6 Tips for Staging Your Home When Selling
The housing market continues to show headway in recovery, according to the National Association of Realtors, who reported that existing home sale numbers have risen 6 percent. When you prepare to sell your home, make it as inviting as possible to the potential buyers coming by to take a look. This means more than leaving […]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from Lakeshore Realty!
Pros and Cons of Living Within a Homeowners Association
Ask two different homeowners what they think about living in a community with a homeowners association and you may see one of them scowl and another one smile. The difference of opinion on homeowners associations, or HOAs, depends on several factors, including individual personalities and preferences and the quality of the particular HOA. Rules and dues […]
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Lakeshore Realty team wishes you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
What Are the Tax Implications of Selling a House?
Selling your home can be an exciting and challenging experience, particularly if you’re attempting to simultaneous settle on one house and purchase another. The numbers spinning through your head at this point include principal and interest payments, closing costs, down payment funds and moving costs. Unless you happen to be making this move right around […]
Negative Equity Will Continue Declining in 2014
Negative equity amounts continued to shrink during the third quarter of 2013 CoreLogic said today. An estimated 791,000 properties regained an equity position during the quarter, leaving about 6.4 million homes “under water.” CoreLogic’s latest negative equity analysis reports that about 13 percent of all mortgaged homes in the U.S. remain in negative territory compared […]
What Is an FHA 203k loan?
Whether you’re buying a home in dire need of complete renovation or just want to modernize the kitchen or flooring of a property before you move in, an FHA 203k loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration could be the solution to your financing issues. How Do You Qualify for an FHA 203k Loan? In […]
Ways to Quickly Improve Your Holiday Rental Listing
Forty-seven percent of all travelers are interested in spending their holidays in a rental home, according to Discover Vacation Homes. This can be used to great advantage for a real estate professional or landlord. As every professional knows, holiday listings are some of the most challenging in the industry. Few people rent during the holidays […]
Diamond Peak Opening Day
December 12th, 2013 Let the countdown begin! Diamond peak invites you to celebrate and kick off the 2013-14 season on December 12th! Normal opening is 9am but they will get the lifts spinning as soon as they are ready. Diamond Peak will be open top-to-bottom with four lifts (Crystal Express, Lodgepole, School House and the Surface Lift) spinning. […]
Incline Village Real Estate Market Update
Incline Village Real Estate Market Update The charts below reflect North Lake Tahoe, Incline Village and Crystal Bay real estate data collected from the MLXchange system. Charts contain data starting 1/1/13 and 12/9/13. To see a larger image of the chart above click here. To see a larger image of the chart above click here. To see a larger […]
2014 Housing Market
The U.S. real estate market made a robust comeback in 2013, surpassing expectations of many economists, as the combination of low inventories and historically low interest rates caused home prices to rise and even helped fuel bidding wars in some markets, surpassing the expectations of many economists. While positive trends, such as increasing home […]
North Lake Tahoe November 2013 Real Estate Sales Comparison
↵ North Lake Tahoe November 2013 Real Estate Sales Comparison The Incline Village real estate market slowed down in November 2013. Compared to the same period of 2012, residential Home sales and Condominium sales had a significant drop, and this is the first time this year that real estate sales were lower than the previous years. Lack of inventory and increasing […]