Prices for Incline Village home sales have stabilized for the first half of 2009 compared to 2008, and the number of high-end home sales (over $1 Million) have nearly doubled. Buyers on the sidelines looking for good deals have started to come back into the Tahoe real estate market. With both rates and prices bottoming in the first half of the year, buyers have been picking up excellent buys both in the high and low ends. We have seen several distressed property sales this spring ranging in price from $4.5M short sale for a 9,500 sq ft luxury golf course home to a nicely redone bank owend cabin sold in the low $400k’s.

The median price for an Incline Village home sank to $987,500, down 5% from the median price in the first half of 2008 at $1,042,500. However, the average price increased 13% year over year from $1,419,464 to $1,636,802. Note that the average is weighted towards several high-end home sales above $3 Million. There were 11 home sales priced over $2 million so far in 2009 compared to only 6 in the first half of 2008, almost a 100 percent increase in high end home sales for the period (Based on data compiled from the Incline Village MLS, EXCLUDING PUD’s- note other competitor reports may skew data by lumping these together).

The median price for a condo in Incline Village dropped to $385,000 from $489,000 from this period last year, a decrease of 11%.

The lowest priced home to sell in 1st half 2008 was $379,900 compared to $560,000 home sold in 2008. The highest priced home to date in 2009 is $7,350,000 for a lakefront, up from $6,700,000 home sold 1st half 2008.

Average list to sale price has remained steady at 89% in 2009 compared to 90% in 2008 for the same period. The average days on market increased to 210 this year compared to 154 in 2008, it was a long winter!

Through June 30, 36 homes sold compared to 44 homes sold in 2008- this is a much smaller decline than the 40% drop in # of units sold from 2007 to 2008, another strong sign of market stabilization.

View all of the homes sales for both the first half of 2009 and 2008 below- Data from IVBOR MLS is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed:

2009 1st Half Home Sales

2008 1st Half Home Sales

2007 1st Half Home Sales