Pioneer Trail - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/28/07 05:35 PM
We’ve just updated Pioneer Trail, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Pioneer Trail, CA” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Pioneer Trail listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Pioneer Trail sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004. 
About Pioneer Trail: (Number homes: 675 approximately) Situated next to Country Club Estates, Pioneer Trail is an upscale hillside neighborhood. Homes range from the mid $400K’s to large, $1M+ newer estates with Lake Tahoe Airport and/or mountain views. Features include forest hillside settings, tall … (3 comments)

North Upper Truckee - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/28/07 05:32 PM
We’ve just updated North Upper Truckee, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “North Upper Truckee, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current North Upper Truckee listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all North Upper Truckee sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About North Upper Truckee: (Number homes: 1,302 plus) One of our most desirable neighborhoods, N. Upper Truckee spans market entry to mid-market homes to high-end estates. Homes here can be $300K fixers … (0 comments)

The Jean Chronicles: Yea! Jean is a new Homeowner! - 07/27/07 04:43 PM
A New Home in the Carson Valley about 20-minutes from Lake Tahoe.This is the last installment of our developing story about Jean, a new area homeowner than contacted us about five months ago through the recommendation of a friend and client. She recently closed the sale of her new Carson Valley home.Jean came to visit and preview homes once. From our emails to her, and our auto responders, she had a good idea of current market conditions and what she wanted to see.  We arranged accommodations for her when she came. This is something we often do as most all of … (2 comments)

Montgomery Estates - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/27/07 04:39 PM
We’ve just updated Montgomery Estates, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Montgomery Estates, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Montgomery Estates listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Montgomery Estates sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Montgomery Estates: (Number homes: less than 950) One of our most active and desirable neighborhoods. Features may include mountain forest settings, views, towering trees and close proximity to schools and everything good about Lake Tahoe. … (0 comments)

Opportunity Doesn't Pick Locks! - 07/26/07 03:36 PM
SO TODAY we get more news about the national real estate market. Some might call it bad news. Probably none will call it good news. We think it just is. It’s not a bad market. It’s not a good market. It’s just the market.We believe there is no such thing as a world without opportunity. We also don’t think there’s a real estate market without opportunity either.Opportunity, though, is ethereal. A magic vapor if you will. It is vision, receptivity, something understood, energizing, sometimes elusive, and hard to explain.But it’s unmistakable when we catch it. It’s fever warm and it feels … (8 comments)

Meyers - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/26/07 03:22 PM
We’ve just updated Meyers, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Meyers, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blolg. This will lead one to all current Meyers listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Meyers sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Meyers: (Number homes: 600 approximately) One of the first areas one passes when driving in from Sacramento and the Bay Area, Meyers is one of our mid market and market entry neighborhoods. Features can include mountain views, trees, and back … (1 comments)

Truth in Advertising... and what “Sold” really means. - 07/25/07 06:51 PM
My brother and I just sold a house here in South Lake Tahoe for $2,500,000. It closed the week before the Angora Fire up here, and it was right in the middle of the fire zone. Miraculously it was saved, as were the 30+ other high-end homes in it’s immediate neighborhood.
Because this sale was so notable, and two other homes in the neighborhood are for sale, and perhaps because nearby homeowners could be thinking about selling as well, due to the fire or not, this is a perfect transaction to use as an example to explore truth in advertising... and … (20 comments)

Highland Woods - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/25/07 06:36 PM

We’ve just updated Highland Woods, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Highland Woods, CA” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Highland Woods listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Highland Woods sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Highland Woods: (Number homes: 257) A small area in a central location, Highland Woods is one of our more attractive neighborhoods. Features may include mountain views, an open meadow, and a very short drive to the lake. Availability is rare here. Value ranges … (0 comments)

The Listing Presentation - The Difference between talking about ME and listening to YOU! - 07/23/07 06:15 PM
The Agent-Centric Model of Doing Business:How many times have we seen this one? An agent shows up for a listing presentation... and all they do is talk about themselves for two solid hours. It’s a long winded soapbox oratory full of spirited hyperbole about why the agent is the best thing since sliced bread. The whole boastful barrage could be summed up in 8 short words: “List with me because I’m the best.”What nonsense. We call this the Agent-Centric model of doing real estate business. It’s all about the Agent. It’s easy to know what it is when one sees it. … (61 comments)

