richard bolen: Heavenly Valley Neighborhood Update - South Lake Tahoe CA. - 05/03/08 11:25 AM
Heavenly Valley Neighborhood Update - All 2008 Home Sales, Homes in Escrow and Current Listings. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Heavenly Valley, a neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Please note “Heavenly Valley, CA” found in our left sidebar.  This link will take you to all current  Heavenly Valley listings, current escrow and all 2008 sales. Also included are all Heavenly Valley sales for 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 About Heavenly Valley  : (More about  Heavenly Valley, including aerial view and slide show) (Number homes: a few more than 212) Heavenly Valley is a highly desired neighborhood for winter recreation … (0 comments)

richard bolen: Gardner Mountain Neighborhood Update - South Lake Tahoe CA. - 05/03/08 11:07 AM
Gardner Mountain Neighborhood Update - All 2008 Home Sales, Homes in Escrow and Current Listings. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Gardner Mountain, a neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Please note “Gardner Mountain, CA” found in our left sidebar.  This link will take you to all current  Gardner Mountain listings, current escrow and all 2008 sales. Also included are all Gardner Mountain sales for 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 About Gardner Mountain  : (More about  Gardner Mountain, including aerial view and slide show) (Number homes: 550 plus) A quiet, hillside neighborhood, Gardner Mountain has many entry level homes and … (0 comments)

richard bolen: Country Club Estates Neighborhood Update - South Lake Tahoe CA. - 04/30/08 04:21 AM
Country Club Estates Neighborhood Update - All 2008 Home Sales, Homes in Escrow and Current Listings. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Country Club Estates, a neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Please note “Country Club Estates, CA” found in our left sidebar.  This link will take you to all current  Country Club Estates listings, current escrow and all 2008 sales. Also included are all Country Club Estates sales for 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 About Country Club Estates  : (More about  Country Club Estates, including aerial view and slide show) (Number homes: 536 plus ) Country Club Estates is … (2 comments)

richard bolen: Christmas Valley Neighborhood Update - South Lake Tahoe CA. - 04/30/08 04:03 AM
Christmas Valley Neighborhood Update - All 2008 Home Sales, Homes in Escrow and Current Listings. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Christmas Valley, a neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Please note “Christmas Valley, CA” found in our left sidebar.  This link will take you to all current  Christmas Valley listings, current escrow and all 2008 sales. Also included are all Christmas Valley sales for 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 About Christmas Valley  : (More about  Christmas Valley, including aerial view and slide show)  (Number homes: a few less than 600) Nestled along majestic mountains, Christmas Valley is one of … (0 comments)

richard bolen: Black Bart Neighborhood Update - South Lake Tahoe CA. - 04/30/08 03:53 AM
Black Bart Neighborhood Update - All 2008 Home Sales, Homes in Escrow and Current Listings. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Black Bart, a neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Please note “Black Bart, CA” found in our left sidebar.  This link will take you to all current  Black Bart listings, current escrow and all 2008 sales. Also included are all Black Bart sales for 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 About Black Bart  : (More about  Black Bart, including aerial view and slide show)  (Number homes: less than 200) Black Bart is a small, secluded neighborhood with good access and … (1 comments)

richard bolen: Bijou Neighborhood Update - South Lake Tahoe CA. - 04/30/08 03:44 AM
Bijou Neighborhood Update - All 2008 Home Sales, Homes in Escrow and Current Listings (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Bijou, a neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Please note “Bijou, CA” found in our left sidebar.  This link will take you to all current  Bijou listings, current escrow and all 2008 sales. Also included are all Bijou sales for 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 About Bijou  : (More about  Bijou, including aerial view and slide show) (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 … (0 comments)

richard bolen: Al Tahoe Neighborhood Update - South Lake Tahoe CA. - 04/30/08 03:33 AM
Al Tahoe Neighborhood Update - All 2008 Home Sales, Homes in Escrow and Current Listings. (LAKE TAHOE REAL  ESTATE BLOG) We’ve just updated Al Tahoe, a neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Please note “Al Tahoe, CA” found in our left sidebar.  This link will take you to all current  Al Tahoe listings, current escrow and all 2008 sales. Also included are all Al Tahoe sales for 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 About Al Tahoe  : (More about  Al Tahoe, including aerial view and slide show) (Number of homes: a few more than 900) Highly desirable Al Tahoe is one of South … (0 comments)

richard bolen: A Case of the Flu I Hope You Never Get. - 04/26/08 02:32 PM
And in the middle of it, our Seminar Came and Went. It was the fever that made it so difficult. I’ve had the flu before, we all have, but not like this in a long time. I don’t recall being under the weather for two weeks since I can remember. This one has really been pedestrian. Normally, I still work when I feel poorly. It’s hard to turn it all off. But not this time. It has been beyond that. For two weeks I simply have not felt well enough to think. I’ve had a downpour of feeling guilty, though, especially … (24 comments)

richard bolen: A Dublin Flat... Media Hysteria, Again... and South Lake Tahoe? - 04/26/08 01:35 PM
Apparently the sky is falling over there too, so says the media. (LAKE  TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) Well, what can we say, the media is doing it again. This time it’s us, America, that’s leading the global housing industry astray. (When we all know that all real estate is local, which means things are different here in South Lake Tahoe then they are elsewhere, it is interesting to think of housing as a global industry, though we think few actually do.)
The article this time is “Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe.” It’s by Mark Landler in the New York … (2 comments)

