It seems that the Santa Barbara Real Estate Market is coming alive! The low end in our family housing neighborhoods, particularly in the community of Goleta (next door to SB) is quite active. Lower prices combined with fabulous interest rates is motivating buyers to snap up the best buys, which has reduced the inventory to a 3+ month supply. This is considered a near normal market. This is for housing under $900,000! Still a lot of money compared to other California communities...but, hey some things don't change...and that's the desirability of the Santa Barbara area climate, geography and lifestyle.
With a world class UC system drawing from around the world...it's hard to leave once you've tasted the Santa Barbara lifestyle. What do Buyers want? A GREAT price, FABULOUS condition, good school district and a realistic Seller! It is still not easy to get a Buyer to get off the fence, however, a well educated Buyer becomes a more motivated Buyer!
Closing a loan isn't easy, that's for sure. Tried and True Loan Officers are an invaluable asset in getting the job done...along with a patient Seller and well informed Listing Agent.
After thirty years of Selling the Santa Barbara lifestyle, I must say that the threshold of boredom is very low in this wonderful business!
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New Year - Fresh Start! 2009 will bring us a new President who hopefuly will bring a fresh start to Washinton. Wall Street is already experiencing a fresh start. Many of the old 'movers & shakers' will be replaced! I am hopefull that Integrity, Honesty, Wisdom and Righteousness will be traits the new movers and shakers ascribe to, both on Wall Street in in DC; as well as in our cities, towns, businesses and homes.
FAMILY MATTERS: both in a parochial and national sense. It doesn't matter who your family is, or who you consider makes up your family. Family First simply means: let's take care of each other with concern and caring for each other's well being. On a larger scale that includes friends, acquaintances, work associates, teachers, services providers and all the people we come in contact with in our daily life.
Let us put effort into admiring and appreciating each other. Do our work, put effort into our studies, deal with crisis small and large, take care of individual responsibilities to the best of our abilities. Let us emphasize admiration for the creators in the world, the inventors, the scientists, the great actors, amazing singers, dancers, athletes, authors, and entertainers for their contribution to our world. Let us admire publicly those who make a difference in our lives. Let's stop adulating vain celebrity for the sake of celebrity. Let's re-install small courtesies in our daily contact with each other, such as: Thanks You. Job Well Done. Much appreciated. You are welcome. My Pleasure. Excuse me. Pardon me. Go ahead. Let's win with honest effort and lose with dignity. let's again believe in "the greatest good for the greatest number of people." Let's really try to do the "right thing", and accept nothing but the right thing and the best each other has to offer.
As small change in attitude in each of us is like a pebble tossed into a pond....it could read all the way to Washington, DC, and yes, even to Wall Street!
Reviews for the new movies are dismal! The only one with 5 stars is Frost/Nixon. Our 27 year old son has no interest in that one and we lived through it. So it's "Marley & Me" (my choice), Bedtime Stories (son's choice), or "Gran Torino" (husband's choice). Gran Torino wins out. Son and I are not too sure that 78 year old Clint Eastwood will hold our attention. WRONG! Although this is NOT a movie for anyone but adults (without sensitive ears) because of the foul language which is a steady stream coming from that old curmudgeon, this movie was a 5 star in our books.
It is truly a 'make my day' Eastwood style movie, with a real story of grudging goodwill, delivered with a constant barrage of everything politically incorrect 'Archie Bunker' style. It's not only the, "oh my gawd, he didn't really say that..." style of humor, but also his timing, facial expressions and his wonderful cast of supporting actors depicting his Hmong neighbors.
The theater was packed with all ages of adults from late teens to Eastwood contemporaries. Not one person left. Applause, laughter and applause was continual during the entire movie. This family of three love it...each for different reasons. We went home with a smile in the knowledge that all we love about movies hasn't gone to hell in a handbasket because of 2 hours of special effects or violence!
Happy New Year Clint! You made our day!
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