been beautifully maintained and improved by the current owners over the last 25 years.

The downstairs features a formal dining room, wide galley gourmet kitchen, living room, ground-floor master or den, full bath, wine cellar, and direct access into the 2-car garage.

The dreamy kitchen was remodeled in 2017 with all new cabinetry, Wolf gas stove/oven, Samsung fridge, and Bosch dish-

washer. The upstairs features 2 bedrooms, a hallway bath, and the master suite. The master suite enjoys panoramic ocean and island views fit with a lovely sitting area, his/her closets, and an oversized walk-in shower. Located in the sought-after Washington Elementary School District. The Mesa neighborhood is an ocean-side enclave where homeowners enjoy multiple beaches, parks, restaurants, coffee shops, and much more. Everything you need right at your fingertips!

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