Rancho Santa Fe Blog

Friday September 8th starting at 5pm will be the 2nd Annual Community Center Night at The Rancho Riding Club. This great event (sponsored by Wells Fargo Private Client Services) will be held at the riding club’s facility on Ramblas de las Flores.
The entire community is invited to participate in this joint presentation by the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center and The Rancho Riding Club.

The Rancho Santa Fe Riding Club was formed in 1946 and is the only self owned, managing and supporting sporting facility in the Covenant.The event will feature a variety of different riding demonstrations by The Rancho Riding Club’s master riders and instructors. Encompassing 9 acres, it includes an active stable with private instruction and great year- around programs for youth.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Rancho Santa Fe community center you can learn more Rancho Santa Fe’s many programs of recreation and enrichment for all ages. Celebrating over 30 years of service to this community, the Community Center strives to bring people together with events such as this one that create an awareness of everything Rancho Santa Fe has to offer its residents.

Tickets to the “Rancho Santa Fe Commmunity Center Night at the Rancho Riding Club” are $35 for adults, $15 for children ages 6 to 12, and free for children under 6. A delicious catered barbecue dinner will be served with margaritas, beer, soda and water included. Please contact Carrie Seery, programs and family events coordinator, at the Community Center at 858-756-2461, ext. 306, for more information on this event and to RSVP.

Just wanted to keep everyone up to date on Rancho Santa Fe’s new listings. All 10 homes have come on the market within the past week in Rancho Santa Fe (92067). These new RSF listings range in price from $2,350,000 for a great new construction on El Caporal in Hacienda Santa Fe to a magnificent $9,995,000 listing on Paseo Victoria in the covenant (which just came on the market today)!!!

For pictures and more information on these new listings click on the link below:
New Rancho Santa Fe listings

If you would like more detailed information aon any of these new RSF listings, or if you would like to preview one of these homes please feel free to contact me at (858)342-2773 or email me. I would be happy to email you a complete MLS report on any of these Rancho Santa Fe properties and arrange for a showing if you so choose.

Time to get ready for the Rancho Santa Fe 4th of July Parade and Picnic. This year is Rancho Santa Fe’s 25th Annual Parade and Picnic celebration and it looks like it is shaping up o be a great day! The weather forcast for Rancho Santa Fe on the 4th is a perfect 77 degrees and partly cloudy.
The parade will start at 1:00pm in the Rancho Santa Fe Assocation parking lot. The sponsors (The Rancho Santa Fe Polo Club, and Rancho Santa Fe Association) are expecting a great turnout. The parade will feature the RSF Community Band, parade princesses, Honor Guard, Marine Corps Color Guard, Boy and Girl Scouts, family floats, decorated bicycles and decorated golf carts. Also included will be fire trucks, classic cars… and much much more. Anyone with a good idea is encouraged to join in the fun! There will be a community picnic and concert on the green featuring The Coastal Communities Concert Band at 1:30 p.m. The RSF Community Center and RSF Golf Club will also be co-hosting a fabulous barbecue with hamburgers, hot dogs and refreshments (punch and ice-cream are complimentary). To get more information about the Rancho Santa Fe 4th of July celebration, call Dick Scuba at 858-756-2416.

I just wanted to share the info that I collected about the current Rancho Santa Fe real estate inventory. These numbers are current as of June 25th. If you would like the most recent numbers, or if you would like more information about any of these areas please feel free to contact us at (858) 342-2773.

Covenant: There are currently 85 (detached) listings in the Rancho Santa Fe Covenant. The lowest priced listing is $1,700,000 and the highest priced listing is $40,000,000. Most of the homes in the Covenant are in the $3mil to $5mil range. The average number of days on the market for all Covenant listings is 131 days.

