On a personal note, for this year, since I have family over at my house, I’ve decided avoid “The Holiday 10″ - you know, the 10 pounds that magically appear on your scale just as you’re making a New Year’s Resolution to lose “The Last Ten.” With this is mind, we’ve decided to go for long walks around our house in Pollock Pines every other day.
Believe me when I say this, Pollock Pines should not be considered a vacation home area any more. Although quite a few of our neighors have homes in Sacramento and come here only for the summer, the rest of us make it our year-round vacation-stay.
Gold Ridge is a community that boasts rural living in two story homes almost always overlooking a fantastic view of the pines. And if you should desire to go fishing, Jenkinson Lake isn’t more than ten minutes away. Recreational sports are available there and it’s no wonder almost all families here own a boat.
We are no more than 50 minutes from Sacramento and beautiful! If you’re considering buying in Pollock Pines, houses range from right around $265,000 all the way into the millions. We have something for every taste.
Well, provided you like pine trees.
Grizzly Flats, a mining town for gold back in 1852 is now a peaceful town at about 4000 feet above sea level (Yes, there will be snow!) and just under 800 people. If you want a place to get away from it all, Grizzly Flats might just be it. About an hour and a half drive from Sacramento - all uphill - it makes a great escape and beautiful white Christmases.
The real estate market in Grizzly Flats seems pretty resistant to a fall in prices this year, although sales have slowed. Last year 40 homes sold for a median price of $280,000. They were on the market an average of 74 days.
This year, so far only 23 homes have sold and 2 more are pending sale. But the median price has jumped from $280,000 to $297,500 - an increase of 6.25% Not bad in this market! What’s more, the average days on market went down to 60 days from last year’s 74!
There are currently 45 homes for sale between $169,000 and $550,000.
Okay now, who doesn’t know South Lake Tahoe? A romantic getaway year round, it might be the place you decide you actually want to own a home! Although we all feel so disappointed with the latest news of the fires around the area, South Lake Tahoe is a great place to own a second or vacation home. If you don’t visit as often as you would like, you can always get a vacation rental company to take care of the place for you.
Just a two and a half hour drive from Sacramento, the median home here sold for $580,000. That being said, this is not a very dynamic market since only eight homes sold last year. This year, just two homes have sold for a median price of $362,500 and two more are pending sale.
There are thirteen homes to choose from ranging from $199,000 (yes, really!) to $1,099,000.
Don’t forget to come and visit our beautiful listing in Placerville, being held open TODAY (Sunday, September 23rd) from 1PM to 4PM. The address again is 3400 Fort Jim Road, Placerville (map). This is a really beautiful 4 bedroom home with a pool on almost four quite, pine-studded acres.
Please join us and check out this wonderful home. Check out the video and the online flier.
Note: We’ll have free lists of other homes being held open in Western El Dorado County this Sunday, so come and stop by if you’re checking out the open houses this weekend.
Since we have this fabulous listing in Foresthill, I thought writing a little bit about living there might help you decide about moving there, or buying it as a second home. At 3225 feet above sea level, it definitely qualifies! A mere 54 miles from Sacramento, it gets between 5 - 10 inches of snow between December and March.
If you like a quiet place to run away to for the weekend, this might be the place for you! In the year 2000, only 1,791 residents were recorded in this paradise.
In terms of the real estate market here, sales have been slow, but have not ground to a halt as in some other places. Compared with last year’s 46 sold homes, we have for the year 2007, 37 sold single family residences. 5 more are pending sale and there are still 69 homes you can look at.
Our listing at 5166 Cold Springs Drive is set at the median asking price of Foresthill at $495,000 but well below the average asking price of $636,770.
We have two pieces of news about Susan Norris’s beautiful listing in Foresthill.
First, the price has been reduced to $495,000.
Secondly, Susan accompanied me to preview this listing today and take some photos, and so I can now attest that this home is every bit as gorgeous in person as it is in the photos. We were able to take a lot more pictures, some of which we’ve worked into a video slide show. If you’re in the market for an immaculate, 3/4 bedroom on almost an acre, we urge you to take a look at this one. The seller has kept this in immaculate condition.
We’ve also created a web site for the listing, http://www.5166ColdSpringsDrive.com.
