south lake tahoe real estate agents: South Lake Tahoe Foreclosures: Bank Owned Sales (REOs) - 05/24/08 12:25 PM
1 new Bank Owned Property in South Lake Tahoe last week. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We're getting weekly updates about South Lake Tahoe Homes in foreclosure. From time to time we like to call this to your attention. Last week there was 1 home that became bank owned (REO) in South Lake Tahoe. Normally REO's present an excellent buying opportunity, particularly in terms of price. The chart below indicates the number of homes in the process of foreclosure, from the beginning of it (a NOD), to the last step before repossession (a NOT), and the end of it when a … (0 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: South Lake Tahoe Foreclosures: Notices of Default (NODs) - 05/24/08 12:22 PM
8 new Notices of Foreclosure in South Lake Tahoe last week. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We're getting weekly updates about South Lake Tahoe Homes in foreclosure. From time to time we like to call this to your attention. Last week there were 8 homes that received a Notice of Default  (NOD) in South Lake Tahoe.  As these homes continue through the process, some/most may increasingly become superb buying opportunities. The chart below indicates the number of homes in the process of foreclosure, from the beginning of it (a NOD), to the last step before repossession (a NOT), and the end … (0 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: South Lake Tahoe Foreclosures: Trustee Sales - 05/24/08 12:20 PM
Notices of trustee sales (NOTS) in South Lake Tahoe last week. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We're getting weekly updates about South Lake Tahoe Homes in foreclosure. From time to time we like to call this to your attention.
Last week there were 8 homes that received a Notice of Trustee Sale (NOTS)  in South Lake Tahoe. Soon they may become an excellent buying opportunity. One that has an unattached, un emotional Seller (the Bank).
The chart below indicates the number of homes in the process of foreclosure, from the beginning of it (a NOD), to the last step before repossession … (0 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: South Lake Tahoe 2008 Home Sales Updated. - 05/17/08 03:32 PM
South Lake Tahoe 2008 Sales: How much, how long and how many. We have just updated all 2008 South Lake Tahoe, CA residential home sales. To date, there have been 105 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. (see 365-day sales results here.)
The spreadsheet has two links that will lead you to charts containing statistical data on all … (1 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: How Innacurate Real Estate Reporting Hurts a Market: A South Lake Tahoe Example - 05/14/08 07:34 AM
Or How to Cut Through South Lake Tahoe Real Estate Double Talk through Agent Eyes. (This is the first of a 5-part series about the harm caused to a real estate market by agents and brokers reporting innacurate or misleading real estate statistics... that more often reflect an agenda than true market conditions. see article #2 in this series here.)
(LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) The article below about a recent spotting of the not-rare-enough High Sierra Real Estate Jackass suggests it’s probably a good time to review the abc’s of reporting real estate numbers again.  As you know, accurate reporting … (1 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: Real Estate Numbers with an Agenda: Part 2 - 05/14/08 07:32 AM
(This is the 2nd of a 5-part series about the harm caused to a real estate market by agents and brokers reporting innacurate or misleading real estate statistics... that more often reflect an agenda than true market conditions. See article #3 in this series here, and previous article to this one here.)
 When a Real Estate Number Doesn’t Make Sense : If one sees the reporting of a real estate statistic in the newspaper, or in direct mail, that seems to run contrary with what you think might be true, it probably isn’t. Such a situation at least calls for a … (1 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: Real Estate Numbers with an Agenda: Part 3 - 05/14/08 07:32 AM
(This is the 3rd of a 5-part series about the harm caused to a real estate market by agents and brokers reporting innacurate or misleading real estate statistics... that more often reflect an agenda than true market conditions. See article #4 in this series here, and previous article to this one here.)
 Now for the Two Skew Spew Pooh Examples : On April 7 of last  year, a real estate agent and broker reported in the Tahoe Daily Tribune that:
 “Tahoe” home prices were up 20% in the first quarter compared to the year before,  The average price of a “Tahoe” … (0 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: Real Estate Numbers with an Agenda: Part 4 - 05/14/08 07:31 AM
(This is the 4th of a 5-part series about the harm caused to a real estate market by agents and brokers reporting innacurate or misleading real estate statistics... that more often reflect an agenda than true market conditions. See the last article in this series here, and previous article to this one here.)
  Oops, they did it Again : When the example above first came out last year, we choose not to debate it in our blog. It was a decision more of timing than of politics. We were in preparation for a seminar at the time, and we did … (1 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: Real Estate Numbers with an Agenda: Part 5 - 05/14/08 07:30 AM
(This is the lastof a 5-part series about the harm caused to a real estate market by agents and brokers reporting innacurate or misleading real estate statistics... that more often reflect an agenda than true market conditions. See the first article in this series here, and previous article to this one here.)
 
So, what’s the solution? One of the key things to be aware of, obviously, in real estate reporting is to remember that the public is not as familiar with real estate statistics as we are. They do not deal with them every day like we do. The main … (0 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: Recent Sighting of the not-rare-enough High Sierra Real Estate Jackass. - 05/12/08 04:55 AM
Facts Reveal an Abundance of South Lake Tahoe Opportunity... it Escapes Him, but it won’t You. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) Well, it finally happened. We just ran into a South Lake Tahoe real estate agent who is so antagonized by us reporting market facts on our blog, and in the local newspaper, that it relieved him of his senses. Apparently the facts were not consistent with his agenda. Even more amusing was, in addition to suspended thinking, our fact based reporting morphed him into a big blind blundering blowhard of a burro in the first order. First, lets explore what … (9 comments)

south lake tahoe real estate agents: So things are a bit different in South Lake Tahoe... what else is new? - 03/08/08 05:14 AM
The South Lake Tahoe Real Estate Market Compared to all of California. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) Most of the time, comparing one real estate market to another is an apple and  oranges kind of thing. Nevertheless, we thought it would be helpful to look at a recent article by the California Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and compare it to your South Lake Tahoe real estate market. With recent national, doom and gloom news about the California real estate market as a whole, we wanted to look at just what the state of the market is, and then see what differences … (1 comments)