Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:
Still hard to accept that we’re in Labor Day weekend that typically means an end to many summer activities and events. However, the next couple of months can be absolutely beautiful, with trees turning color and blue skies the norm. Now the talk will be all about upcoming ski season, getting your ski lease, etc. And…what kind of a winter are we going to have? Open Snow sent out a 3-month prediction which was qualified with “too far out to have any accuracy” and followed by a vague view of “it can go either way…cold and snowy or rather dry”. So there we are….take a guess! Now to see what took place in real estate the last week of August.
Residential Real Estate – week 8/24 – 8/30
- Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee. New Listings – 39; Escrows – 23; Solds – 34
- Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS. New Listings – 10; Escrows – 12; Solds – 4
- East Shore, NV MLS. New Listings – 4; Escrows – 9; Solds – 3
- Reno/Sparks MLS. New Listings – 129; Escrows – 140; Solds – 105
Heading to Labor Day weekend produced an uptick in listings for most areas. We’ve seen many price reductions but sold prices this week in the Tahoe Sierra MLS were down only 3% from last list price. Occasionally we have an over-ask sale. A lakefront near Tahoe City on the West Shore that has been on and off the market for the last couple of years, listed at $15.8M, went to escrow. Contingencies were removed on the North Shore lakefront I have listed that should close on the 16th. And, we closed on a cute West Shore A-frame for a couple that was referred to me. 16 of the TS escrows were under $1M. For Incline, Chase just listed at gorgeous estate for $15.9M. East Shore had a lakeview property list at $6.5M and a lakefront escrow listed at $10.488M.
Lakefront Report: Only change: the two that went to escrow this week – North and East Shores.
Local/Real Estate/Luxe
- Waymo Driverless taxis in San Francisco. With its huge success, company is planning expansion to outlying areas.
- Tahoe Fund donation: NV Energy just made a $250,000 grant for Tahoe Fund’s Forest Health initiatives.
- Two-headed snapping turtle lives at the Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program and has been adopted as its mascot, naming it Port-an-Starboard. It was brought in seven years ago by a hunter who found him near a pond in Rhode Island.
- Julius’ Castle in San Francisco just may reopen soon! Current owner has been renovating the 102-year-old building for 12 years and is now awaiting the right chef to run it.
- Zoppé Family Circus starts Sunday, Sept 1 and runs through Friday, Sept 6 – McIver Arena, Truckee
- Monterey County Record: $45M sale on Pebble Beach’s 18th fairway.
- Growing Tech Hubs: ‘Tech-lanta’. Atlanta, a finance capital, draws tech companies to its top-notch universities, low cost of living and quality of life. Next up are Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Northern Virginia and Raleigh, NC. Mansion Global
- Bored with Pickleball? Try Pole Vaulting. Per WSJ, those even into their 90s are taking up the sport. If you can run, do some push-ups and are able to conquer physical and mental challenges, you can learn. I’m good with push-ups and mental challenges, the rest, not so much. Any takers?
Entertainment
- Charming take on life: Let there be Light. https://www.facebook.com/reel/
- Surfin’ USA. How about this competition? https://tinyurl.com/4ptmbrk4
TidBits
- Signs: 1) Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. 2) Under DQ ice cream store: Ice cream is cheaper than therapy. 3) The banana went to the doctor because it wasn’t peeling well. 4) I bought a fake Koi Fish. It’s my Dekoi. 5) Great hide and seek players are really hard to find. 6) Laughing out loud is forbidden in Hawaii because it’s A Low Ha State.
- The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better. Stephen King
- Orbiting Earth is the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it. Yuri Gagarin, first human to go in space.
- You don’t have to keep score to have fun playing the game. Matthew Ferry
- Hollywood Squares: Q. When Henry Kissinger visited Japan, he went to a Geisha House. How did he spend his time in the Geisha House. A. Negotiating for peace? Paul Lynde
- They say hard work never hurt anybody, but why take the chance?
- Advice is what you ask for when you already know the answer but wish you didn’t.
- So much to do, so few people to do it for me.
- I ran into my ex today. He should have looked both ways before crossing the street.
- If opportunity isn’t knocking on your door, go to your neighbor’s house.
- A synonym is a word used when you can’t spell the other one.
- If you don’t think things can get any worse, you seriously lack imagination.
- People who think they know everything were put on earth to annoy those of us that really do.
- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
- Patience is also a form of action. Auguste Rodin
- Reading 20 pages per day is 30 books per year. Saving $10 per day is $3650 per year. Running 1 mile per day is 365 miles per year. Don’t underestimate the power of small habits. Becomingminimalist
- Let’s face it. A date is a job interview that lasts all night. Jerry Seinfeld
Glad all that is over! Have a great week and see you next time!
Best wishes,
Trinkie