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Despite higher interest rates than this time last year, the Reno Sparks Real Estate Market is picking up a little faster than it did in 2023. A couple of additional important trends are apparent on the adjacent graph. First, after the pandemic years many people were anticipating a major correction in prices. While the market did correct, it seems to have leveled off in almost perfect sync with our ten-year median price trend line. Secondly, and assuming our median prices follow the same trend they have had for the past three years, I think we’re due for another spike in June – August of this ..read more

The City of Reno Senior Citizen Advisory Committee, in partnership with the City of Reno Arts and Culture department, will honor the creativity of Reno’s Seniors with the third annual Senior Art Show at the historic McKinley Arts & Culture Center located at 925 Riverside Drive in Reno. The exhibit will be on display throughout Older Americans Month, which is celebrated in May. Individuals age 60 and older are invited to submit entries for the Senior Art Show on April 16 and 17, at McKinley Arts & Culture Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The gallery space is programmed ..read more

If you’re taking a look at your expenses as you retire, saving money where you can has a lot of appeal. One long-standing, popular way to do that is by downsizing to a smaller home. When you think about cutting down on your spending, odds are you think of frequent purchases, like groceries and other goods. But when you downsize your house, you often end up downsizing the bills that come with it, like your mortgage payment, energy costs, and maintenance requirements. Realtor.com shares: “A smaller home typically means lower bills and less upkeep. Then there’s the potential ..read more

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“I’m one of those lucky people — I adore what I do and I’ve never contemplated giving it up,” said the 78-year-old Kraus, owner of Ursus Books in Manhattan. Kraus said he started Ursus Books —  which sells rare books such as a 1926 publication by surrealist Man Ray called “Revolving Doors” (price tag: $85,000) — in a fifth-floor walk-up on West 23rd Street in the 1970s. Asked if he considers retiring, Kraus laughed. “Oh, no, no, no. I’ll retire in a wooden box.”  Kraus said his younger daughter, a former human rights attorney, has joined him in the book business. His older ..read more

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