richard bolen: The Current State of Our Real Estate Market: Are We Bambi, or Are We Godzilla? - 03/25/08 05:13 AM
Taking Control of our Practice and Ourselves in These Times.Some of you have probably seen this before. The most fun we’ve had with it was when we showed it to our then 7 year old. His reaction was priceless.What sparked this thought was Elaine Cook’s “Heartwarming (?) Elephant Story.”
Don’t ask me the mental connection between an Elephant and Godzilla. just know that there’s a great and wonderful mystery about how our minds work. Synapses, tangents and well, thoughts are a beautiful thing.Sometimes though, and especially these days in this market, there’s little mystery that our thoughts, can, and do lead us … (8 comments)

richard bolen: Home Value Appreciation in South Lake Tahoe since 2000 (a/o March 21, 2008) - 03/22/08 09:10 AM
Heres' a chart from the Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog Seminar.
The chart here addresses the cumulative percent change in median sold prices by year.
Our Seminar is Free to the Public, and addresses these facts and information:1,509 people in South Lake Tahoe put their homes on the market for sale last year, 474 of them were successful at it, and 1,035 of them weren't.The seminar is a public discussion about how to best sell and buy a house in South Lake Tahoe in the current real estate market.It will be held on Saturday, March 29 in the Board Room at the … (2 comments)

richard bolen: South Lake Tahoe Median Sold Prices since 2000 (a/o March 29, 2008) - 03/22/08 09:04 AM
Heres' a chart from the Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog Seminar.
The chart here addresses South Lake Tahoe Median Sold Prices by year, including home sales for the last 180 calendar days.
Our Seminar is Free to the Public, and addresses these facts and information:1,509 people in South Lake Tahoe put their homes on the market for sale last year, 474 of them were successful at it, and 1,035 of them weren't.The seminar is a public discussion about how to best sell and buy a house in South Lake Tahoe in the current real estate market.It will be held on Saturday, March … (0 comments)

richard bolen: South Lake Tahoe Escrow - 03/22/08 09:00 AM
Heres' a chart from the Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog Seminar.
The chart here addresses the number of South Lake  Tahoe homes in escrow since November 2006.
Our Seminar is Free to the Public, and addresses these facts and information:1,509 people in South Lake Tahoe put their homes on the market for sale last year, 474 of them were successful at it, and 1,035 of them weren't.The seminar is a public discussion about how to best sell and buy a house in South Lake Tahoe in the current real estate market.It will be held on Saturday, March 29 in the Board Room … (0 comments)

richard bolen: South Lake Tahoe Annual Absorption Rates since 2004. - 03/22/08 08:57 AM
Heres' a chart from the Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog Seminar.
The chart here addresses South Lake Tahoe annual absorption rates (number home sales per month) since 2004, including the last 365 calendar days.
Our Seminar is Free to the Public, and addresses these facts and information:1,509 people in South Lake Tahoe put their homes on the market for sale last year, 474 of them were successful at it, and 1,035 of them weren't.The seminar is a public discussion about how to best sell and buy a house in South Lake Tahoe in the current real estate market.It will be held on … (0 comments)

richard bolen: South Lake Tahoe Home Sales since 2004. - 03/22/08 08:52 AM
Heres' a chart from the Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog Seminar.
The chart here addresses South Lake Tahoe Home Sales (demand) by year since 2004, including the last 365 calendar days.
Our Seminar is Free to the Public, and addresses these facts and information:1,509 people in South Lake Tahoe put their homes on the market for sale last year, 474 of them were successful at it, and 1,035 of them weren't.The seminar is a public discussion about how to best sell and buy a house in South Lake Tahoe in the current real estate market.It will be held on Saturday, March 29 … (0 comments)

richard bolen: The Things We Do For You: The Value of a REALTOR® in a Buyers Market. - 03/19/08 08:24 AM
Sometimes Getting More is Not Getting Less. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) This is the last in a series of five articles on the subject of the value of using a REALTOR to sell a house. They are the 4 immediate posts below, and please read this one in particular about a Sellers Market. (Read the other three of them here, here and here.)
Though the concepts are essentially the same, the strategy to get top dollar is somewhat different from one market condition to another. A Seller’s two greatest  fears are traditionally “did I sell for too little?” and “will … (10 comments)

richard bolen: The Things We Do For You: The Value of a REALTOR® in a Sellers Market. - 03/19/08 06:27 AM
Getting More Money for the Sale of a House. Our last three posts have been the foundation for this one. First we discussed statistics in general, and then we took at look at statistics from The National Association of REALTORS about how much more on average a REALTOR® gets than an owner when selling a house. After that, we then poked fun at an absurd article suggesting that all Sellers should try to sell their home themselves. [They are the 3 immediate posts below this one... here, here (with a great comment trail at the bottom of it) and here.]
With … (2 comments)

richard bolen: A Primer on Real Estate Statistics - 03/17/08 07:06 AM
There is a difference from one market to another. There will be four subsequent posts on this subject, which is not statistics per se, but reports from the National Association of REALTORS®  (NAR) about how much more money a REALTOR can get selling a home than its owner. This is the set up for those to follow. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) The one thing we write about most on this blog is hard market data about the real estate market on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe specifically. That is the primary focus of this blog: to provide the public … (2 comments)

richard bolen: Heavenly Valley Home Sales Update: South Lake Tahoe - 03/08/08 05:02 AM
All Current Listings, Escrow and 2008 Home Sales. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) 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 home sales in 2008. Also included are all Heavenly Valley home sales for 2007, 2006 and 2005.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire … (0 comments)

richard bolen: Gardner Mountain Home Sales Update: South Lake Tahoe - 03/08/08 04:53 AM
All Current Listings, Escrow and 2008 Sales. (LAKE TAHOE REAL ESTATE BLOG) 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 Blog.  This will lead one to all current Gardner Mountain listings, current escrow and all home sales in 2007. Also included are all Gardner Mountain home sales for 2007, 2006 and 2005.
Also included in our left sidebar are all other South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, NV neighborhoods, plus complete reports on the entire South … (0 comments)