Serene Lakes /Donner Summit
Perched atop the Donner Summit is the Serene Lakes and Soda Springs communities. Truly a sports enthusiasts dream location – near many ski areas, including Sugar Bowl, Boreal, Donner Ski Ranch, and the world famous Royal Gorge cross country grounds. Many of the Serene Lakes and Soda Springs properties offer views, privacy, and lots of snow! This area is a perfect refuge from the busy world below, and truly encompasses the “old Tahoe” feel.
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Truckee Real Estate – New Listings
August 22, 2010
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Keep this link handy to see new Truckee Real estate Listings over the last 24, 48 and 72 hours. http://www.truckeehome411.com/truckee-real-estate/
The new listings include Residential and Land.
Let me know if you want more information or want to view any of these properties.
Gary, 530-448-1100, TruckeeRealEstate@gmail.com
Martis Camp
August 10, 2010
About Martis Camp
Martis Camp is a private, gated community that stretches across 2,177 pristine acres in North Lake Tahoe, CA. The land plan allows for approximately 653 homesites with a mixture of estate lots averaging 1.7 acres in size and cabin lots averaging four-tenths of an acre in size. All residences are custom and follow the guidelines of the Architectural Handbook which emphasizes architectural creativity compatible with the mountain environment.
Martis Camp Club offers a vast array of amenities including the Family Barn complex with a summer swimming venue, bowling alley, art loft, movie theater, indoor basketball court, soda fountain and outdoor performance stage and amphitheatre; Martis Camp Club also offers members direct ski access from Martis Camp to Northstar-at-Tahoe™ Resort via the Martis Camp Express quad lift and an 18 hole Tom Fazio golf course; an 18-hole putting park designed by Dick Bailey; a planned Camp Lodge with dining venues, club spa and fitness center, locker rooms and vitality pools; Folk School; Lost Library; 26 miles of planned private trails for hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing and a planned warming hut at the base of Lookout Mountain.
Martis Camp Homes
Martis Camp Land
Along with the Tom Fazio course, Martis Camp provides Club Members with precedent-setting direct ski access to Northstar. The Martis Camp Express ski lift takes Club Members and their guests directly from Martis Camp to the top of Lookout Mountain in just 6 minutes—providing full access to the entire Northstar™-at-Tahoe Resort. In addition to these premier ski and golf experiences, Martis Camp will offer a wide array of amenities, including a Dick Bailey designed 18 hole Putting Course, a 50,000 square-foot Camp Lodge, which includes a Club Day Spa, Fitness Studio, Outdoor Vitality and Lap Pools, dining areas and locker rooms. Additionally, over 26 Miles of Hiking and Skiing Trails, a Tennis Facility and a Family Barn featuring a Theater, Old Fashioned Soda Fountain, Bowling Lanes, Basketball Court, Performance stage, Outdoor Concert Park and Art Loft are also included.
Surrounded by the stunning natural beauty of the California High Sierra, Martis Camp presents an epic year-round Tahoe lifestyle that is without parallel. A place where fast friendships can be forged, common interests can be enjoyed, and passionate hobbies pursued. The steady offering of Martis Camp’s thoughtful amenities brings the vision for such experiences to life—stirring the soul, nudging the sense of adventure, and bringing family, friends and neighbors together.
The Lodge at martis Camp is under construction. This will be a 50,000 square-foot Camp Lodge (Club House) with formal and casual dining venues, fitness studio, club spa, men’s and ladies locker rooms, outdoor lap and vitality pools. (under construction)
Martis Camp Lodge
A Grand Vision
A private 2,177-acre golf and ski community of great distinction is emerging in Tahoe, inviting a unique and impressive lifestyle experience for Club members. It is unique because it offers opportunities for living and recreating so seldom found. It is impressive because it’s the perfect marriage of tradition and creative development—embracing all that’s epic about Tahoe, while introducing innovative design that captures the imagination. We invite you to discover the vision of Martis Camp, where there truly is breathing room for the soul.
- Tom Fazio Golf
- Private ski access from within the heart of Martis Camp to Northstar-at-TahoeTM Resort, including winter Warming Hut with ski and boot storage, lounge and sun deck
- 50,000 square-foot Camp Lodge with dining venues, golf club house, lap and vitality pools, and club spa
- Family Barn with art loft, bowling lanes, outdoor swimming venue, movie theatre, basketball courts, ampitheatre, and nostalgic soda fountain
- Park Pavilion and Sporting Fields for croquet, bocce ball, soccer and more
- Over 20 miles of Community Trails
- 18-hole Dick Bailey Putting Park
- Lost Library and Folk School
- Tennis Pavilion and courts
Your Own Private Sanctuary at Martis Camp
With elevations on this grand property ranging from 5,900 to 7,100 feet, there are compelling views of the abundantly expansive land, which affords true solitude and margin. And with a maximum of 653 homesites in 2,177 acres, terms like solitude and margin take on real meaning, allowing owners to build their dream Tahoe estates. With over $150 million in homesites sold in the first twenty months, the excitement continues to grow and now is the time to solidify your legacy at Martis Camp. The offerings at Martis Camp consist of Estate Homesites, ranging from approximately one to four acres, as well as Cabin Homesites centrally located to Club amenities.
