With Home Decor, Size DOES Matter
Tips and tricks to achieve a perfectly proportioned space.
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The True Cost of Buy-Downs
As rates continue to bounce around, trending upward against inflationary news and data, more and more talk is around buy-downs
The Big Battle: When Santa Barbara Community Members Fought High Rise Development — and Won!
The El Mirasol project offers an example of how community members organized and worked together, and how values, history, and tradition won out over financial interests.
The Sunday Summary
How one 30-minute habit has kept our family connected through every season of life.
Solar Canopies over California’s Canals?
Solving land, water, and power issues with one integrated approach.
Hardwood Heaven: Choosing the Right Hardwood Floor
From solid to engineered to vinyl, here’s how to pick the best fit for your home.
Santa Barbara Rent Control: What the Rent Freeze and the 2027 Ordinance Mean for Multifamily Owners
On July 28, the Santa Barbara City Council returned to its permanent rent stabilization ordinance — its first session on the subject since the public-comment window on the June 10 draft closed July 10. A temporary rent freeze has already been in force since February retroactive to December 16, 2025, and the permanent program is slated to begin in 2027. Together they will govern the income — and therefore the value — of roughly 13,000 multifamily units inside the city limits. If adopted as currently drafted and without legal intervention, here is what it means for owners, property managers and other stakeholders.
Compounding: The Snowball Effect
The math everyone should play with.
Real Estate Market Mid-Year Review 2026
How Can Prices Be “Down” in a Sellers’ Market? The last five years have seen a stabilization or plateauing of
Linking Needed Housing and Climate Resilience Gains
A bold effort to create a new development culture integrated with our ecological goals.
