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The HOP (Home Ownership Podcast) Episode 108: Hosted by Village Properties Realtor, David Charlles Allen. Sellers in Santa Barbara don’t seem very motivated to sell right now. Last week, thee were only 25 new listings and 17 price drops. Because interest rates are up, someone who sells their home may have a hard time finding a replacement home that is as nice as the one they had, without paying more each month. For more information about the real estate market in Santa Barbara, email david@davidcharlesallen.com or call 805-617-9311.

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The HOP (Home Ownership Podcast) Episode 107, Hosted by David Charles Allen, Village Properties Realtor. Last week interest rates remained the same at 4.375% for 30 – year jumbo loans and 4.875% for 30 – year conforming loans. Regarding the sales stats, there were 30 new listings, 15 price changes, 21 closed, 41 pending, 4 expired, and 4 coming soon. David feels that the fact that interest rates remained the same, contribued to the number of pending sales. David and his co-host Patti, had a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of house hacking before discussing their fur babies. You can call David at 805-617-9311 or email david@davidcharleallen.com Visit David’s website at https://www.davidcharlesallen.com

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he HOP (Home Ownership Podcast) Episode 106: Hosted by Village Properties Realtor, David Charles Allen. In this episode, David reviews the interest rates and sales stats before discussing things to consider when purchasing investment properties as rental income. Interest rates were down a bit with jumbo 30-year loans at 4.375% and conforming 30-year loans at 4.875%. Regarding the sales stats, the new listings were at 60, which is higher than they’ve been in a long time and price drops were at 26, which is also higher than they’ve been in recent months.

To reach David, email him @ david@davidcharlesallen.com or call him at 805-617-9311.

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The HOP (Home Ownership Podcast) Episode 105: For the last couple of years, it has definitely been a Sellers Market but Village Properties Realtor and host of the HOP (David Charles Allen), feels that the market is becoming a little more balanced. Houses are sitting on the market a little longer and there are more price drops. Interest rates continue to fluctuate.

Currently, 30 year fixed jumbo loans are down to 4.375% and 30 year fixed conforming loans are at 5%. While historically this is still a lot rate, new buyers have to get over the mental hurdle of missing out by not taking action when rates were lower. You can email David at david@davicharlesallen.com or call him at 805-617-9311.

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The HOP (Home Ownership Podcast) Episode 104: It was a beautiful week in Santa Barbara with temperature in the 70’s. Surfers may be in for a treat as a South Swell may be coming. Interest rates have been up and down. Currently 30-year jumbo loans are at 4.625% and 30-year conforming loans are at 5.5%. Last week there were 47 new listings, 14 price changes, 26 pending sales, 3 expired listings, 25 that closed and 6 coming soon. The supply is slowly building but homes are taking longer to sell.

To contact the host, Village Properties Realtor David Charles Allen, email david@davidcharlesallen.com or call 805-617-9311.

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