Heavenly Valley - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/23/07 05:22 PM

We’ve just updated Heavenly Valley, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Heavenly Valley, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Heavenly Valley listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Heavenly Valley sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Heavenly Valley: (Number homes: a few more than 212) Heavenly Valley is a highly desired neighborhood for winter recreation enthusiasts. Homes here are closer to the ski lifts than any other neighborhood in South Lake … (0 comments)

Gardner Mountain - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/20/07 10:11 PM

We’ve just updated Gardner Mountain, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Gardner Mountain, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blolg. This will lead one to all current Gardner Mountain listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Gardner Mountain sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Gardner Mountain: (Number homes: 550 plus) A quiet, hillside neighborhood, Gardner Mountain has many entry level homes and remodel opportunities. Close to the lake, beach access and a short drive to Emerald Bay, Gardner Mtn. … (0 comments)

Country Club Estates - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/20/07 10:09 PM

We’ve just updated Country Club Estates, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Country Club Estates, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Country Club Estates listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Country Club Estates sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Country Club Estates: (Number homes: 536 plus ) Country Club Estates is an upscale hillside neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe. Homes range from the $400K’s to large, newer estates overlooking the … (0 comments)

Christmas valley - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/20/07 10:06 PM

We’ve just updated Christmas valley, one of the neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Christmas valley, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Christmas valley listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Christmas valley sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Christmas Valley: (Number homes: a few less than 600) Nestled along majestic mountains, Christmas Valley is one of our most desirable neighborhoods. Homes generally range from the low $400K’s to the $800K’s. Small, older homes … (0 comments)

Bijou - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/20/07 10:01 PM

We’ve just updated Bijou. Please click the link “Bijou, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Bijou listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Bijou sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Bijou: (Number homes: 1,372 plus) Bijou is also one of South Lake Tahoe’s oldest neighborhoods. It is also perhaps its most centrally located. Homes range from small, entry-level starters, to large remodels and some new homes. Some duplexes are also found throughout. Neighborhood features are location to shopping, recreation and … (0 comments)

Al Tahoe - South Lake Tahoe, CA Neighborhood Updated. - 07/20/07 09:59 PM

We’ve just updated Al Tahoe. Please click the link “Al Tahoe, CA” found in the left sidebar of our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. This will lead one to all current Al Tahoe listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Al Tahoe sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About Al Tahoe: (Number of homes: 902) Highly desirable Al Tahoe is one of South Lake Tahoe’s oldest neighborhoods. Known for having some of the first cabins on the Lake, Al Tahoe features lake fronts, newly remodeled homes and homes and cabins in original condition, many of which … (0 comments)

The Four Characteristics of a Buyer's Market. - 07/19/07 12:34 PM
What is a Buyers Market anyway?
We hear a lot about a Buyer’s market these days here in South Lake Tahoe and we thought it would be fun to revisit Real Estate 101 and look at what a Buyer’s market actually is. Going back to that classroom, there are four basic characteristics of a Buyer’s market, two of which are up, and two that are down. All though are a sub-set of one basic economic principle: more supply than demand.
1. An Increase in Days on Market. It takes longer to sell a house in a Buyer’s market, unless a house … (4 comments)

What is Median Sold Price anyway? - 07/18/07 03:36 PM
Median Sold Price represents the price at which an equal number of houses were sold for more and for less. For example, if there were 201 total home sales, there would be 100 sales below, and 100 sales above the median sold price.
Real estate professionals tend to rely on Median Sold Price rather than the Average Sold Price because the average can sometimes be skewed by the sale of a relatively small number of houses at either end of the price scale.
We believe, as do most real estate statisticians, Median Sold Price gives a truer indication of overall market … (2 comments)

New South Lake Tahoe, CA “2007 Sales Report" added. - 07/18/07 03:24 PM

We have just added a new market look to our blog reports. This deep into the year, we believe there are now a sufficient number of home sales to look at 2007 sales as a whole. To date, there have been 183 single family home sales in South Lake Tahoe, CA this year. To get as true indication of market conditions as possible, we also continue to look at and report all single family home sales in South Lake Tahoe,CA for the last 365, 180, 90 and 30 days as well.
You will find a new link “All 2007 South Lake … (0 comments)

