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
The spring housing market is heating up faster than the temperature. Already-high home prices continued to climb to yet new heights as mortgage interest rates dipped below 3%. Median home sale prices soared 17.2% year over year in March, to hit a record high of Continue Reading
Eight months and counting, the Fraser Valley has set yet another record for monthly home sales in April, beating a streak previously set during the boom times of 2015-16. But there seems to be a new calmness in a real estate market that has recently been so hot that it’s Continue Reading
After 36 years living in the area, Janet and Mark Brady are Tahoe/Truckee veterans. Veterans in the local business sphere — Janet operates her own jewelry store; veterans in the school district as Mark approaches his 36th year of teaching, and his 20th at Truckee High Continue Reading
Take an exposed body of chilly alpine water, add powerful mountain weather and sprinkle in throngs of foolhardy fanatics, and the result is the silly, sublime and slaphappy Tahoe surf scene. Surf conditions are usually … wonky. It can be bright and blazingly clear, with Continue Reading
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — Construction will start this summer on a $60 million base-to-base gondola at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows. Alterra Mountain Company made an announcement Monday that it plans to invest $207 million in capital improvements for the upcoming year, which Continue Reading
Experienced real-estate investors know that finding (and purchasing) the right property is only the first step in a long process for buying an asset that appreciates in value and produces income. Once you’ve secured that dream investment, you’ve got to manage it, improve it Continue Reading
As 2020 lurches and grinds to its inevitable end, it can be easy to lose sight of some details in this year, one that was like no other due to the coronavirus pandemic (except maybe 1918, only with the internet). The end of the year, of course, marks the deadline for a Continue Reading