Fairbanks Ranch: Fairbanks currently has 37 active listings. The lowest list price is $1,800,000 to $2,000,000 and the highest priced listing is $28,000,000. Of the 37 listings in Fairbanks Ranch 11 listings are below $3,500,000 and 23 listings in Fairbanks Ranch are priced under $5,000,000. The average number of days on the market for all Fairbanks Ranch listings is 116 days.

Santa Luz: Santaluz currently has 62 active listings priced between $1,100,000 and $4,000,000. Forty of the listings in Santaluz are priced under $2,000,000.

Del Mar Country Club: The Del Mar Country Club currently has 8 active listings on the market. Current list prices range from $3,850,000 to $8,000,000. All but one of the listings in the Del Mar Country Club are priced between $3,500,000 and $5,000,000. The Average number of days on the market for the Del Mar CC listings is 131 days.

The Bridges: The Bridges currently has 13 active listings. The least expensive listing in The Bridges about $2,100,000 and the most expensive current listing is priced at $5,400,000

Cielo: Cielo currently has 20 active listings priced between $1,850,000 and $4,500,000. The average number of days on the market for homes listed in Cielo is 87 days.

The Crosby: The Crosby has 24 listings on the market. Current prices range from $1,400,000 to $4,800,000. Of the 24 listings in The Crosby, 14 of them are under $2,000,000. The average number of days on the market for listings in the Crosby stands at 114 days.

Hacienda Santa Fe: Currently there are 6 listings in Hacienda Santa Fe. Prices are ranging from about $1,500,000 to $2,500,000.

The Rancho Santa Fe real estate market has changed within the last few months. Today (6/16/06) I ran a few stats and it appears that of the 253 detached listings in Rancho Santa Fe, 33 of them have had price changes within the past 30 days. That means about 13% of all detached homes in Rancho Santa Fe (92067 and 92091) have either been reduced or changed to a value range price. However, this is not necessarily reflective of a down market because most of these 33 homes in Rancho Santa Fe were priced too high when they were first listed. Consequently these 33 homes have had a very high average # of days on the market (123 days) and they have had to make reductions to be more in line with the our current market. Overall I would say that it is definitely a buyers market with a high number of listings. I would also say that the Rancho Santa Fe market is still strong and active. Within the past 30 days 45 homes went into escrow and 30 homes sold. If you have any questions about the Rancho Santa Fe Real Estate Market please feel free to contact Julien. I would be happy to keep you up to date on the current real estate market in Rancho Santa Fe and answer any questions you may have!

Rancho Santa Fe School District residents will head to the polls June 6 to vote Yes or No on whether or not to pass the Prop. H bond. Prop. H. is is a $44.5 million dollar school bond initiative that would pay for a new elementary school on Aliso Canyon Road at Via del Charro. The bond would cost district residents an additional $300 per $1,000,000 of their home’s assessed value on their annual property tax bill. The district must recieve a 55 percent margin of approval to pass the bond. If Prop. H is passed construction could start by next spring.

Photos/Mike Sullivan
Supporters of Prop. H say that the existing Village school (R. Roger Rowe RSF School) is overcrowded. The school currently has 837 K-8 students, but was designed for 600 students. School district officials point to the 17 portable classrooms that eat up the school’s outdoor playing space, and contend that if a new school is not built, increased class sizes and lowered educational quality are likely.

Opponents of Prop. H. say the district school is already in the ideal site, and that the existing campus should be expanded to accommodate the student population. The proposed 7-acre site, they say, will bring increased traffic that will put them in danger in case of a disaster or medical emergency, and negatively effect their tranquil, rural neighborhood…

For more information on the heated Prop H. debate you can read the full article in the Rancho Santa Fe Review.

