Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Last weekend I had a wonderful, cultural experience with a beautiful (fund-raising) concert at a private home on Saturday, then the Tahoe Philharmonic’s accomplished Easter concert at the Catholic Church in Tahoe City – gorgeous stained-glass windows and great acoustics.  Ambitious program that was beautifully executed!  June schedule coming soon.  This weekend it’s Tahoe Music Alive’s first of its summer series – Grammy Awared-wining Catalyst String Quartet.  Check out future concerts:  www.tahoemusicalive.org.  Daffodils are popping up everywhere, and flowering trees are showing new blossoms!  This weekend a bit of winter returned with snow falling on Saturday, but then we’re back to warm temps this next week.  Definite stirring in real estate with new listings coming on and sales moving along.  For the Tahoe Sierra MLS, from April 1 – April 25, we had 51 solds vs. 54 in 2024; dollar volume of $84,033,750 in 2025 exceeded $78,953,908 in 2024. Average price is up this year, but median down.  So, the dance continues.  Will be interesting to see how we fare in May.  Now to check out this last week.

Residential Real Estate – week 4/19 – 4/25 

• Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 29; Escrows – 8; Solds – 14
• Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 12; Escrows – 5; Solds – 2
• East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 1; Escrows – 2; Solds – 5
• Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 125; Escrows – 146; Solds – 100 (95 under $1 Million)

Last week was Spring Break so not a lot of new escrows across the board.  We’re in our ‘shoulder season’, so will be interesting to see how much buying activity we’ll have in the next month.  Crystal bay had a lakefront listed at $12 Million sell for $11.8 Million.

Lakefront Active Status as of 4/25:  North and West Shores has 9 active with a couple in the wings waiting to come on.  Prices range from $3,995 Million to $30 Million.  Incline Village/Crystal Bay has 5 listed, 4 in Crystal Bay. Prices from $11.9 million to Chase’s impressive listing at $49.5 Million. The East Shore has 6 listed, one of which is another Chase listing – Shakespear Ranch for a total of $188 Million – 4 parcels that can be purchased separately for a total of 10 on the market now.  South Lake Tahoe has one lakefront with pier at $3.995 Million plus a Fallen Leaf beauty at $4.5 Million.  One of the coming West Shore listings is a 7- bedroom beautiful log home on over 2 acres, beautifully furnished, no pier, pretty much move-in ready.  Offered at $18.5 million.  There will be more popping up as we get closer to summer.

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Fire protection.  Huge awareness on requirements for protecting our properties, with well-organized protocols for the Town of Truckee along with guidelines for the Tahoe Basin.  Having properties checked for Defensible Space is part of our real estate protocols, and it also can have an impact on obtaining insurance and even providing some discount in premiums if in a Firewise community.  Re Insurance:  Caveat!  Absorb small claims as they all reflect on potential for insurance going forward, impacting a new owner if you are considering selling.
• Be Bear Aware!  Now that the cubs are leaving the den and moving into the forest, they also cross roads at random with Mama.  We love our bears and do not want to see them injured or killed.  For our homeowners, be sure your residence is bear-proof!  Climate change and fires have moved more of these beautiful animals into our living spaces, also encouraged by availability of food by careless attention to garbage disposal.
• Truckee River Watershed Council continues its amazing work, restoring our watersheds and enhancing wildlife habitat.  For information on their various programs, www.truckeeriverwc.org
• 550-pair shoe collection room!  For a MAN!  NLF star being traded has put his Morgan Hill home on the market for just under $5 Million. 
• Artown, Reno. In it’s 30^th year of fabulous productions all over Reno, with main shows in July.  Not limited to the calendar, more events tied to this amazing collection of entertainment, free and charged.  www.artown.org
• Luxury Market:  Now that the pandemic migration trends have faded, luxury buyers are more dispersed, moving away from major financial centers and more affordable luxury Midwest to pricey coastal living in Santa Barbara and quieter retreats in the Sunbelt.  (Let Tahoe be one of them!) Mansion Global
• LA Fires have fueled (sorry) interest in other LA-area residences, sending home sales and prices surging in its already-challenged inventory.
• Road Construction – Ugh!  However, we need decent roads and summer is construction.  Here’s the scoop so far/imminent:  Hwy 28 between TC and Kings Beach:  Several stops, but up to 15-min delay (not so bad).  Int 80 enroute to Tahoe continues construction, so check CalTrans to get current update.
• There’s a bear!  On the phone with my colleague as she’s walking her dog, and she says, “Oh my God, there’s a bear”, and hung up.  
• Looking for a beautiful ranch?  Historic 550-acre List ranch and manor, about 30 minutes from Reno and Lake Tahoe in Nevada, is available through Chase, listed at $22 Million.  Call me for details.

Entertainment

• Johnny Carson & Tim Conway:  Total classic…the whole thing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCMU176TYNc

TidBits

• Good bread is the most satisfying of all foods.  James Beard
• You can’t make time go faster or success come sooner.  The only thing you can control is the next action.  Crime:  You can drive safely 364 days a year, but one DUI changes everything.  Ethics and morals:  One unethical decision can ruin a reputation and destroy trust.  James Clear
• Burma Shave – the series of 4 small red signs with white letters along rural roads, plus one:  A man, a miss; A car, a curve; He kissed the miss; And missed the curve.  Burma Shave 
• You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.  Thich Nhat Hahn
• Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.  Oprah Winfrey
• The art of life is not controlling what happens to us but using what happens to us.  Gloria Steinem
• You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.  Abraham Maslow. (Those darned choices!)
• You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.  Indira Gandhi
• Medical terms:  1) Nitrates – Rates of pay for working at night. 2) Node – I knew it 3) Outpatient – A person who has fainted 4) Pelvis – Second cousin to Elvis   5) Post Operative – A letter carrier   6)   Recovery Room – Place to do upholstery
• There’s never been a challenging time in human history where an occasional laugh didn’t help get us through.  Jerry Seinfeld
• If you can’t be kind, at least be vague.  Judith Martin
• Whoever established the high road and how high it should be should be fired.  Sandra Bullock
• It’s useless to try to hold a person to anything he says while he’s madly in love, drunk, or running for office.  Shirley MacLaine
• The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.  George Carlin
• As I learned from growing up, you don’t mess with your grandmother.  Prince William
• I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.  Mae West
• I saw a study that said speaking in front of a crowd is considered the number one fear of the average person. Number two was death.  This means to the average person, if you have to be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.  Jerry Seinfeld
• Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.  Redd Foxx
• Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.  Rita Mae Brown, Alma Mater
• If money doesn’t grow on trees, why do banks have branches?
• Don’t you tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.
• If the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off it.

Let gravity prevail!  Next week will be dark as I’ll be at a conference in Greenville, SC, so see you in two!  Enjoy spring as it continues its beautiful blossoming!

Best wishes, 

Trinkie