Early July 2018 Lakefront Market Recap

Early Summer 2018 Tahoe Lakefront Market Recap

We have seen historic sales at the uber high end. In the last 30 days estates at $40,000,000 and $24,000,000 sold before getting a chance to hit the open market. The larger sale saw a 7 day escrow – amazing. There were multiple offers on a $37,000,000 property in Incline Village. There are other high-end listings which will trade this year. Currently, the highest price is Chase International’s listing for which I am a Listing Ambassador: Crystal Pointe, $75,000,000. The highest-price ever for a split lakefront is on the market now – $6.2m.

How about 4.5 (!) quick case studies to show you the strength of the North + West Shore lakefront marketplace?

1. 1590 N Lake Blvd: Bought in 2009 for $2.5m. Attempted to sell for years since but never higher than $2.75m. It had cute furnishings and decor, my colleagues and I even had a team building exercise and cleaned up the “lawn” one spring. The property was dialed. But alas it never sold. Fast forward to 5/13/18: the property receives multiple offers in days and is now happily in escrow. This is a Chase International listing.
2. 4886 North Lake Blvd: Fairly recently-built North Shore home – very large but no pier – attempted to sell for years but no reward. Fast forward to May 2018 and a buyer approached and it just closed for $3.725m.
3. 3740 North Lake Blvd: Purchased for $5.2m in 2015 then placed back on market. Property marketed all of 2017 with no luck. Fast forward to May 2018, a local buyer’s agent approached the listing agent and now the property is in escrow. Chase International listing.
4. 3840 North Lake Blvd: Was on MLS for 854 days. Just as the bank was about to step in and start taking the property back a buyer came in to scoop it up. Just closed for $3.42m. Last MLS list price $3.85m. Chase International listing.

Case Study 4.5 – No address nor price included to respect the privacy of the parties involved: I haven’t yet confirmed this (hence the 1/2 ranking on my Case Study numbering!) but I noticed a change of ownership on  a property which I had been watching. This one had also been listed for an extended time. It was under construction and it never really got momentum in the market. 

Another property at $11,000,000 entered escrow after just a few weeks on market but alas the deal fell apart – reach out if you’d like more info. That property sold 3 years ago for $7.75m and no real improvements were made. It has one of the most impressive boathouses in the entire Basin – it’s basically a barn large enough for two very large boats plus there is an indoor entertaining area.

This is a great year for the Tahoe lakefront market. Sales are on par with the level of the lake itself – Tahoe is .2 inches from the legal maximum.