3 Things I'd Do Before Making an Offer in Penn Valley
Penn Valley is where Nevada County gets quieter. Bigger parcels, oak-covered hills, horse property, and Lake Wildwood just down the road. If you are about to write an offer in Penn Valley, the process looks a little different than it does in town. Here are the three things I would do first. I am not
3 Things I'd Do Before Making an Offer in Alta Sierra
Alta Sierra sits just south of Grass Valley, and it is one of the few places in Nevada County where you can have a golf course community, a pool, tennis and pickleball, and still pick between a small lot and a few acres. With more than 3,000 homes built around the Alta Sierra Country Club, it draws
Can You Get Off the FAIR Plan in Nevada County in 2026?
If you own a home in Grass Valley, Nevada City, or Penn Valley and you are on the California FAIR Plan, I have a question for you: do you have to stay there? A lot of folks I talk with assume the answer is yes. This fall, the honest answer is "maybe not," and it is worth finding out before the 29.1
3 Things I'd Do Before Making an Offer in Lake Wildwood
Lake Wildwood, in Penn Valley, is one of two gated lake communities in Nevada County, and buyers ask me about it all the time. It has an 18-hole golf course, a clubhouse, a pool, and tennis and pickleball courts. It is also a little closer to Grass Valley than its sister community, Lake of the Pines
Nevada County Monthly Home Cost: What a $610,000 House Really Costs
Most buyers I talk to start with the list price. That is not the number that decides whether a house works. The Nevada County monthly home cost is what you will actually write a check for every month, and two lines of that payment have moved a lot this year: the interest rate and the insurance. So l
3 Things I'd Do Before Making an Offer in Nevada City
Nevada City is a special place to buy a home. The historic downtown, the tree-lined streets, and the older homes with real character are the reason most of my buyers fall in love here. But writing an offer in Nevada City is different from writing one on a newer home in a subdivision, and the surpris
Why Nevada County FAIR Plan Insurance Is Going Up 29% This Fall
Every fall I get a wave of calls from homeowners staring at a renewal notice that looks nothing like last year's. This year the number behind those calls is 29.1 percent, the average increase state regulators just approved for Nevada County FAIR Plan insurance starting October 15, 2026. If you own a
Which Home Improvements Actually Pay Off Before You Sell in Nevada County
A new garage door can return close to 270% of what you spend on it at resale. A full kitchen remodel, the one most sellers assume is the safe bet, often recovers barely more than half its cost. If you are weighing home improvements before selling in Nevada County, the gap between those two numbers i
Will Selling in Nevada County Reset Your Property Tax Base?
I get some version of this question almost every time I sit down with someone who has owned their Nevada County home for twenty, thirty, even forty years and is starting to think about selling. They want to know if moving means starting over on property taxes, paying today's rate on today's price in
