JLL Completes Sale of Kansas City MOB Portfolio to Montecito Medical

JLL Completes Sale of Kansas City MOB Portfolio to Montecito Medical

JLL has completed the sale of a fully leased, four-property medical building portfolio in the Greater Kansas City area. JLL worked on behalf of several different physician groups, Orthopedic Health of Kansas... Read more »
Star-Studded Homes Hit the Market in Montecito and Pasadena

Star-Studded Homes Hit the Market in Montecito and Pasadena

There was celebrity buzz this week in Southern California residential real estate.  A home in Montecito — which Meg Ryan flipped — reentered the market asking just shy of $20 million. The... Read more »
Montecito Home Formerly Owned by Meg Ryan Back on Market

Montecito Home Formerly Owned by Meg Ryan Back on Market

Meg Ryan’s former Montecito estate is back on the market a year after the actress flipped the property.  The oceanview compound at 857 Picacho Lane has returned to the market asking $19.9... Read more »
Montecito Manse Renovated by Meg Ryan Hits the Market for  Million

Montecito Manse Renovated by Meg Ryan Hits the Market for $20 Million

Actress Meg Ryan‘s former Montecito mansion has hit the selling block for $19.9 million—an asking price that is more than $3 million higher than the sum the actress received for the dwelling... Read more »
Cinematic Montecito Estate Set on Pepper Hill Lists for  Million

Cinematic Montecito Estate Set on Pepper Hill Lists for $17 Million

Perched high above Montecito in one of the area’s most storied neighborhoods, a Mediterranean estate on the market for the first time in 20 years offers buyers a chance to own a... Read more »
Ellen DeGeneres Buys .4 Montecito Mansion as Rumors Swirl of a Return to U.S.—1 Year After She Relocated to the U.K.

Ellen DeGeneres Buys $27.4 Montecito Mansion as Rumors Swirl of a Return to U.S.—1 Year After She Relocated to the U.K.

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has thrown herself back into the U.S. housing market with gusto, snapping up a stunning Montecito mansion for $27.4 million in an off-market deal that closed at the end... Read more »
Montecito Mortgage Scam Leads to Murder, Sheriff Alleges

Montecito Mortgage Scam Leads to Murder, Sheriff Alleges

Two years ago, sheriff’s deputies found 96-year-old Violet Evelyn Alberts strangled inside her hillside home in Montecito. Last week, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest of three people charged... Read more »
Ellen DeGeneres Sells Roman Villa in Montecito for M

Ellen DeGeneres Sells Roman Villa in Montecito for $32M

Billionaire mining mogul Robert Friedland has bagged a second Santa Barbara-area estate, for $32 million. Five months after the founder of Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines paid $46.9 million for a 2-acre bluffside estate... Read more »
Katy Perry’s Montecito mansion lawsuit reaches verdict

Katy Perry’s Montecito mansion lawsuit reaches verdict

The verdict is in! Katy Perry’s legal battle over that $15-million Montecito mansion has concluded. The “Teenage Dream” hitmaker purchased the mansion for herself and fiancé Orlando Bloom in July 2020 from... Read more »
Zoe Saldana Identified as Buyer of M Montecito Estate

Zoe Saldana Identified as Buyer of $18M Montecito Estate

Actress Zoe Saldana has been identified as the mystery buyer of a 4.8-acre historic estate in Montecito for $17.5 million. The star of the “Avatar” and “Avengers” series bought the 94-year-old Spanish... Read more »