Santa Barbara Real Estate

Homebuyers Flocking to Vacation Towns!

Source: CNBC

In the eye of the pandemic vacation towns like Santa Barbara are evolving into the permanent go-to places for homebuyers especially those scurrying from big cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles with the leeway to work from home.

Looking more closely at working-at-home patterns during the pandemic, the suburbs are having a moment as Americans are beginning to work more at home due to Covid-19 and it becomes less necessary for workers to live in downtown areas, according to the MReport.

Will More People Flee to the Suburbs?

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