DISCLAIMER
Some of the Club amenities described above are proposed but not yet built. Access to and use of the Club amenities are not included in the purchase of homesites and require separate membership. Obtain and carefully review the offering circular for Martis Camp Club before making any decision to purchase a membership. All features, dimensions, drawings, renderings, plans, and specifications are conceptual and subject to change without notice, and Developer expressly reserves the right to modify, revise or withdraw any or all of these at its sole discretion. This advertisement does not constitute an offer to sell real property. The information provided in this advertisement is strictly for informational purposes and shall not be construed as an offer in California or any other jurisdictions where prior registration or other advance qualification of real property is required. This is not an offer to sell property to, or a solicitation of offers from, residents of NY, NJ, CT, OR, or any other state that requires prior registration or qualification of real estate. Prices are subject to change without notice. Obtain the Property Report or its equivalent, required by Federal and State law and read it before signing anything. No Federal or State agency has judged the merits or value, if any, of this property.
News
Martis Camp Wins Three Prestigious Grand Gold Nugget Awards
Only Project to Win Three This Year, Grand Gold Nuggets Awarded for Best Residential Community, Private Club Facility and Site Plan of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO…June 21, 2010 – Martis Camp wins highest honors and is recognized for its focus on providing incredible opportunities for architecture, recreation, community gathering and celebration of nature at the 47th annual Pacific Coast Builders Conference Gold Nugget Awards luncheon on June 10, 2010. Martis Camp was honored as the only property this year to win three Grand Awards: Best Residential Community of the Year, Best Private Recreational Facility for the design of the Family Barn, and Best Site Plan of the Year. Martis Camp was also recognized with a Merit Award for its Family Barn Cabins.
The oldest and largest program of its kind, PCBC Gold Nuggets honor creative achievements in architectural design and land use planning for residential, commercial and industrial projects throughout 14 western states and international countries. Grand Award winners emerged from the Award of Merit honorees in each category. A panel of six industry professionals from across the country reviewed 440 entries in 47 categories. Winners emerged from western states and from Australia, Canada, China, Dubai, France, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. Martis Camp was the only project to win three Grand Awards. Martis Camp was awarded Gold Nugget Grand Awards in the following categories:
- Best Residential Detached Community of the Year: Martis Camp Community
- Best Public/Private Recreational Use Facility: Martis Camp Family Barn
- Best Community Site Plan over 20 Acres: Martis Camp Development
“From the very beginning, the entire development, architecture and construction team shared such passion for our project, and now after superb execution we have an amazing community to show for it with an overwhelmingly positive response from the marketplace,” said Mark Johnson, general manager of Martis Camp. “We are grateful for the PCBC Gold Nugget awards. What a tremendous accomplishment and well-deserved recognition for the entire Martis Camp team who won more Grand Awards this year than any other project.”
The team includes: John Sather, partner at Swaback Partners, Architects. This brings the total of number of Grand Gold Nugget Awards to 19 for Swaback Partners, including one International Award of Merit and one Judges Special Award of Excellence. John Hayhoe, Hayhoe Construction, contractor of the Family Barn, Gatehouse and Camp Lodge; Jim Morrison, Jim Morrison Construction, contractor of the Family Barn Cabins; Ron Todd, consulting architect and land planner with the developer of Martis Camp, DBM/Highlands Group, LLC. Some excerpts from the judges statements:
“This enclave of family vacation homes in Truckee, Calif., was thoughtful in design, planning and construction. ”
“At full build out, less than 10 percent of the project will be developed with over 85 percent left as native vegetation/open space and all community buildings LEED Certified.”
“Creating homes that have a distinctive mountain recreational feel that are ideally suited to family activities with minimal square footage and significant amount of useful outdoor living areas were the major design goals of this jewel of a project.”
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Truckee Real Estate – Tahoe Donner April ’10 SF Home Sales
May 15, 2010
The following Figure shows Tahoe Donner Single Family Home activity from Jan 2008 through April ‘10.
