Truckee Real Estate Sales: May 2010
May 31, 2010
This chart represents the number of single family homes sold in the last three months in the Truckee real estate market. The chart also shows the median sale prices for these homes.
Tahoe Donner® Real Estate Sales: May 2010
May 31, 2010
Tahoe Donner® Real Estate
Single Family Homes Sold - May 2010
Single Family Homes SOLD = 14 (13 standard sales, 1 short sale)
Median List Price = $662,000
Median Sale Price = $646,125
Average Days on Market = 107
YTD TD SF Homes Sold = 74
Active Listings = 114
| Address | Original Price | Sales Price | Square Feet |
| 11582 Rhineland | $389,000 | $357,000 | 1671 |
| 11334 Zermatt | $389,000 | $365,000 | 1445 |
| 13346 Solvang | $429,000 | $410,000 | 1458 |
| 13291 Falcon Point | $529,000 | $450,00 | 1678 |
| 13879 Copenhagen | $539,000 | $510,000 | 1928 |
| 12003 St. Bernard | $599,000 | $513,900 | 1713 |
| 13329 Davos | $699,000 | $625,000 | 2359 |
| 11900 St. Bernard | $699,000 | $667,250 | 2317 |
| 11488 Bennett Flat | $800,000 | $690,000 | 2408 |
| 17001 Skislope | $779,000 | $730,000 | 2726 |
| 14655 Wolfgang (short sale) | $885,000 | $735,000 | 3150 |
| 11400 Lucerne | $889,000 | $790,000 | 2711 |
| 13573 Weisshorm | $890,000 | $822,500 | 2424 |
| 12281 Snowpeak | $1,150,000 | $1,100,000 | 3365 |
Tahoe Donner® Condos Sold - May 2010
Condos SOLD = 6 (5 standard sales, 1 REO)
Median List Price = $299,000
Median Sale Price = $279,750
Average Days on Market = 85
YTD TD Condos Sold = 22
Active Listings = 32
Tahoe Donner® Lots Sold - May 2010
Lots SOLD = 2 (2 standard sales)
Median List Price = $237,475
Median Sale Price = $196,000
Average Days on Market = 58
YTD TD Lots Sold = 10
Active Listings = 45 (YTD = Year-To-Date)
This is provided as a quick snapshot of the monthly market activity in Tahoe Donner®. Keep in mind, numbers only tell part of the story. We would be happy to share our day-to-day insight
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Truckee Farmers Market
May 27, 2010
2010 Farmers Market Weekly Schedule
Our Farmers Markets strive to bring you healthy and tasty, local food and artisans treasures. Plus, there are activities and fun for the whole family.
So come experience our area Farmers Markets. Enjoy the music. Enjoy the variety, freshness, taste and nutritional value of area grown produce. Support of local food!
Tuesday
Truckee, Truckee River Regional Park, 8am to 1pm, June 8th to September 28th
King’s Beach, Kings Beach State Park, 9am to 1pm, June 8th to September 7th
Thursday
Tahoe City, Commons Beach, Tahoe City, CA 8am to 1pm, May 27th tp September 30th
3 Good Reasons to Eat Local
- Fruits and vegetables that are grown locally taste better.
- Eating local decreases our carbon footprint; reduces transportation and energy costs & eliminates wasteful packaging.
- Eating local puts money into the local economy.
Take the Recycling Challenge!
May 25, 2010
Keep it Green.
Here you’ll find all the information you need so that you can participate in North Lake Tahoe’s and Truckee’s Curbside recycling solution. Challenge your household to reduce waste as much as possible and recycle everything you can. Chances are you’ll have a much greater volume of recyclables than trash.
Use your BLUE BAGS to recycle all of the following:
- Mixed paper: Office paper, catalogues, magazines, junk mail. Virtually all mixed paper types can be recycled!
- Paper board: Paper board includes such as cereal & food boxes (remove plastic liners), paper towel and toilet paper roles.
