Alpine Meadows Homes for Sale and Market Report 2012
Alpine Meadows, California is a small, low-key, ski resort community that is just south of Squaw Valley, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics, and just a few miles north-west of Tahoe City, California and Lake Tahoe.
Alpine Meadows is known for its beautiful mountain setting and small-town resort feel. Serious skiers love the challenge of the mountain and excellent snow conditions.
Alpine Meadows is known for its great winter skiing, but Alpine Meadows property owners also have access to the Alpine Springs Community Park which provides great summer activities such as a swimming pond and beach area, BBQ area, tennis courts, and volleyball court area.
Alpine Meadows is a wonderful area to own a vacation-resort second home because it gives provides owners some distance from commercial developments, yet it is close enough to still enjoy all that Squaw Valley, Tahoe City, and Lake Tahoe have to offer.
Alpine Meadows Homes Sold Market Report:
Alpine Meadows has had 19 single family homes sales for 2012. Alpine Meadows single family home sales prices have increased by +17.7% to an average median homes sales price of $565,000.
Cash sale transactions for the Alpine Meadows home market have decreased to 32%, which is close to the Tahoe-Regional average of 34%, or 1 out of every 3 home sales.
The current absorption rate is at 3.5 months, which indicates a Sellers’ market.
Distress sales (bank foreclosures- real estate owned (REO’s) and short sales) have improved and now only account for 5% of all homes sold in 2012, which is an improvement over 2011, and 2010 distressed levels.
There were 7 Active – available homes for sale in the Alpine Meadows area as of 11/29/2012. They ranged in price from $350,000 to $1,929,000. Of the 7 homes offered for sale there is one (1) short sale, no REO listings, which may be a sign that the market is stabilizing.
There is one (1) pending sale in this exclusive ski area and it is listed at $490,000.
Alpine Meadows, CA 96146 Real Estate Market Report Summary
Sold Single Family Homes
| Year | Homes Sold |
Median Average Sales Price |
Lowest PriceSold |
Highest Price Sold |
% Cash Transactions |
Absorption Rate< 5 months Sellers Mkt5-7 months balanced>7 months Buyers’ Mkt |
% DistressedSales | Breakdown of distressedSales |
| 2012 | 19 | $565,000 | $100,000 | $950,000 | 32% | 3.5 monthsSellers’ Market | 5% | 0 REO’s1 Short Sale |
| 2011 | 19 | $480,000 | $260,000 | $1,200,000 | 42% | NA | 16% | 1 REO’s2 Short Sales |
| 2010 | 19 | $590,000 | $390,000 | $1,210,000 | 31% | NA | 21% | 1 REO’s3 Short Sale |
| 2009 | 18 | $664,000 | $435,000 | $1,425,000 | 17% | NA | 0% | 0 REO’s0 Short Sale |
| 2008 | 13 | $890,000 | $628,000 | $1,885,000 | 23% | NA | 0% | 0 REO’s0 Short Sale |
| 2007 | 12 | $757,500 | $485,000 | $1,931,000 | 33% | NA | 0% | 0 REO’s0 Short Sale |
| 2006 | 12 | $865,000 | $625,000 | $1,600,000 | 0% | NA | 0% | 0 REO’s0 Short Sale |
*YTD period is 01/01/2012– 11/29/2012. Data Source: Tahoe Sierra Multiple Listing Service.
Use caution when only a handful of sales are available in a neighborhood. The market changes can be significant.
If you’d like more information on the Alpine Meadows area, or would like to know what your Alpine Meadows home may be worth, call Laura Allen at 530.414.1260.
Alpine Meadows Homes for Sale and Market Report
Ready to make the North Lake Tahoe area your second home? Here are more home buying options:
- Alpine Meadows Condos for Sale
- Alpine Meadows Homes for Sale
- Squaw Valley Homes for Sale
- Squaw Valley Condos for Sale
- Resort at Squaw Creek Condos for Sale
- The Village at Squaw Valley Condos for Sale
- Lake Tahoe Lakefront Homes for Sale
- Homes for Sale on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe
- Homes for Sale on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe
For all of your Tahoe real estate needs –
Laura A. Allen | 530.414.1260 | Laura@TahoeLaura.com
BROKER ASSOCIATE, Tahoe Real Estate Agent
CalRE# 01473598
Coldwell Banker, Tahoe City, CA CalRE#01908304
All information is deemed reliable, but is subject to change, and/or correction without notice.
Alpine Meadows Homes for Sale and Market Report 2012
