Kane Schaller, broker and co-owner of Dickson Realty Truckee, was named the 2009 Realtor of the Year by the Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors. The selection is based on Schaller’s outstanding business achievements, his ability to provide trusted leadership by promoting professionalism and ethics and his local involvement designed to ensure a vibrant community. “Receiving this [...]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Spend an afternoon in Truckee exploring eight remarkable one-of-a-kind custom homes in Northstar and help raise money to benefit local schools during the first Excellence in Education Luxury Home Tour taking place Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 10am to 4pm. Excellence in Education has partnered with the Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors for this unique event [...]
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Real Estate activity in the Truckee area has spiked considerably since the first of the year. Since January 1 there have been 60 new home escrows in the Truckee area with 34 of them coming in the past 14 days! 27 of those 60 have been in Tahoe Donner with 17 of them occurring in the [...]
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Since the peak of the market in early 2006, single family homes in Truckee have dropped in value around 15% and prices are looking very similar to where they were in late 2004. We haven’t had the huge build-up in inventory or foreclosures which some areas of California have seen (except in vacant land). The performance of [...]
Thursday, September 11, 2008
As the Labor Day holiday comes and goes, many people think of the summer season in Tahoe as being over. For exactly that reason it is one of our favorite times of year. For most families, the month of September represents kids getting back to school and the return to “normal” day to day activities. This [...]
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The word on the street is that Ponderosa Golf Course has been saved! Apparently the owners of the golf course and the Truckee-Tahoe Airport District came to an agreement fo purchase by the district, and in turn, the Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District will take over the operation and maintenance of the course. The sprinklers [...]
Friday, May 2, 2008
One of the most significant sources of pollution in mountain towns is the smoke created by woodburning fireplaces. Communities throughout Lake Tahoe and Truckee have been making an effort for years to reduce the amount of smoke that gets into our atmosphere. These communities have been offering rebates to people who buy woodstoves which meet [...]
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Are you getting sick of all the negative news like I am? I want you to read something today which puts a smile on your face, so let’s dig into one of my favorite topics . . . SPRING SKIING!!! When the weather starts to warm up (and this year it started awfully early) a lot of people [...]
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
In a real estate market, such as Truckee and Lake Tahoe, where the vast majority of owners are investors or vacation homeowners, 1031 exchanges are a common part of a transaction. Until recently the IRS was very vague in defining “investment property” so many people performed exchanges even on properties which they had never rented [...]
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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