- Glass bottles and jars: All colors are okay.
- Plastics numbered 1-7. Check the bottom of the container for the recycling symbol and number 1-7. Plastic bags and Styrofoam are the exceptions. Plastic bags can be dropped off at local grocery stores for recycling. Styrofoam is not recycled in Truckee, please avoid Styrofoam when possible. Mixed rigid plastics (these are generally non-food plastics, some do not have a number 1-7. Examples include old laundry baskets, children’s toys, snow disc.)
- Aluminum, tin (steel) and bimetal cans.
- Aluminum foil.
- Cardboard: Cut it up to make it fit in the blue bag. Drop-off large quantities of cardboard at the fire station. Please do not place loose cardboard at the curb. Loose cardboard will be contaminated in the collection truck and charged as trash.
The Blue Bag Process: What happens to your BLUE BAG after it leaves your curb? What should you know in order to effectively participate in the blue bag program?
When your blue bag is picked up at the curb it is tossed in a small trash truck right along side your bag of garbage. When the small trash truck is filled it returns to a staging area where the big compacting trucks await. The load from the smaller truck is then transferred into the compactor. All the bags, both blue and black are compacted and driven to the Eastern Regional Landfill on Cabin Creek Road off HWY 89 south for processing. Truck loads of garbage and blue bags are dumped onto a floor, pushed around by heavy equipment and fed onto a conveyer belt. Two employees spend their day picking the blue bags out of the waste stream and setting them aside. Trash is then sent up a conveyer belt where 15 people pick recyclables from garbage. Depending on the time of year, the transfer station receives on average 100-250 tons of trash and recyclables from residential routes every day. Due to the high volume of trash, the conveyer belt must move quickly in order for all the trash to be processed. The 15 workers do an excellent job picking recyclables out of the trash and are able to recover 17-18% of recyclables from trash. Towards the end of the day the operation converts to processing blue bags. Blue bags are opened and the contents are sent up the conveyer for sorting, the blue bag itself is also bailed and sent to a plastic recycler. Keep in mind that recyclables in blue bags are much cleaner and easier to sort than picking recyclables from trash (we all know what we toss away). In order to assist in sorting recyclables, by material type, the conveyer belt is slowed way down when blue bags are processed. Workers are able to recover over 90% of the recyclables contained in blue bags. Using blue bags significantly increases the amount of recyclables recovered. In order to work effectively, your blue bags must hold up in the trash collection process so durability matters. When purchasing blue bags pay attention to the strength (the higher the millimeters (mil) on the package the better). Place your recyclables in your bags being mindful to not over stuff the bags and tie your blue bags securely to ensure that your recyclables will remained contained in the bag. If you have an excess amount of glass (which is heavy and could potentially tear the bag), consider using the Nex Cycle recycling facility behind Safeway or the recycling facility at the Eastern Regional Landfill. Cardboard should be cut into smaller pieces and placed in blue bags. If you have more cardboard than can easily be cut up and placed in a blue bag please utilize one of the free cardboard collection dumpsters at the Fire Station on Donner Pass Road or at the elementary school in Glenshire. Loose cardboard left beside your garbage can will be mixed with the trash, contaminated and not recycled.
Defensible Space – An Ounce of Prevention…
May 13, 2010
Things We Can Do To Protect Our Truckee Real Estate
2010 Tahoe Donner defensible space inspections will take place in units 6, 7 and 10. Property owners in these units will be notified by mail of the results of their inspection. If any, deficiencies are reported, owners will be given 45 days to correct them.
Practicing good defensible space is an important part of being a property owner in Tahoe Donner. US Forest Service records show that over the last 35 years over 150 fires burned in or within a two-mile radius of Tahoe Donner. One of the goals of the forestry department is to help property owners bring their properties into compliance with state, local and association fire safety standards. Work completed by individual property owners is key to keeping Tahoe Donner safe from wildfire. In 2007, the Tahoe Donner Board of Directors adopted a four-year program to inspect all properties, both developed and undeveloped, in the association. The first two years of the fire inspection program have been a great success.