Tahoe Donner April '10 Home Sales
Figure 1. Tahoe Donner Single Family Home Sales – Note seasonality of sales
Single Family home sales in April ’10 continue to outpace the last 2 year’s sales for April. This is significant since sales in Tahoe Donner are extremely seasonal. The net-net is that for a true picture of the market activity one must look at seasonality throughout the year. So, based on seasonality one can expect that sales will continue to rise through the fall – assuming we have enough inventory to sell!
Inventory (# of listings) is still very low. The very strong sales late last year reduced the number of available homes for sale and the remaining inventory has really been picked over. Low inventory and strong demand will obviously help to put some upward bias on home pricing.
Inventory is low at 89 homes on the market, up from 73 last month. When you consider we have over 5100 homes in Tahoe Donner this is approximately 1.7 % of the homes in TD. Based on historical data we could expect the inventory to climb as we get into the summer and fall selling season. Inventory typically rises this time of year because of the Ski Lease properties coming off lease and some owners deciding to list their properties.
Average Days on market (DOM) increased significantly to 128 from 86 days – which looking at theBo above graph seems slightly above average for the last few years.
Single family home sales were 22 homes, up from 13 last month. As mentioned previously, based on seasonality data for the last couple years we can expect to see home sales rising through the summer and fall. Be aware that quarter-to-quarter sales comparisons may not make a lot of sense due to the seasonality of home sales in Tahe Donner.
I would expect to see the home builders start to come out of hibernation due to the low inventory. A consequence of this is that demand for buildable lots should show an increase now as we enter the spring building season.
Tahoe Donner April '10 Home Sales
Figure 2. Tahoe Donner Single Family Home Median and Average Home Price
One important change that started in Jan of ’09 is that Average and Median prices had a significant downturn – see Figure 2. However, one can see that the average and median prices have stayed fairly constant since Jul of ‘09. This is a good trend and could be construed as a sign that the Tahoe Donner single family home market is healthy.
One factor that affects this price curve is that we have a dearth of high end new home construction activity in Tahoe Donner. This will tend to keep SF home pricing a bit lower until we get some additional high end construction activity.
I hope this data, presented in this form was useful to you. For an instant update, or a discussion about condos/townhomes, please call me and I’ll be pleased to provide you with the most recent data available. MLS data is available and I encourage the buyer or seller to study the data and arrive at their own conclusions before making a buy or sell decision. Contact me if you would like to see the “raw” data. I also have sold price vs. listed price data – this is very helpful if you are considering selling or buying a home – call me for a copy of this data.
Gary LaBelle, Realtor
(530) 448-1100
DRE #01495906
Martis Camp – Sells $18M in 1Q 2010
April 7, 2010
TRUCKEE, Calif., April 1 /PRNewswire/ – Developers of Martis Camp, a very successful private real estate community located in North Lake Tahoe, announced 20 sales in the first quarter of 2010 equaling $18 million, giving signs that the luxury second home market is alive and well in Lake Tahoe.
“We are very excited to see continued sales momentum into the 2010 winter season,” said Brian Hull, director of sales for Martis Camp. “This is the best we’ve ever done in previous first quarters since we began sales in 2006. We have never had a winter like this – even in the best of real estate markets. Prior to 2010, our pinnacle winter was 2006/2007 when we had eight sales.”
Even in these uncertain times, families are still making the commitment to enhance their lifestyle. Buyers are mostly from the western U.S. with heavy concentrations in the San Francisco Bay area as well as Los Angeles. Approximately 75 percent of buyers are paying cash and the other 25 percent have used Martis Camp’s preferred lenders for financing. According to Hull, there are some attractive loan programs currently being offered, and with some cases, buyers are only being required to put 30 percent down. Rates are in the 5% range.
Scott Keith and his wife, Lori, of the Bay Area recently purchased a home site in Martis Camp. When they first pondered the purchase, Keith said, “I thought, ‘No one’s going to be doing this, are we crazy?’ But still it seemed to be the right time to us. We wanted to set up that kind of vacation property where we could enjoy family time.” The couple and their three children hope eventually to build a four-bedroom house on their site. And one added bonus: Prices for contractors are lower than a few years ago, Keith said. “It makes things much more doable.”
Martis Camp Club is a phenomenal offering and features an 18-hole Tom Fazio golf course, direct ski access from Martis Camp to Northstar-at-Tahoe™ via the Martis Camp Express Lift and a vast array of Club amenities, including a Family Barn complex with summer swimming venue, bowling alley, art loft, movie theater, indoor basketball court, soda fountain and outdoor concert park. Martis Camp home sites range from $450,000 to $2 million.
