Welcome to Santa Barbara. How’s the housing market doing? How can we have more choices of homes for sale and fewer new listings at the same time? And how can we balance quality of life and housing?
In the first three months of this year, there were 336 new homes for sale listed in the Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS® (SBAOR) Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
The same time last year, we had 361 new homes for sale. So, year to date, new listings were down 7 percent compared to the same time last year (from 361 in Q1 2025 to 336 in Q1 2026).