MONTECITO, CA — COMPASS Montecito’s SUZANNE PERKINS had an extraordinary sale that was amongst the Nation’s TOP 10 most expensive sales of 2020! 80% of the TOP 10 sales were in ‘high tax states’, California and New York. (Wall Street Journal) The historic Rancho San Carlos is the ultimate family compound or executive retreat […]

  950 Brooktree Road, Montecito Just Sold at $6,700,000 Montecito, CA – September 30, 2019 — Congratulations to our Buyers and the Sellers of this newly built ranch-style home located in Montecito’s Golden Quadrangle. The spacious and ultra-chic single-level 4 bedroom home offers stunning indoor and outdoor features with expansive rooms opening to a large […]

  JUST SOLD! Congratulations to our wonderful Sellers and the new Buyers of this beautiful contemporary in Montecito! 2694SycamoreCanyonRd.com This eclectic Montecito contemporary is an artful canvas where large-scale art can take center stage. The home offers approximately 5,881 sq. ft. with 4-bedrooms, 4-½ baths, a living room, formal dining room, gourmet kitchen, a central office, and […]

  $1.6 MILLION PRICE REDUCTION! Newly Offered at $10,900,000 ElMiradorEstate.com Montecito, CA — Set on approx. 13.75-acres, this is the last remaining parcel of a magical garden oasis that has been in the same family since 1916. It was originally part of the beloved 70-acre Lolita Armour estate known as El Mirador. Today, you can […]

  NEW LISTING | Offered at $4,000,000 Co-Listed by Suzanne Perkins and Kyle Forsyth of Compass This incredible 9-acre level parcel in the gated and exclusive Rancho Monte Alegre offers expansive ocean and mountain views. The proposed house and barn have been designed by Shubin + Donaldson with the building pad for the primary residence […]

NEW YORK and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., October 29, 2018 — Suzanne Perkins joined several of her long-time friends and fellow new Compass real estate agents at Compass headquarters in New York last weekend where they met with Compass CEO Robert Reffkin, and several other top executives for a whirlwind tour. They had the opportunity to learn first-hand about Compass’ exciting […]

MONTECITO, CA, Feb. 5, 2018 ­— Suzanne Perkins of Sotheby’s International Realty would like to thank Montecito and Santa Barbara for their support and business over her 27 years in the industry. Perkins’ total sales in 2017 were $154 million, making her the number one in sales volume for Santa Barbara County. Her most significant achievement this year was […]

    The romantic Villa Santa Barbara is newly offered at $38,000,000. Prominently featured in Ellen DeGenere’s 2015 book Home and known as ‘The Villa,’ the estate dates to the 1930s when celebrated architect Wallace Frost, having recently returned from living in Italy, built the two-story residence for himself, emulating the classical style of 17th-century Italian villas […]

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT ARTICLE The Santa Barbara Independent, a local weekly magazine, reports that, “The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved emergency assistance to compensate individuals and businesses for losses suffered by the Thomas Fire and last week’s flood and mud avalanche. Congressmember Salud Carbajal had lobbied FEMA administrators to […]

This week we’re at the Wynn in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 2017 Sotheby’s International Realty Global Networking Event. Bill Fandel and I unveiled this remarkable video, produced by Elevated Horizon, that features many of our Global Partners who attended the Santa Barbara Market Leaders’ Forum that Bill and I hosted earlier this year. The […]