Below are five compelling reasons to list your house this winter. 1. Demand Is Strong The latest Buyer Traffic Report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that buyer demand remains strong throughout the vast majority of the country. These buyers are ready, willing, and able to purchase, and are in the market right now. More often than not, in Continue Reading

    In the second half of this year, the housing market surged with activity. Today, real estate experts are looking ahead to the winter season and the forecast is anything but chilly. As Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), notes: “It will be one of the best winter sales years ever.” The typical winter slowdown in Continue Reading

Owning a home in Lake Tahoe is such a privilege because you get to enjoy the best that each season has to offer. That being said, owning a home in Tahoe means planning each fall to winterize your home. Here are some suggestions to prep your house fully for a Sierra Nevada winter:   Outside Install snow stakes along your walkways and driveway Chop and stack wood Wrap your trees Continue Reading

  As we enter the final months of 2020 and continue to work through the challenges this year has brought, some of us wonder what impact continued economic uncertainty could have on home prices. Looking at the big picture, the rules of supply and demand will give us the clearest idea of what is to come. Due to the undersupply of homes on the market today, there’s upward Continue Reading

Using your Tahoe home as a vacation rental property is a big decision. In the Tahoe area there are two major types of vacation rentals, Airbnb short term rentals, and ski-leases. Making the decision to choose one over the other is a big one and requires sitting down, doing the research, and making a pro/con list to help guide you, and that is what we have done for you here! First the Continue Reading

Placer County's Short-Term Rental Ordinance is intended to strike a balance of reducing neighborhood nuisances like noise and parking issues related to vacation rentals without undermining the market for this important guest accommodation. Definition of a Short-term Rental: residential units rented for 30 days or less, typically advertised as vacation rentals. All short-term rentals in eastern Continue Reading

This year has been a unique year for home sales with record-breaking sales throughout the month of June, July and August. It is projected that this will carry into the fall. According to the Pending Home Sales Report from the National Association of Realtors, the Pending home Sales Index (PHSI) rose 5.9% to 122.1 in July well above where the market was at this time last year. Fall Slow Continue Reading