These are the highest-priced home sales reported in the Santa Barbara–Santa Maria Area, California for the week ending October 25, 2026, and together they came to $44.276 million. Every one of the five was in the city of Santa Barbara. The group mixes historic homes with later ones, and much of its appeal is outdoors: gardens, pools, tennis and long views of the mountains.
No. 1 — $18,000,000 · 633 Picacho Ln, Santa Barbara, California
The week’s top sale was a 2.25-acre estate on Picacho Lane that sold for $18,000,000. A long drive through landscaped grounds leads to the home, which was built in 1947 in a Mediterranean and Spanish style and later extensively remodeled by Giffin & Crane.
The living room has a vaulted ceiling and a fireplace, and the dining room has a fireplace of its own. Both rooms, along with a bright kitchen with space for a table, open onto a wide covered terrace. The home has five bedrooms, nine bathrooms and 7,981 square feet. The primary suite has a fireplace and an adjoining den.
Outside, the grounds have a pool with a waterfall, a spa and a pool house. There is a north-south tennis court and a putting green, as well as a dance studio and gym. Rolling lawns, mature gardens and fruit trees fill out the land, which also has a private well and a generator. Views take in the mountains, the ocean and the islands, some of them partial or filtered.
The home went under contract seven days after it was listed. Riskin Partners Estate Group of Village Properties was the listing agent and also represented the buyer, so the same agent was on both sides of the sale.
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No. 2 — $11,000,000 · 211 E Padre St, Santa Barbara, California
Known as the Hodges House, the Upper East home on East Padre Street sold for $11,000,000. Winsor Soule designed the Mediterranean-style home, which was built in 1931, and Harrison Design later restored and expanded it.
The two-story home has seven bedrooms, the most of any of the five, and eight bathrooms. Inside are arched French doors and coffered ceilings. Outside, a pool and spa sit in a courtyard, and the home stands on 1.15 acres of gardens.
Crysta Metzger of Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent, and Gregory Curry of Foley Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $6,450,000 · 2260 Bella Vista Dr, Santa Barbara, California
Built in 1995, the home on Bella Vista Drive is the newest of the five, and it sold for $6,450,000. It stands on three acres, the largest lot in the group, and has four bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms and 7,052 square feet. The listing agent for this sale could not be verified.
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No. 4 — $4,500,000 · 939 Arcady Rd, Santa Barbara, California
In Arcady Estates, a private road lined with trees leads to this Mediterranean and Spanish-style home on Arcady Road, which sold for $4,500,000. Built in 1951, the home sits on 1.38 acres with views of the Santa Ynez Mountains, near Cold Spring School and the shops of Montecito’s Upper Village.
Wood-beamed ceilings, hardwood floors and French doors run through the interior, and the living room has a fireplace. A wall of glass two stories tall brings daylight into the main living spaces. The kitchen and dining areas sit at the center of the plan and connect to the rooms around them.
The two-story home has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and 5,996 square feet. On the main level, two of the bedrooms each have their own bath. Upstairs, the primary suite has a vaulted wood ceiling, a fireplace, a sitting area, a private balcony and mountain views, and the other upstairs bedrooms have exposed beams, vaulted ceilings and their own access outdoors. Outside are a large deck, sunny terraces and mature palms.
The home went under contract 27 days after it was listed. Cristal Clarke of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties was the listing agent and also represented the buyer, putting the same agent on both sides of the sale.
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No. 5 — $4,326,000 · 411 Lemon Grove Ln, Santa Barbara, California
The oldest home in the group is a 1925 farmhouse on Lemon Grove Lane, and four generations of one family lived in it. It sold for $4,326,000. The home has been expanded over the years, with additions designed to stay true to the farmhouse.
Original oversized double-hung windows remain, along with wood floors and high coffered beadboard ceilings. The living room has a fireplace. Off the kitchen is a tall conservatory-style great room with a beamed ceiling of wide planks, which works as either a dining room or a family room. The home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,985 square feet, and the primary bedroom opens through French doors to a deck, sitting areas and a rustic art studio in the backyard.
Sycamores and oaks shade the quarter-acre lot, the smallest of the five. The garage measures 575 square feet. The home is near Montecito Union School and the Upper Village.
Colleen Beall of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties was the listing agent with The Easter Team of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, and Sarah Hanacek of Village Properties represented the buyer. The sale gave Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties two of the week’s five top listings, along with the home on Arcady Road.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 25, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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