Virus Alert! “You’ve got a card from a family member.” - 07/17/07 10:49 AM
Recently we’ve been getting a lot of these emails. It’s either a card or e-card from a family member, or a greeting from a friend, or a variation of that idea.The first one we saw was around father’s day. Since my daughter-in-law has sent online cards to us before, I thought the email came from her. It didn’t, but when I clicked on the link to get the card, I immediately got a virus alert from PC-cillin. The infected file was named 123[1].html.It contains an iteration of a backdoor virus that allows a remote user virtual control over the affected system. … (10 comments)

South Lake Tahoe Real Estate - All Current Escrow - 07/16/07 07:48 PM
New “Escrow” Report added.
We have just added a new market look to our blog reports. You will find a new link “All Escrow - South Lake Tahoe, CA”, in our left sidebar. This will lead you to a spreadsheet containing all homes in South Lake Tahoe, CA that are currently in escrow.
The spreadsheet has two links that will lead you to charts containing statistical data on all the homes in escrow. These charts have the following information:
Average Original List PriceMedian Original List PriceMedian Reduced, or Current Price$ Difference List v. Reduced Price% Difference List v. Reduced PriceAverage Days on … (1 comments)

Summit / Tahoe Village - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/14/07 02:20 PM

We’ve just updated Summit / Tahoe Village, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Summit / Tahoe Village, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Summit / Tahoe Village listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Summit / Tahoe Village sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate … (1 comments)

Stateline, NV Absorption Rates Updated: Buyers Rule in Today’s South Lake Tahoe Market. - 07/12/07 12:01 PM

Decline in Demand and Increase in Inventory creates Excellent Buying Opportunities.
We’ve just updated the Absorption Rates for the Stateline, NV side of our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. The links here will lead one to both the overall market absorption rates, there's a chart, and to detailed spreadsheets containing absorption rates by price range.
The absorption rate spreadsheets indicate the total number of homes sold in a particular price range in the last 365, 180, 90 and 30 days. The price ranges are in $50,000 increments up to $1M. After $1M, the price-range increases. For each price range, the … (3 comments)

South Lake Tahoe, CA Absorption Rates Updated: Buyers Rule in Our Real Estate Market. - 07/11/07 05:39 PM

Decline in Demand and Increase in Inventory creates Excellent Buying Opportunities.
(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG)  We’ve just updated the Absorption Rates for our South Lake Tahoe, CA real estate market. The links here will lead one to both the overall market absorption rates, there's a chart, and to absorption rates by price range.
The price-range charts are in $50,000 increments. They indicate the total number of homes sold in a particular price range in the last 365, 180, 90 and 30 days. Also indicated is the monthly absorption rate, or the average number of homes sold per month; the … (1 comments)

Hidden Woods - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/10/07 02:54 PM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Hidden Woods, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Hidden Woods, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Hidden Woods listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Hidden Woods sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004. Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here … (0 comments)

Zephyr Heights - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/09/07 11:23 AM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Zephyr Heights, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Zephyr Heights, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Zephyr Heights listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Zephyr Heights sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you … (0 comments)

Skyland - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/09/07 11:20 AM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Skyland, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Skyland, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Skyland listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Skyland sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you will also find current … (0 comments)

Round Hill - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/09/07 11:15 AM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Round Hill, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Round Hill, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Round Hill listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Round Hill sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you … (0 comments)

Upper Kingsbury - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/09/07 11:11 AM
(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Upper Kingsbury, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Upper Kingsbury, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Upper Kingsbury listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Upper Kingsbury sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004. (click "read the rest of this entry" below)
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and … (0 comments)

Mid Kingsbury - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/08/07 06:29 PM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Mid Kingsbury, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Mid Kingsbury, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Mid Kingsbury listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Mid Kingsbury sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. … (0 comments)

Lower Kingsbury - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/08/07 06:07 PM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG)We’ve just updated Lower Kingsbury, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Lower Kingsbury, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Lower Kingsbury listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Lower Kingsbury sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004. Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you … (0 comments)

Lakefront Properties - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/08/07 04:34 PM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Lakefront Properties, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods as desigated by our mls in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Lakefront Properties, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Lakefront Properties listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Lakefront Properties sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and … (0 comments)

