Santa Barbara Ranch, Land & Estate Properties

Information About Kerry Mormann & Associates

Since 1976, Kerry Mormann has played a leading role in the marketing of farm, ranch, and estate properties in Santa Barbara County.  His extensive experience in this very specialized category of real estate has made him the most sought-after land and ranch broker in the area with a typical inventory of listed properties topping $60 million in combined value.  Mr. Mormann recently sold the Cojo/Jalama Ranch which was listed for $155,000,000.  This may be the most expensive non-commercial real estate sale in California history.  Farm and ranch brokering is a very different business when compared to residential real estate and requires a high degree of technical knowledge where exchanges and complex contingencies are common.

Over the past 20 years, we have closed hundreds of escrows averaging over $30 million in sales per year. Typical listed properties range in size from 5 acres up to 24,000+ with price ranging from $500,000 to over $150 million. Property usages in the county include equestrian, grazing, dry farming, irrigated farming, vineyards, orchards, recreation, luxury estates, and private lifestyle properties.

Kerry Mormann & Associates encourages broker cooperation through our memberships in the Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Santa Maria, Lompoc, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and West Los Angeles multiple listing services.  In addition to an extensive advertising program which includes a substantial list of print media, we also do target mailings to wealthy individuals and specialty brokers throughout the U.S. who deal in farm, ranch, and estate properties.

Kerry Mormann started his career in the real estate business as an apprentice appraiser and learned the analytical side of the business.   After selling a few houses, he sold a 400 acre ranch to a client who then purchased three adjacent ranches totaling over 2000 acres.  These were highly complex transactions with numerous title problems.  Kerry found he enjoyed the challenges of researching all of the technicalities involved and decided to specialize in ranch and land properties.  Over the years, Kerry's clients have included major corporations such as Ticor Title Insurance, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of Montecito, Bank of America, City Commerce Bank, Central Coast Production Credit, The Resolution Trust Corporation, Arco, Chevron, Texaco, numerous Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy individuals seeking privacy and discerning lifestyle choice.

Kerry Mormann and Associates maintains an independent office in Santa Barbara offering traditional one-on-one service.   Reputation, experience, knowledge, contacts, honesty, integrity, and results are the cornerstones upon which our brokerage will continue to grow and develop.

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