Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Snow – yes, snow – no.  Looks like winter is off to a slow start despite the cold temps.  Nothing too important predicted on the immediate horizon.  Some of us aren’t complaining, but we certainly need a good winter for the water shed as well as the success of our local economy.  Pretty quiet in Historic Downtown Truckee this week…amazing, numerous parking places when I went down Thursday for an errand. Think this is a first in some time!  The weekend should be more robust as indicated with few places to park at 4:30PM on Friday.  This week’s real estate report not so robust – take a look.

Residential Real Estate – week 11/25 – 12/1 

• Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee. New Listings – 9; Escrows – 12; Solds – 13
• Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 3; Escrows – 3; Solds – 4
• East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 1; Escrows – 3; Solds – 3
• Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 74; Escrows – 82; Solds – 93

Definite slowing down of activity as we head into the holidays.  Olympic Valley had a new listing/new build in the Palisades complex at $5.399M; highest sale for Tahoe Sierra was $2.8M in Old Greenwood.  Reno had 3 new listings over $4 Million, one of which is Chase’s.  Of the 82 Reno escrows, only 6 were over $1M and under $2M.  Highest sale was $3.2M. 

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Globally, sales of $10 Million-and-up homes dipped in the 3^rd Quarter, and this has certainly been reflected in our North/West Shores and Truckee market this year.  In 2022, there were 16 homes sold $10M and up as of end of November; this year there have been 8. On the Nevada side, there were 7 in 2022 and 5 so far in 2023.  Home sales in the U.K. dropped 21% annually in October.
• Did you know?  …that Jack Ruby worked at the Cal Neva prior to killing JFK’s assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.  Yikes!  Tahoe Fund
• As of December 1, 2023 through March 1, 2024, application for the 4^th lottery drawing for buoys and boat lifts can be submitted to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Drawing for qualified properties will be March 29, 2024.
• Tahoe Fund and Placer County announced a partnership to install personalized engraved bears along the railings in Tahoe City’s Heritage Plaza, raising funds for trails in the Placer County region of North Lake Tahoe.  Baby Bear is $2500; Mama Bear is $5000.  https://tinyurl.com/37e49a4k
• Memories – Concorde Pilot:  https://tinyurl.com/2jdcn39a
• Pendulum is swinging in home décor.  Neutrals are taking over grey; bold colors are taking over white kitchen cabinets; pops of vibrant color in other places; smaller spaces are favored over wide open; adding character is trending – decorated ceilings, wallpaper; quartz and quartzite over granite; vintage and antiques are in along with curved deigns in furniture.  Hartford Courant
• On the loose Christmas Eve?  Great Gold in Truckee is having a family-style prix-fixe menu with dishes influenced by the cuisine of southern Italy – Feast of the Seven Fishes – with optional wine pairing.  https://tinyurl.com/2wh7wruk

Entertainment

• Bocelli Christmas:  https://tinyurl.com/5yn9p28k  (Scroll down for video)

TidBits

• My young daughter was wearing a beat up old watch a friend had given her.  I asked her, “Does it tell the time?”  She looked at me and said, “No, you have to look at it.”
• Interviewer: “So, tell me about yourself.”  Me: “I’d rather not. I want this job.”
• That moment when you walk into a spider web suddenly turns you into a karate master. 
• My ability to remember song lyrics from the ‘80s far exceeds my ability to remember why I walked into this room.
• Your Mom thought you were riding your bike around the block for 8 hours.  But in that time, you went 5 miles away, explored an abandoned house, jumped over some garage roofs, attempted a Ouija board, built a den in the woods and made your own fire. 
• Dear Santa:  I’ve been good all year.  Most of the time. Once in a while.  Never mind, I’ll buy my own stuff.
• “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six.  Mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.”  Shirley Temple
• “I haven’t taken my Christmas lights down.  They look so nice on the pumpkin.”  Winston Spear
• Very sorry, can’t come.  Lie follows by post.  Lord Beresford
• When I asked my personal trainer at the gym which machine I should use to impress beautiful women, he pointed outside and said, “The ATM machine.”  Trevor Noah
• “Whatever you do, always give 100%.  Unless you’re donating blood.”  Bill Murray
• I’m worried about the calendar.  Its days are numbered.
• “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” Dolly Parton
• “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”  Lena Horne
• My parents spanked me as a child.  As a result, I now suffer from a psychological condition known as “Respect for Others”.
• It’s 6 months since I joined the gym and no progress.  I’m going there in person tomorrow to find out what’s really going on. 
• “He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”  Benjamin Franklin
• “The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.”  Sarah Brown, actress

So easy to wanna be a hen at times, but sitting on my bum would get very boring and definitely non-producing.  So ‘belly up to the bar’ and stir things up!  Have a productive week and see you next time! 

Best wishes, 

Trinkie