By Perri Ormont Blumberg for Realtor.com With the warmer months approaching, it could be time to part ways with those old, weather-beaten chairs (yes, finally) and refresh your outdoor space. To provide some design inspiration, Wayfair Continue Reading
By Julie Brown for SF Gate Six months into a moratorium that halted short-term rentals permits in North Lake Tahoe, Placer County is considering a new set of rules to rein in the proliferation of vacation rentals and protect what little housing inventory remains for Continue Reading
By Justin Sacco for Sierra Sun The Pacific Crest Commons affordable housing project inched a step closer to reality at Tuesday’s Truckee Planning Commission meeting. Funding for the project is expected to come from state and federal low income housing credits, tax Continue Reading
By Zac Thompson for Frommer's A rugged expanse of California wilderness north of Lake Tahoe has opened to the public for the first time in nearly a century. Previously private property, the wild terrain near Donner Summit high in the northern Sierra Nevada Continue Reading
By Justin Scacco for Sierra Sun For more than three decades environmental advocacy group Mountain Area Preservation has fought development of the Canyon Springs area. That fight is now nearing its end following an announcement the owner of the 290 acres of open space on Continue Reading
By Kara Fox for Moonshine Ink It’s a late September evening, and the Tahoe Backyard is buzzing. Guitar music fills the air while kids chase each other between throngs of adults sipping pints of beer, noshing on food truck fare, and chatting with their friends and Continue Reading
After years of planning, outreach, and collaboration, Nevada County, in partnership with the Town of Truckee and the Friends of the Truckee Library, contracted with LDA Partners to develop architectural renderings for a new Truckee Library. The conceptual Continue Reading
By Jacob Passy for Realtor.com Mortgage rates retreated below 3% this week, but the factors that pushed them higher in previous weeks remains—all while Americans grow increasingly frustrated with the competitive housing market. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage Continue Reading
By Jacob Passy for Realtor.com Existing-home sales improved in September, as the threat of rising mortgage rates likely compelled some buyers to lock in deals before the window of opportunity closed. Existing-home sales increased 7% between August and September, Continue Reading
