END OF YEAR 2016 Market Notes We predicted last year that we expected the housing market to level off once median sales prices approached or crossed the $600k range. This goal would be consistent with the expected historical appreciation curve if we … [Read more...]
WHY SHOULD YOUR LISTING AGENT MATTER ? Part One
October 16, 2016 by
One of the challenging things that most effective listing brokers live with is the fact that the client sees very little of what the agent they chose is doing for them. The clients know what their broker is supposed to be doing ... then they are asked to have faith … [Read more...]
“They paved Paradise and they put up a parking lot … “
August 8, 2015 by
We would like to bring you up to date on the proposed construction of a by-pass road from Hwy 89 (at the Cal Trans yard) through the 64 acres connecting to Hwy 28 West Lake Blvd (between Tahoe City and Granlibakken Rd). I hope that you spend a few moments with this … [Read more...]
Fire ! Tahoe’s ‘Katrina’
March 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In my youth I worked my way through college and law school as a merchant seaman. My usual run was from Philadelphia to the Mississippi River delta ports. I experienced Hurricane Camile, the last devastating storm to strike the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast before … [Read more...]
Lake Tahoe’s Bureaucratic Megalopoly
January 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Each of these agencies has jurisdictional authority over what happens on and around Lake Tahoe ... Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) U.S. Forest Service Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (Lahontan) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Nevada … [Read more...]
