Monthly Archives: January 2010

Market Condition Report – December 2009

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Guy Johnson

Thank you to our friends at First Centennial Title for providing the monthly Market Condition report below. Just as we saw with November’s Market Condition report, December’s shows the direction of many of the metrics remaining unchanged.  From December’s report: … Continue reading →

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NRES / Page Ventures

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Mike McGonagle

I’ve reported earlier about the king of the Trustee’s Sale, Page Ventures LLC.  They had purchase 75 houses on the courthouse steps by mid-October, when they morphed into NRES NV1 LLC (NV2 and NV3 are also registered with the Secretary … Continue reading →

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The Foreclosure Next-door

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Mike McGonagle

 A friend of mine asked my to check out his next door neighbor’s house.  There was some sort of notice tacked to the front door (neighbors don’t pry and go up the steps to read them), and some strangers poking … Continue reading →

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I made a video

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Guy Johnson

During the last Inman Connect conference I was offered a 60-second video from TurnHere Video as a promotion for their video production service.  I decided to do a clip on what brought me and my family to Reno. TurnHere shot … Continue reading →

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Commentary from a San Francisco agent

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Guy Johnson

Last week I received an email from a friend and fellow REALTOR who works the San Francisco market.  This agent’s name is Cece Blase and she created and writes for the blog, SF Real Estate Buzz.com. Cece’s email was a … Continue reading →

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Chase International’s year-end stats press release

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Guy Johnson

Each quarter our broker, Chase International, releases reports on the housing market in Reno, Sparks and the areas around Lake Tahoe and Truckee.  At the end of each year, and annual report is produced.  Some of you may have seen this piece … Continue reading →

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Downtown Reno area added to IDX property search functionality

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Guy Johnson

Last year a new MLS area was created (Area 116 – “Reno-Downtown Core”) by the RSAR – see Reno MLS area changes. Unfortunately, this new area was never added to the search choices provided by the IDX service employed by … Continue reading →

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December median sold price, units, DOM, and $/sq.ft.

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Guy Johnson

As we observed with November’s unit sales, December’s 405 houses sold represented an unusually high number for a December.  Compare December’s 405 sales with the number sold during the previous five December’s: 2009: 405 houses sold 2008: 294 houses sold … Continue reading →

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