Entries from January 2018 ↓

Oscar Wei, Senior Economist California Association of Realtors (CAR) Tax Reform’s impact on the economy & real estate

CAR.org

Segment 1
Year-over-year sales for past 5 years without Montecito & Hope Ranch

Segment 2
Oscar Wei, Senior Economist CAR
Tax Reform provisions, what was changed & final bill
Short term and long term impacts on the economy
Inflation & higher interest rates
Standard Deduction nearly doubles & will help certain segments

Segment 3
Oscar Wei, Senior Economist CAR
What the decrease in Mortgage Interest Deduction means
Tax Reform impact on housing prices & sales

Segment 4
Weekly Multiple Listing Update

Jim Buckley, Founding Publisher Montecito Journal

Segment 1
Jim Buckley, Founding Publisher Montecito Journal
The tragic mudslides in Montecito & how people respond
10% of Montecito’s home impacted
Army Corp of Engineers does a great job
Montecito is slowly making progress and repopulating
Where does Jim shower?
Why does Jim have issues?

Dedicated to the memory of Brent Gloege: January 23, 2011

Segment 2
Year-over-year stats single family and condos
Priciest Zip Codes in the Country

Segment 3
2017 Homebuyer Survey: National Association of Realtors

Segment 4
Weekly Multiple Listing Update

Joe Holland, Santa Barbara County Tax Assessor, Registrar of Voters, Clerk & Recorder

Segment 1
Dedicated to the memory of Rebecca Riskin and Josie Gower
Year-over-year stats including Bank-owned (REO) & Short Sales
Differences in past years of distress sales as a percentage of overall sales

Segment 2
Joe Holland, County Tax Assessor, Registrar of Voters, Clerk & Recorder
What happens to the tax basis of homes impacted by the 2018 mudslides?

Segment 3
Joe Holland, County Tax Assessor, Registrar of Voters, Clerk & Recorder
Proposition 13 continues to evolve
2018 Proposal: Base Year Transfers Initiative
Allowing certain people to transfer their tax base across all County lines

Segment 4
Weekly Multiple Listing Update