Category Archives: Reno

Reno opens its financials to the public

The City of Reno has launched a new website that allows the public to search the city’s finances online.  The site, TransparentReno.com, is billed as “An Initiative for a more Transparent Reno”.  And Open it is. I visited the site … Continue reading

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Why Reno

If you haven’t seen it yet, there’s a nicely done promotional video about Reno, Nevada getting a lot of airplay on the internet. Released a couple weeks ago the video already has over 11,000 views on YouTube. Titled “Why I … Continue reading

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FCT’s Market Condition Report – October 2010

Our friends at First Centennial Title Company of Nevada have released their Market Condition Report for October.  Commentary from this month’s report includes… OVERVIEW: The market is generally holding in the current range with little change from the previous month. … Continue reading

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Somersett Golf and Country Club members to assume ownership

I received the following press release in my email box today and thought I’d pass it along. For Immediate Release                          For More Information: September 28, 2010                             Dan Morgan, (775) 323-4500 … Continue reading

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I made a video

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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Short Sale FAIL

After eight unsuccessful months trying to sell our Somersett McMansion for $525,000, we raised the price to $572,000. No, we’re not crazy. The bank is. For those who may not know me, I started this blog in late 2005. I … Continue reading

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RSAR 2nd quarter market report

The Reno/Sparks Association of REALTORS® has just released their June and 2nd Quarter Market Report.  This is a thorough market analysis containing very good charts.  Be sure to check out the Median Home Price History chart and the Historical Market … Continue reading

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Reno fourth largest city in Nevada

Latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates no longer place Reno as the third largest city in Nevada.  North Las Vegas has overtaken us; so we hold the fourth spot.  Not a big deal really, according to an article in today’s RGJ: … Continue reading

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