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January 1, 2024

Tahoe Update

Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Well, the snow gods did not favor Tahoe this Christmas/New Year’s holiday.  It’s been several years since we’ve had grass growing and showing at the end of December.  In spite of that, the area is jammed with vacationers enjoying hiking if not skiing on the upper mountains where there is enough snow to ski.  However, Homewood hasn’t been able to open as yet, so it’s marginal.  Looks like there may be something more interesting coming after this next week….so we’ll see!  I had a short and fun trip to Marin with delicious cracked crab lunch with family and friends, then a couple of nights visiting a friend at Clear Creek, which is always a huge treat.  Now let’s see what transpired in the last two weeks in real estate.

Residential Real Estate – weeks 12/16 – 12/29  

  • Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 38; Escrows – 25; Solds – 24
  • Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 10; Escrows – 10; Solds – 4
  • East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 4; Escrows – 2; Solds – 4
  • Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 72; Escrows 155; Solds – 143

Incline had a nice escrow – after over 480 days on the market – a property originally listed at $14.5 sold at $11,233,300.  Actually, it was originally on at $19M.  There may have been more escrows ready to close by end of the year, but First American Title had a cyber-attack and was unable to release funds and close escrows on time.  

End of Year Sold Stats vs 2022

  • Tahoe Sierra MLS:
    • 2023 – 1129 transactions; $998,000 Median Price; $1,612,836,837 Sales Volume
    • 2022 – 1272 transactions; $1,025,000 Median Price; $1,929,657,863 Sales Volume
  • Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS:
    • 2023 – 245 transactions: (rest of info next week)
    • 2022 – 270 transactions: (rest of info next week)
  • East Shore, NV MLS:
    • 2023 – 156 transactions; $1,083,000 Median Price; $250,093.882 Sales Volume
    • 2022 –  176 transactions; $1,070,000 Median Price; $309,570,777 Sales Volume
  • Reno/Sparks MLS
    • 2023 – 5474 transactions; $505,000 Median Price; $3,353,301,450 Sales Volume 
    • 2022 – 6459 transactions; $524,950 Median Price; $3,941,633,866 Sales Volume

Tahoe Sierra has a widespread territory reflecting different price ranges in different areas from the lake basin to Truckee, so Median Price is an average of them all.  Happy to give you a breakdown if you have interest in any segment. This is true for the other areas as well.  

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

  • Two new snowplows at South Lake Tahoe have been awarded names after public vote:  Snowy McPlowsky and Scoop Dog. 
  • Mountain Lion Aviation, private charter company at the Truckee airport, teamed up with the Tahoe Fund to donate funds for every hour flown.  In 2023, it donated $17,000 to support projects that are helping lower and sequester carbon emissions.  www.tahoefund.org
  • Classical Tahoe, the wonderful 12-year-old festival that produces beautiful classical music as well as wonderful jazz, has appointed Mark Weinstein as interim Exec Director and Scott Hosfeld as General Manager.
  • Auto Doctor in Truckee held its 11th annual Holiday car giveaway.  They refurbished a beautiful 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee that will go to someone in the Truckee/North Tahoe community.  The community is asked to submit nominations for review.  I believe it was awarded on Dec 24 but I haven’t seen anything about the recipient as yet.
  • Truckee River Watershed Council, since 1996, has completed 44 restoration projects, restored 1156 acres of meadows and forests, and 55 miles of streams and road.  In the next 10 years, it has 55 restoration project to complete along with 62,000 acres of meadows, forests and streams across the watershed.  www.truckeriverwc.org
  • Word for 2024 (instead of resolutions):  For me it will be Clarity.  Using my mind and heart in decision-making. What will yours be?

Entertainment

  • Doctor advice in 30 seconds: (see attached)

TidBits

  • The thing that attracted me to my husband was his pride. I’ll never forget the first time I saw him, standing up on a hill, his hair blowing in the breeze — and he too proud to run and get it.  Jean Carroll
  • A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a lid for it.  Jerry Seinfeld
  • The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.  Joan Rivers
  • I have a lot of growing up to do.  I realized that the other day inside my fort.  Zach Galifianakis
  • Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.  Isaac Asimov
  • There cannot be a stressful crisis next week.  My schedule is already full.  Henry Kissinger
  • Almost everything will work again if you unplug I for a few minutes, including you.  Anne Lamott
  • Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are.  Will Ferrell
  • I hate housework.  You make the beds, you do the dishes – and six months later, you have to start all over again.  Joan Rivers
  • The only limit to our realizations of tomorrow is our limiting beliefs of today.
  • Listen to the wind, it talks.  Listen to the silence, it speaks.  Listen to your heart, it knows.  Native American Proverb
  • When the phone was tied with a wire, humans were free. 
  • Why was the math book sad?  It had too many problems.
  • Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.  William Arthur Ward
  • I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.  Martha Washington
  • Speak truth to falsehood.  Silence buys into the lie.  OBR
  • I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.  Yakov Smirnoff

So, let’s move into the New Year with laughter in our hearts, welcoming new adventures of joy, health and success!  

Best wishes, 

Trinkie