Check list of fire safety items around your home -
Residence:
- Pine needles must be removed from the roof of all structures
- Pine needles on the ground must be removed within 10 feet of all structures
- Limbs must be removed from within 10 feet of the chimney
- Chimney must have an approved spark arrestor
- Ten feet of clearance required around the propane tank
- Firewood and lumber must be stacked away from the residence
- The address of the residence must be clearly visible
100-feet or to Property Line:
- All dry, flammable vegetation and woody debris less than 12 inches in diameter must be removed
- Dead and/or beetle infested trees must be removed
- The areas of contiguous brush must be broken up
- Excessively dense tree cover must be thinned
- Remove the lower branches, six feet from the ground, on trees over 12 feet tall. On shorter trees remove the lower branches to 1/2 the height of the tree
- All dead plants or grasses must be cut to a height of six inches or less
Protecting the Forest
In addition to protecting your home, defensible space is also about improving the health of the forest to reduce the threat of fire. The forestry department works to create a healthy forest on the common areas of Tahoe Donner. This is done by:
- Creating and maintaining fuel breaks in strategic areas
- Removing brush and planting trees to establish a forest on the landscape
- Masticating (mowing) brush from around trees to increase the growth of the forest, change the arrangement of fuels and remove ladder fuels (fuels which provide vertical continuity allowing fire to spread up into tree crowns)
- Creating a mosaic of practices to lessen the impacts to the human eye and encourage different wildlife species
- Thinning dense forest stands through commercial logging operations or by hand crews
- Maintaining the seasonal road system in the western portion of Tahoe Donner to lessen erosion and allow access by firefighting crews
If you wish to schedule an appointment for a Forestry Department staff member to check for defensible space on your property and make improvement recommendations, contact the Forestry Department at (530) 587-9432.
If you don’t have time to do the work yourselves, there are many resources that you can hire to get the job done.
Let’s all do what we can to keep our neighborhoods safe. Thank you!
12590 Stockholm, SOLD
May 13, 2010
This is a fantastic home at an UNBELIEVABLE price!
This is a must see. Don’t wait!
Located on Stockholm, this casual mountain home basks in the sunshine and has peek mountain top views of the Carson Range and Northstar. This home is light & bright, charming and inviting. Features include a free standing wood burning stove on a rock hearth, tile counter tops, pine accents and trim and is tastefully appointed with neutral color carpets and a pleasing interior paint color. Consisting of 1640 square feet, this 3 bedroom home has an “easy-living” open floor plan and a front deck that is drenched in sunshine!
- Offered at $479,000 , NOW – $424,500 - SOLD $424,500
- 3 bedrooms; spacious master suite with walk-in closet
- 2 baths
- 2 car garage
- 1640 square feet
- Lot dimensions 90’ x 210’
- Greenbelt setting
- Peek mountain top views of Northstar and the Carson Range
- Open floor plan
- Rock hearth with free standing wood stove
- Newer paint throughout
- Easy access; flat driveway
- Light, bright and cozy
- Landscaping includes watering system
- 50 Gallon Water Heater – new in 2010
- Enjoy a full spectrum of Tahoe Donner amenities
- Virtual Tour of 12590 Stockholm
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12530 Pinnacle Loop, $979,900
May 11, 2010
If you like amazing sunsets and breathtaking views this is the place for you. The perfectly positioned windows frame the likes of Hawk’s Peak, Frog Lake Cliffs, Tinker’s Knob and more. Easy access to the Nordic Center in the winter and miles and miles of trails in the summer. This exquisite mountain home is custom built with fine craftsmanship and attention to every detail. Extensive use of cherry wood, travertine & fossil slate flooring, granite & stone. 2 Decks and Paver patio. Quality, views, size, floorplan and excellent price – this one can’t be beat! Call Karen and Robbie to see this amazing property. 530-412-0583.
