http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:27:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Affordable home prices and historically low interest rates have created an ideal situation for many qualified first-time home buyers to purchase a house.  Despite this opportunity, some buyers may be overconfident and make mistakes during the home-buying process. MAKING SENSE OF THE STORY FOR CONSUMERS Some first-time buyers are unaware of the ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/five-mistakes-home-buyers-make/ The seemingly endless run of bad housing news is discouraging some potential home buyers from considering a purchase. But the truth is that the advantages of homeownership have very little to do with investment gains. The best things about owning a home have a lot more to do with personal ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/5-reasons-homeownership-trumps-renting/ California’s first-time home buyer tax credit expired effective midnight, August 15th. That announcement came after the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) realized it had received more than enough applications to cover the $100 million allocated for eligible first-time home buyers. It is encouraging to learn that more than 33,000 Californians have ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/california%e2%80%99s-first-time-home-buyer-tax-credit-expired/ Come join us for the 2010 Martis Camp Home Tour, Saturday, Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. presented by the Tahoe Board of Realtors. Tickets are on sale now for $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Proceeds benefit quality education within the Tahoe Truckee unified school ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/martis-camp-home-tour/ Tahoe Donner Summary (Complete Report) High Inventory.  The number of listings for Tahoe Donner single family homes for sale in the Tahoe Sierra MLS was 155 as of July 10, 2010. This represents a dramatic increase over last quarter at this time, a 96.2% increase in inventory of single family ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/tahoe-donner-market-trends-2nd-quarter-2010/ Congress has passed a bill extending the Home Buyer Tax Credit closing deadline to September 30, 2010. However, the extension applies only to transactions that had ratified contracts in place as of April 30, 2010, and have not yet closed. There will be no gap between June 30 and the ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/home-buyer-tax-credit-extended/ Trulia.com now offers a widget that shows a chart of the average listing price and available inventory for any city or neighborhood in the US for the past year. I've just created this widget for the Truckee, CA area real estate market trends . . . interesting . . . ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/truckee-real-estate-trends-from-trulia-com/ Tahoe Donner Summary (Complete Report) Low Inventory. The number of listings for Tahoe Donner single family homes for sale in the Tahoe Sierra MLS was 79 as of April 11, 2010. This is a slight increase over last quarter at this time, only a 5.3% increase in inventory of single ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/tahoe-donner-market-trends-1st-quarter-2010/ Tahoe Donner is taking a look at how it represents itself visually – on everything from signs to staff uniforms, our website and even email messages like this. Over the years, variation in the association’s visual identity has evolved. Soon you will begin to notice more consistency in how Tahoe ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/tahoe-donner-wants-your-opinion-on-logo/ Compliments of: Teresa O’Dette & Ephraim Schwartz Mortgage Consultants - Funding Your Future (530) 581-5089 Tahoe City Office (530) 582-3370 Truckee Office Or Toll Free (800) 404-2129 Please do not hesitate to call Teresa & Ephraim. They have provided excellent service for many of our clients over the years! Effective Date: March 26th, 2010 Owner Occupied Rates: Rate APR 30 Year Fixed Conforming 4.875% 4.963% 15 Year ... http://www.truckeelaketahoe.com/current-mortage-rates-as-of-03262010-odette-mortgage-group/