Newsletters
Dear Friends, Our market appears to be taking off again for the Spring season. Some real movement in the high-end over the past couple of weeks seems to show a continued sense of faith in our local markets from cash buyers willing to spend the big bucks; the stuff in the $1M and $2M ranges continues to move, as well. The AT&T Pro-Am golf tournament last week was a big draw for...
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! We hope that 2015 treated you as well as it did us. I personally spent New Year’s Eve here in town, and opted to forego the craziness of skiing in the Sierra’s, as almost everyone and their mother seemed to be chasing the heavy snow. On the subject of weather, we’ve been getting sufficient rain here in Carmel the last month, plus. We have the AT&T Pebble...
Dear Friends, Summer is almost upon us, and so are the annual Summertime extravaganzas! The annual Carmel Art Festival kicked off today in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, with the main events beginning tomorrow on Mission Street. There will be a painting competition and various tents up and down the street. The events will go until Sunday and bring even more visitors to our little town, many of whom pour...
Dear Friends, We are at the start of the selling season! The annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine event kicked off earlier in the month, wherein foodies and wine lovers from all over the country, and the world, rushed in to satiate their appetites at the ultimate, star studded, culinary extravaganza. Celebs like Guy Fieri, star of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", dished out their favorite cuisines with all...
Dear Friends, One of my two favorite event weeks is upon us! Next week kicks off the AT&T Pro-Amateur Celebrity Golf Tournament. Since I was a kid, my parents and I would help Ron Faia and the gang in the Carmel Youth Center Tent out on the 14th Fairway at Pebble Beach. The wind would be blowing the tent over, heavy showers prompting everyone on the course to seek shelter under our 2 foot overhangs,...
Happy New Year! New Year's Eve kicked off this go 'round with Monterey's annual First Night Celebration on Alvarado Street in downtown Monterey. Pebble Beach Company and Spanish Bay threw their own shindigs, but we opted for dinner at The Bench, the restaurant on the 18th green in the Pebble Beach Lodge. If you ever go there, and you fancy yourself a fan of martinis, I strongly support you in trying the...
Dear Friends, We finally had some rain! Two separate storm fronts in the last month, and even a multi-day storm expected to roll in tomorrow. All I can say is we NEEDED it. With some of our water well tests coming back over the Summer at less than positive numbers, we could use some help with the local water table. Anything to push those raw land deals along! This past Friday evening, Carmel held the...