Preload Spinner

Tahoe Update

BACK
June 30, 2024

Tahoe Update

Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

We’re just about in full swing judging by the parked cars along Hwy 28 on the east shore.  Sand Harbor parking is closed before 8AM these days. Next year there will be reservations only.  With temps predicted to be over-the-top in the valley for the Fourth, we will be slammed up here.  Shop early and stay home!  Last weekend I attended a beautiful birthday celebration at Twin Pines, the Julia Morgan residence that’s now the lakefront amenity for Clear Creek.  It was a Chamber of Commerce Day and a true joy to be part of the special event.  Just driving to Clear Creek from Crystal Bay along the east shore is spectacular, one of the many benefits of living at Lake Tahoe.  Speaking of the Fourth, we will have our annual Parade viewing at our Truckee office with drinks and food, so let me know if you’d like to join us.  Parade starts at 10 and is usually over by about 11:30. This is true ‘down home’ Americana complete with trains passing through.  Now let’s see what happened in real estate this last week.

Residential Real Estate – week 6/22 – 6/28

  • Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 49; Escrows – 28; Solds – 23
  • Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 16; Escrows – 4; Solds – 3
  • East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 9; Escrows – 2; Solds – 2 
  • Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 133; Escrows – 123; Solds – 105

Two lakefronts closed escrow on the North Shore – a Brockway Springs listing at $8.2 million that sold right away (Chase list and sale), and the one that went to auction with final price of $5.6 million plus 6% Auction fee paid by buyer. Chase’s Incline Village listing at $50 million went to escrow quickly.  Our Luxury Estates Tour last Wednesday had over 600 registered to view and/or participate physically. Big news:  Chase’s Mike Dunn just listed the legacy Mourelatos Lakefront Resort in Tahoe Vista – 3 parcels including two on the forest side of Hwy 28 and 275’ of sandy beach for a total of almost 21 acres – $29,500,000. Call me for details.

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

  • The Friday File: The most visited museum in the world is the Louvre in Paris with 8.86 million visitors in 2023, down from 9.6 million in 2019. In second, the Vatican Museums at 6.76 million, then the British Museum with 5.80 million visitors. NYC’s Metropolitan Museum is 5th with 5.36 million entrants. The most popular Smithsonian is Natural History in 8th with 4.4 million guests. Elliot Eisenberg, the Bowtie Economist
  • Lake Tahoe just received $24 million to complete the East Shore Trail from Sand Harbor to Thunderbird Cove.  This will include road safety including additional parking. Funds came from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) and implemented by U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen.  The goal is to continue the trail to Spooner Summit.  Tahoe Fund
  • Steamboat Springs – an alternative to high-paced Aspen.  Luxury building Is on the rise with the investment Alterra has made in its ski hill.  Life is more low-key with emphasis on the outdoors, and prices are more reasonable.
  • Church of the Mountains, on Bridge Street and built in 1869, is Truckee’s oldest church.  Its distinctive bell, cast by the McShane Bell Foundry, was installed in 1890.  Representatives from the Foundry attended the ribbon-cutting unveiling of a historic plaque on June 27.  
  • BEBOT now expanding from South Lake Tahoe to North Lake Tahoe beaches.  Volunteers pitted themselves against BEBOT at Kings Beach, and BEPOT had more to collect even after human volunteers did a sweep.  Lots of visibility for this with the Fourth coming, hoping to deter the insane amount of trash left in the past. 
  • Fireworks for Tahoe:  The real McCoy will take place at Stateline/South Lake Tahoe, Incline Village/Crystal Bay and Truckee/Donner Lake.  Tahoe City will feature 300 drones in its celebration.

Entertainment

TidBits

  • If I could just say a few words… I’d be a better public speaker.  Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) in “The Simpsons”.
  • When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. Rodney Dangerfield.
  • By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection which is noblest; Second, my intimidation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.  Confucius
  • Take your time and your talent and figure out what you have to contribute to this world, and get over what the hell your butt looks like in those jeans!  America Ferrera.
  • We must turn to each other and not on each other.  Jesse Jackson
  • It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible.  From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.  Dalai Lama
  • I’m not sure if I washed the spider down the drain in my shower or if he took one look at me naked and then leapt willing to his death.
  • Never be afraid to try something new.  Remember, amateurs built the Ark; Professionals built the Titanic.
  • When a kid says, “Daddy, I want mommy”, that’s the kid version of “I’d like to speak to your supervisor”.
  • The pessimist complains about the wind.  The optimist expects it to change.  The realist adjusts his sails.
  • There’s a fine line between a numerator and a dominator.  Only a fraction of people will find this funny.
  • The people upstairs all practice ballet / Their living room is a bowling alley / And when their fun at last abates, / They go to the bathroom on roller skates. / I might love the people upstairs more / If only they lived on another floor. Ogden Nash, “The People Upstairs”.
  • Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.  Michael Jordan.
  • It’s only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis. Margaret Wander Bonanno
  • If you want to find someone’s true age, listen to them. If they talk about the past and they talk about all the things that happened that they did, they’ve gotten old. If they think about their dreams, their aspirations, what they’re still looking forward to — they’re young. Outlive: the science and art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD
  • I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. Jonathan Swift.

So, what is late in your world?  Mine is probably after 6:30 most days, but then there are the ones like today when I was reluctant to get up at 8:15.  Hugging the bed feels so good!   Even Dancer accommodates as she loves her zzzzs too.  Have a great week, stay cool, have a great Fourth and see you next time.

Best wishes, 

Trinkie