The Martis Camp community is bustling with construction activity with 12 completed homes, along with 30 single-family custom homes currently under construction and a $42 million clubhouse, called the Camp Lodge. Another 20 homes are expected to start construction this summer.
Martis Camp is growing rapidly thanks to a financially sound and responsible development team. DMB/Highlands Group, LLC, is comprised of two of the country’s premier recreational-residential community developers, DMB Associates and Highlands Management Group. This team is responsible for the creation of Lahontan, North Lake Tahoe’s premiere golf course community. The developer’s track record and financial strength provides security to owners/prospects.
About Martis Camp
Martis Camp is a private, gated community that stretches across 2,177 pristine acres in North Lake Tahoe. Along with the 18-hole Tom Fazio golf course, Martis Camp Club offers members direct ski access from Martis Camp to Northstar™-at-Tahoe Resort via the Martis Camp Express quad lift. Martis Camp Club also offers a vast array of amenities including a Family Barn complex with summer swimming venue, bowling alley, art loft, movie theater, indoor basketball court, soda fountain and outdoor concert park; 18-hole putting park designed by Dick Bailey; a planned Camp Lodge with dining venues, club spa and fitness center, locker rooms and vitality pools; Folk School; Lost Library; and planned 26 miles of private trails for hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. www.martiscamp.com
SOURCE Martis Camp
Martis Camp Defies Economy, Making Tahoe’s Four-Season Family Retreat Hottest Real Estate Buy in US
December 20, 2009
TRUCKEE, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Developers of Martis Camp, a very successful private real estate community located in North Lake Tahoe, announced 50 sales in 2009 equaling $35 million during the worst economy in 70 years, making it the hottest real estate buy in the U.S. today.
Sixty-one percent of the sales were from buyers in the San Francisco Bay area, and 20 percent are from Southern California, according to Martis Camp Sales Director Brian Hull. “Martis Camp embraces everything that the iconic Lake Tahoe area has to offer and is engaging families with a mountain lifestyle that is not found anywhere else in the Western US,” says Hull. “Even in this economic climate, families are still making the financial commitment, which affords them the incredible lifestyle experience at Martis Camp.” Since sales were launched in 2006, more than 240 homesites, representing approximately $200 million in sales have been made.
Why? Martis Camp is a private, premier playground, offering families a year round, four-season retreat on the finest piece of land in Tahoe. “And Tahoe is really becoming the “in” destination now by wrapping the best every season has to offer into one place,” says Hull. ” Many families have a favorite ski destination and a favorite summer destination in a different resort area. But in Tahoe, you can enjoy all your favorite recreational activities anytime of year. Ski Magazine just recognized the area for an abundance of winter amenities and with the Ritz Carlton opening its newest hotel here, the area is simply hot!”
In the winter, club members at Martis Camp can enjoy direct ski access from Martis Camp to Northstar(TM)-at-Tahoe Resort via the Martis Camp Express quad lift. In the summer, they can enjoy exceptional golf on the 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed course, classes at the Martis Camp Folk School, reading in the Lost Library, listening to an evening concert at the Martis Camp Amphitheater, multiple outdoor adventure activities and much more. The Family Barn is a family recreation and entertainment complex that anchors the 2,177-acre private gated community. With a summer swimming venue, bowling alley, art loft, movie theater, indoor basketball court, soda fountain and outdoor concert park, the Family Barn is the consummate gathering place for year-round social events including dances, wine tasting, karaoke, volunteer events and summertime concerts. Owners view Martis Camp as a family playground offering unlimited access to the natural world with authentic experiences.
“From the design of the community Gatehouse to the Family Barn, Martis Camp is a big family place offering a National Park-like experience,” said Dean Rider of San Francisco. “I looked all over the country, coast-to-coast, for the ultimate family community. Martis Camp is exactly what I was looking for. We were looking for a vacation home where everyone in our family could bike, ski and hike.”
As 2010 approaches, Martis Camp is bustling with construction activity with 30 single-family custom homes currently under construction along with the $42 million clubhouse called the Camp Lodge.
Martis Camp is growing rapidly thanks to a financially sound and responsible development team. DMB/Highlands Group, LLC, is comprised of two of the country’s premier recreational-residential community developers, DMB Associates and Highlands Management Group. The team is responsible for the creation of Lahontan, North Lake Tahoe’s premiere golf course community. The developer’s track record and strength provides security to owners/prospects. “Martis Camp is an intelligent choice for second home buyers who want something year-round that appeals to all age groups,” says Hull. “We are successful in these difficult and challenging times because a ‘legacy’ purchase is in demand. Our Owners want something that’s useable year-round plus something every person in their family will enjoy that can be passed down through the generations.”