- Offered at $979,900
- Panoramic Views
- 4 Bedrooms
- 3.5 Baths
- 2 Car Garage
- Large Bonus Room
- Professionally Engineered Theater
- 2 Decks
- 3028 Square Feet
- Built in 2007
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Keller Williams Real Estate Update: May 2010
May 7, 2010
Each month, This Month in Real Estate provides expert opinion and analysis on real estate trends across the nation. The aim of the consumer-oriented segments is to provide real information on real estate.
Truckee Real Estate Sales: April 2010
May 7, 2010
This chart represents the number of single family homes sold in the last three months in the Truckee real estate market. The chart also shows the median sale prices for these homes.
Compared to March 2010, single family home sales for the Greater Truckee area are up almost 82% (from 27 to 49) and sales in Tahoe Donner, comparing March 2010 to April 2010 are up 69% (13 to 22).
Tahoe Donner® Real Estate: April 2010
May 7, 2010
Tahoe Donner® Real Estate
Single Family Homes Sold - April 2010
Single Family Homes SOLD = 22 (17 standard sales, 3 short sales, 2 REO)
Median List Price = $530,250
Median Sale Price = $530,000
Average Days on Market = 128
YTD TD SF Homes Sold = 60 (as of 4/30)
Active Listings = 91 (as of 5/7)
| Address | Original Price | Sales Price | Square Feet |
| 11962 Bernese | $305,000 | $278,000 | 940 |
| 14644 Christie (REO) | $299,900 | $307,000 | 1178 |
| 15359 Northwoods | $399,000 | $360,000 | 1352 |
| 13493 Skiview Loop | $459,000 | $365,000 | 1516 |
| 14360 Northwoods(short) | $329,900 | $370,000 | 1286 |
| 11792 Chateau | $450,000 | $419,000 | 1389 |
| 11940 Sitzmark | $455,000 | $450,000 | 2056 |
| 14062 Herringbone | $510,000 | $465,000 | 1500 |
| 12058 Brookstone | $495,000 | $474,000 | 1530 |
| 12109 Bennett Flat (short ) | $575,000 | $485,000 | 2110 |
| 12205 Brookstone | $525,000 | $525,000 | 1765 |
| 10975 Skislope (REO) | $535,500 | $535,000 | 2998 |
| 14328 Copenhagen | $549,900 | $543,500 | 2525 |
| 11924 Kitzbuhel | $599,000 | $580,000 | 2000 |
| 16987 Skislope | $629,000 | $605,000 | 2207 |
| 13362 Northwoods | $859,000 | $690,000 | 2503 |
| 13871 Alder Creek | $759,000 | $730,000 | 2669 |
| 13642 Pathway | $759,000 | $745,000 | 2472 |
| 16475 Skislope | $865,000 | $795,000 | 2750 |
| 12276 Stockholm | $1,000,000 | $890,000 | 3832 |
| 12332 Skislope (short) | $1,950,000 | $1,120,000 | 3606 |
| 12809 Pinnacle | $2,195,000 | $1,725,000 | 4976 |
Tahoe Donner® Condos Sold - April 2010
Condos SOLD = 5 (2 standard sales, 2 short sales, 1 REO)
Median List Price = $329,000
Median Sale Price = $325,000
Average Days on Market = 156
YTD TD Condos Sold = 16 (as of 4/30)
Active Listings = 43 (as of 5/7)
Tahoe Donner® Lots Sold - April 2010
Lots SOLD = 2 (2 standard sales)
Median List Price = $294,000
Median Sale Price = $265,000
Average Days on Market = 23
YTD TD Lots Sold = 8 (as of 4/30)
Active Listings = 43 (as of 5/7)
(YTD = Year-To-Date)
This is provided as a quick snapshot of the monthly market activity in Tahoe Donner®. Keep in mind, numbers only tell part of the story. We would be happy to share our day-to-day insight
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