A BluebirdKind of Day
March 14, 2010
Yesterday I woke to temperatures in the teens with a fresh layer of powder and a bluebird day. A skiers delight, that is if you could get to the resorts. Traffic backed early up on Hwy’s 89 & 267 with everyone trying desparately to make first tracks. Today looks like a repeat, as we start with single digit termperatures and the snow still laying on the tree branches against a beatiful blue back drop. The parking lot next door at Dave’s Ski Shop stayed busy all day with skis and snowboards coming and going. Life is good here in the High Sierra, and perhaps you should be here too.
These are a couple of photos my husband took from Martis Camp early yesterday morning.
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Musings from A Trailer Park in Baja
March 5, 2010
It is amazing how much we depend on electronic gear (I think that is still the word that one uses for things like cameras and cell phones). This trip south of the border has really pointed out this fact to me. First my cell phone went crazy and lost all of my notes (something I am going to have to deal with when I get home), then I lost the cables to the camera upon which I have stored all of my beautiful pictures which is why I am unable to post any of them here. Actually I believe that I left the camera cables in Truckee, safely in my computer case. So I will post lots of photos when I get home.
Seriously though, here I am at Los Barriles at a RV park that has wifi and the first thing all of the vacationers do when they get up in the morning is walk over to the hotspot with their laptops. Who could ever have imagined how easy it would be to stay in touch, AND most importantly, how easy it would be to get addicted to this mode of communication.
Jennifer has been taking care of business while I have been gone, but I am easily keeping up with the inventory back in the Tahoe MLS each morning when I am able to go on line. What a life!!!
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12049 Bernese Lane
February 26, 2010
You will love this nice open floor plan with pine vaulted ceilings and large windows that open to a private forested setting. This 4 bedroom home has room for everyone with a separate family room to give the kids a place to kick back and have some crazy fun while upstairs remains calm and cozy around the featured fireplace. The chef will love working in this kitchen with granite counters and open to the main living area. Three large decks for outdoor entertaining and evening BBQ’s. This is the perfect mountain home located on a quiet street in Tahoe Donner where the endless amenities are sure to please all. Offered at $725,000
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From Sunny Guerreo Negro
February 19, 2010
Finally on the internet today after forgetting 2 passwords and loosing the ability on my Treo to read my notes. Let me tell you this moving around plays hell on your electronics. I am so over that Treo and if I had any other choice at this point in time I would toss it in the garbage.
On another note, the trip to Mexico so far has been wonderful. We are now in in Guerreo Negro which means the “Black Warrior.” My tour book tells me that it was the name of a ship that was wrecked at the mouth of Scammon’s Lagoon, I think it was in 1859 or so. Scammon apparently was a fellow who found out that the grey whales migrated from Alaska every year to this spot to get pregnant. The following year the ladies would return to Scammon’s to have their calf. Anyways, he (Mr. Scammon) saw how profitable and plentiful the whale oil was here so the rest of the profiteers proceeded to practically denude the area of grey whales. There are now laws in this country against this type of whaling.
Tomorrow we are going to go whale watching with our traveling companions. We are really looking forward to this adventure. Thus far no problems on the road other than just staying out of the way of the semi trucks and huge motorhomes. I hope that this trip continues to be wonderful.
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Market Stats for North Lake Tahoe – Truckee, January 2010
February 8, 2010
Looking back to 2009, our January sales were down to 25 for the entire Tahoe-Truckee region. In comparison 2010 is looking up; for the month of January sales totaled 61, of those 20 were bank owned and 6 were short sales translating to 42% distressed sales ( up from 37% in December). In 2009 we were not consistently tracking the bank owned and short sales as we were just coming into that era. January sales in Tahoe Donner (9) dropped off dramatically from the previous month of December (35). There are currently 106 listings available in Tahoe Donner and at the slowed pace will give us a supply of inventory of just about 1 year. Tahoe Donner generally leads the market area in activity, so I think it is safe to say that our merry-go-round ride continues. WEEEE!
Here are the statistics from the Tahoe MLS. The solds from December 1 – 31, 2009:
Tahoe Donner: 9 homes, (1 REO’s, 1 SS), 4 condos (2 REO’s)
Northstar: 2 homes (1REO), 0 condos
Glenshire, Cambridge, Juniper Hill, Juniper Creek, The Meadows: 2 homes (2 REO’s)
Prosser Lake Area: 3 homes (1 REO)
Sierra Meadows, Ponderosa Palisades, Winter Creek: 6 homes (1 REO, 4 SS), 3 condos (2 REO)
Martiswoods, Ponderosa Ranchos: 1 home (trustee sale)
Olympic Heights: 0 homes
Lahontan: 2 residential propertiess
Timlick: 2 residential propertiess (2 SS)
Old Greenwood: 0 residential properties
Gray’s Crossing: 0 residential properties
Martis Camp: 0 residential properties
Truckee Proper: 1 residential properties
Donner Crest: 0 homes
Donner Lake: 1 home (1 REO), 0 condos
Donner Summit: 5 homes (1REO), 0 condos
West shore Lake Tahoe: 4 homes, 1 condo
Tahoe City: 0 homes, 2 condos
North shore Lake Tahoe: 3 homes (1SS), 0 Condos
Kings Beach & Tahoe Vista: 7 homes (6 REOs), 3 condos (1 REO)
Alpine & Squaw Valley: 1 home, 7 condos (5 REOs)
Shared Ownerships – entire region: 1 sale
Mobile Homes – entire region: 0 sales
Condos and Homes sold over $1M in Truckee and North Lake Tahoe: 8 (3SS)
Highest priced home or condo sold: Our highest price sale this month was a home located at 4330 North Lake Blvd. in Cedar Flat on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The sale price was $2,640,000, a bit off of the original price of $3,400,000. With over 100’ of shoreline including pier, boat lift and all the fixin’s of a proper lakefront estate this buyer pulled out his cash and closed the deal after just 87 days on the market.
Lowest priced home or condo sold: This bank owned condo sailed off of the market in just 10 days! Located on the 7th floor of the upscale Squaw Creek Resort in Olympic Valley, this studio unit listed and sold for $139,000. The thing is you can’t live here, just stay for a visit and be happy. You can’t get financing on these units so yes, this was another cash deal. It seems there are still some folks out there with a little cash in their pockets!
The list to sell ratio on the median was 95%. In other words, the homes sold within 95% of the list price. The median list price for this period was $429,000 median sale price was $410,000 down a bit from last month, but hey what do you expect?
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