Glenbrook - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/08/07 04:09 PM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Glenbrook, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Glenbrook, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Glenbrook listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Glenbrook sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Statenline, NV real estate market. Here you will also find current … (0 comments)

Cave Rock - Stateline, NV Neighborhood Updated. - 07/08/07 03:34 PM

(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Cave Rock, one of the Stateline, NV neighborhoods in our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. Please click the link “Cave Rock, NV” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Cave Rock listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Cave Rock sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South Lake Tahoe real estate market and Stateline, NV real estate market. You will … (0 comments)

Tahoe Keys, CA Townhomes / Condos Updated. - 07/07/07 03:15 PM

We’ve just updated Tahoe Keys Townhomes / Condos. Please click the link “Tahoe Keys Townhomes / Condos, CA” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current Tahoe Keys Townhomes / Condos listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all Tahoe Keys Townhomes / Condos sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004.
About the Tahoe Keys Townhomes / Condos: (Number townhomes and condominiums: somewhat less than 500) Townhomes and condominiums in the Tahoe Keys have the same neighborhood features as Tahoe Keys single-family homes. Values generally range from the mid $400K’s and above. From time … (2 comments)

South Lake Tahoe, CA Townhomes / Condos Updated. - 07/07/07 01:49 PM
(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated South Lake Tahoe Townhomes / Condos. Please click the link “S. Lake Tahoe Townhomes / Condos, CA” found in our left sidebar. This will lead one to all current S. Lake Tahoe Townhomes / Condos listings, current escrow and all sales in 2007. Also included are all S. Lake Tahoe Townhomes / Condos sales for 2006, 2005 and 2004. (click "read the rest of this entry" below)
About S. Lake Tahoe Townhomes and Condominiums: There are a number of townhomes and/or condominiums in most all South Lake Tahoe neighborhoods. There is a wide … (0 comments)

The South Lake Tahoe Fire: What’s Next for our Real Estate Market? - 07/05/07 08:13 PM
The Lake Arrowhead fire is a good study in comparison.
Now that homeowners and firefighters are no longer at risk, perhaps it is a good time to explore the effect the Angora Fire might have on our South Lake Tahoe real estate market. The bottom line is it’s crystal ball time, nobody knows for sure.
Our real estate market has never experienced something like this before. Correspondingly nobody here has ever gone through it either. It seemed logical for us to talk to those that have. The closest comparable circumstance we could think of was the Lake Arrowhead Fire in the … (3 comments)

Happy Independence Day. - 07/04/07 03:53 PM
Thoughts about the writing of our Declaration of Independence.
He wrote it in 17 days. No electricity, no internet for research, no software, no cut, copy or paste. Only pen and ink, and candlelight to write at night. He was only 33 years old. And he did it alone, in two rented rooms of an otherwise occupied house... in the unairconditioned weather of mid summertime. And yes, it was on a deadline. There was a sense of urgency at that time.
How does one prepare to write The Declaration of Independence? I’ve often thought about what it must have been like … (4 comments)

The South Lake Tahoe Fire: Amid the Destruction, Signs of Life Everywhere. - 07/03/07 08:33 PM
Grief and Gratitude at the same time.
("Signs of Life")
It wasn’t until yesterday that the public was allowed to enter the fire zone where homes were lost. It is devastating. Feeling that, and seeing it, it’s also remarkable to see one house standing intact, where in all directions around it everything is gone. It seems like most streets here where the fire whipped us most have one of those. We feel grief for some and grateful for others at the same time.
The Angora Fire was stopped literally at the edge of South Lake Tahoe High School. A stand was made there, … (3 comments)

The South Lake Tahoe Fire - The indicent Command Center. - 07/02/07 09:45 PM
In singular purpose, a professional, portable community springs up overnight.
Having started on a Sunday, and consequently at a time when much of the local news media has a day off, it took some time for those of us who live here in South Lake Tahoe to get real, meaningful information about the fire.
By late Sunday afternoon, the first television news came in that 52 homes were lost. That number held steady for some hours, then it jumped to 165 lost homes, and then late in the night we heard that the number of lost homes was 220. Other than … (5 comments)