Ballots for the Rancho Santa Fe Association board election will be mailed out today (May 19th). Ballots will be mailed out to registered Association members and are due back by 5 p.m. on June 1. Ballots will be counted June 2 and results for the new Rancho Santa Fe Board members will be announced the same day.
The three candidates are RSF Association members Lois Jones, Steve Shillington and Frank Smith. They are vying for two seats vacated by directors Ken Bien and Ron McMahon when their three-year terms on the board expire at the end of June.
To help Covenant residents decide, below is a reprint of the candidates’ biographies and answers to questions on issues of community concern. Read the rest of this entry »

This new $40,000,000 listing in the covenant of Rancho Santa Fe is the most expensive listing in the history of Rancho Santa Fe’s real estate market. The Ultimate Estate is a private family compound that sited on 3 legal Covenant parcels totaling almost 9 acres in Rancho Santa Fe.

The Ultimate Estate: Beginning with the core structure of a Monterey Spanish design built in the early 1920s, this estate had been meticulously enhanced and expanded resulting in a significant and absolutely stunning Southern California paradise. You will instantly appreciate its splendor as the gates open and acres of botanical gardens and rolling lawns unfold and capture your senses. This estate boasts a primary residence featuring six bedrooms, seven full and three half baths, a pool cabana/gym with two full bathrooms, sauna and catering kitchen. A one bedroom, two story guest suite peeks out through tropical foliage to the turquoise mosaic glass tile pool. A one bedroom caretaker`s house complements this portion of the Estate. A luxuriously constructed two bedroom guest residence enjoys its own emerald green mosaic glass tile pool and spa. Overlooking the pool is a separate cabana with chef`s display kitchen, wood burning pizza oven and dining room with seating for twenty. This estate includes nine acres of enchanting gardens of tropical plants, rare specimen palms, unusual cycads, abundant flowering plants and lush rolling lawns. Its features include a tennis court with adjacent waterfalls and Koi pond. Equestrian facilities include box stalls and turn outs for nine horses, two training arenas and pastures. There is garage space for eleven cars and two golf carts. For more information please contact us.

Today there will be 4 homes open in Hacienda Santa Fe just east of the Rancho Santa Fe Covenant. Please stop by our open house at 17575 Via Cuatro Caminos. This is a beautiful new construction. The home features 4 bedrooms plus a study. It is single story on 1.19 flat, usable acres and it Includes completed landscape and hardscape, pool & a spa. There is also a gorgeous ‘chef’s’ kitchen with beautiful finish materials. Ready for move-in!
Feel free to call (Julien) for directions at (858) 342-2773. There is also a link to a map below.

17575 via cuatro caminos at Del Dios highway google map yahoo map

For information or directions:

Julien Brandt REALTOR Prudential Rancho Santa Fe Properties
(858) 342-2773
You can also search for Rancho Santa Fe homes or view my Rancho Santa Fe blog

Tonight (April 29th) is ‘Cirque de Santa Fe’at the Rancho Santa Fe Inn. (for those of you not familiar with Rancho Santa Fe, The Inn is directly across from Rancho Santa Fe Properties on the corner of Avenida de Acacias and Paseo Delicias in the middle of town.) Proceeds from Cirque de Santa Fe will benefit the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center.

As you can see they are almost all done setting up the event! Here is a picture I shot with my camera phone this morning while at my office across the street:

The event will feature great entertainment, music and dancing from The Inside Out Band and lots of other surprises.

The live auction will have some terrific items on tap so gather up your friends to bid on some great packages. Just to name a few: Shop ‘Til You Drop Trip for 12 lucky ladies to South Coast Plaza with luxurious accommodations and exclusive shopping; or the Margarita Madness party for up to 12 couples with catered food and live entertainment. How about taking nine of your friends to a Padres home game in Petco Park with exclusive seating in the Wells Fargo Private Client Services corporate box? Don’t forget about the $20,000 gift card from title sponsor Jet Source for private jet services for up to seven passengers to a destination of your choosing.

The Gala live auction also features amazing getaways: seven-day Caribbean cruise for two on the SeaDream yacht; one-week stay for two at Rancho La Puerta; seven-night getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with flights and a round of golf; and a two-night stay in a condo at the Silverado Resort and Country Club, Napa Valley.

This will be one exciting night not to be missed!