Archive for August, 2008

29 Aug

Real Estate Road to Recovery

Daily Real Estate News |
Existing-Home Sales Hit 5-Month High Existing-home sales rose in July to the highest level in five months, although they continue to be well below the numbers from last year at this time, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – increased 3.1 [...]

29 Aug

ArrowCreek HOA Town Hall Meeting

For those citizens of the golf community of ArrowCreek and for those who are intending on purchasing homes or property you should get to the Town Hall meeting on September 3rd at 6:30 pm at the Residents Club.
This will be the first open meeting with the Board of Directors and a lot of questions will [...]

28 Aug

Senator Reid & Truckee River Deal

On September 6th, Senator Harry Reid (D)  US Senate Majority Leader will sign a historical operating agreement for the Truckee River. Over a hundred years of battles have occurred over the water rights for the Truckee River and the storage of this precious commodity.
The focus at the agreement is to preserve water storage for the citizens [...]

27 Aug

Forbes List for Growing Cities USA

10 Cities Where Jobs, Home Prices Are Growing by Forbes, check out the article, I like Albuquerque New Mexico a lot, close to Santa Fe and Taos. I love Portland, Oregon and Austin, Texas. Nice digs, nice alternatives but don’t forget Reno is rated in the top 50 cites by National Geographic in the Septembers issue!
To determine [...]

27 Aug

Burning Man 2008

  http://www.burningman.com/
For those people who are not up to speed on the Burning Man Global Event that emerges in the Black Rock Desert Preserve outside of Gerlach Nevada every year with masses of people from all over the world attending this week long adventure, here’s their mission statement.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to produce the annual event known [...]

26 Aug

Reno-Tahoe/Truckee Market Trends

Newly released 3rd quarter market trend sheets from Chase International.
RenoSparks2008
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24 Aug

I.O.U.S.A.com

 You can get ready for the next war by reading the explosive report called The State of the Union’s Finances A Citizens Guide to the Financial Condition of the United States Government. Here’s your link pdf.http://www.pgpf.org/resources.dyn/PGPFCitizensGuide.pdf
Presented by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation which is dedicated to “increasing public awareness of the nature and urgency of [...]

23 Aug

National Geographic rates Reno-Tahoe

 
In the upcoming September edition, National Geographic has rated the top 50 Great Adventure Towns to live in America and we got ranked. Here’s their view, “Parked next to the aspen-fringed Mount Rose Wilderness, Reno has a wealth of hospitality jobs, a refurbished downtown, and a new $1,5 million whitewater park-all reasons enough to stick [...]

21 Aug

Jumpin Jacks

Finally, (amazing grace) the home sales in Washoe County are on the up swing and in a market that’s been like a game of jumpin jacks, we are very glad indeed. Our MLS reported that sales are up 31 percent from last year at this time, phew. It’s been a long haul for most of us and [...]

12 Aug

RCC Special Council Session Today

The Reno City Council is having a special session today to focus at how the newly passed Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 will impact the city of Reno citizens who are in dire need of assistance to prevent foreclosure on their homes. The act also  has granted $3.9 billion in funds to be distributed [...]