Winter Greetings from the Sullivan-Wonhof-Gore Luxury Real Estate Team! Everywhere you look, you see Reno bursting with growth. While it's certainly an exciting time for our region, our housing market has seen a distinct shift in supply and demand. We are currently experiencing an all-time low for inventory, which makes for an appealing time to take advantage of this Seller's Market. Join us for a quick read as we share the latest market report, industry updates, and neighborhood listings.

The Year-End 2019 Luxury Market Report just dropped. We saw positive momentum in all categories; notably, the Average Days on Market saw a significant decrease of nearly 14% with 170 days in 2019. To read the report in its entirety, please click here. 

Our Biggest Little City just got some big national attention. An article recently published on Business Insider named Reno as one of the best real estate markets to make a profit or invest in property over the next 10 years.

The financial and business news website interviewed real estate agents and housing experts, who narrowed down their list to a Top 15. Reno and Las Vegas were the only two cities to represent their state more than once.

Here’s the full list (which was presented in no particular order):

•       Long Island City, New York
•       Kapolei, Hawaii
•       Leland, North Carolina
•       Oakland, California
•       Reno, Nevada
•       Vancouver, British Columbia
•       Austin, Texas
•       Nashville, Tennessee

Guest Blog courtesy of Chris Galli, Dickson Realty

One of the best summer activities in Northern Nevada is to go to one of the many outdoor concerts in Reno. Can’t you feel the warm air, smell the fresh cut grass, hear the live music and see the sun setting in the background?

To help bring more music, art, and culture to the Biggest Little City, Dickson Realty and several of our agents are sponsoring several summer concerts in Reno. With a variety of artists, dates, and locations, you’re sure to find one that works for your schedule!

Concerts on the Village Green

From 6 to 8 p.m., every Sunday in Village Green Park, everyone can enjoy live music, food trucks and fun at Concerts on the Village Green. These concerts in Reno are

What makes Reno so special?

Midsize cities in the U.S. are seeing a renaissance as people from large metro areas are getting sick of the hustle and bustle by putting down roots in smaller cities like Reno, Nevada. Compared to big cities, you’ll find better priced housing, improved quality of life, and business opportunities galore. What is the secret of the Biggest Little City that makes it such a great place to settle down? We have five great reasons why!

1. YES to Business and Jobs; NO to Income Tax.

Just three short years ago, Tesla opened its Gigafactory and employed over 5,000 people. Soon after, other large companies followed suit like Apple, Switch, Microsoft, Intuit, and Patagonia. This movement created thousands of jobs for all

The Nevada Chamber Music Festival will bring incredibly accomplished musicians to the Biggest Little City for one week.

Taking place from December 26 to January 1 when the rest of the world is on a break, Reno will become the chamber music capital of the world. As the 15th NCMF makes its way to tow, the following roster will blow you away:

• Martin Chalifour (violin): 2018 Nevada Chamber Music Festival artistic director; concertmaster, Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Rebecca Hang (violin): violinist, Felici Trio and Chamber Music Unbound
• Ruth Lenz (violin): concertmaster, Reno Phil and Reno Chamber Orchestra; violinist, La Musica Chamber Music Festival (FL)
• Jun-Ching Lin (violin): assistant concertmaster, Atlanta Symphony
• Chee-Yun

The world’s largest free hot-air balloon festival makes its return to the Rancho San Rafael Regional Park this weekend.

In 1982, just 20 hot-air balloons took flight at the Great Reno Balloon Race. Now, close to 100 balloons will lift off on September 7 – 9. Spectators are clad in pajamas, wrapped in blankets and clutching hot beverages as they gaze into the sky for the Glow Show that takes place at dawn. Shortly after, some will rise for Dawn Patrol and then the rest follow later at Mass Ascension. Skill and consistency are the keys to a victory and a piece of the $11,000 prize.

The mission of the GRBR is to provide a premier, safe and family oriented event that is visually dramatic and celebrates the joy of flight while remaining free to the

Reno residents are being blessed with more options for food delivery, now from grocery stores.

Shipt, an online grocery delivery service began offering same-day delivery from Safeway on July 26 and Door Dash, an online restaurant delivery, soon followed suite on August 1. For either, orders can be placed through their app on iPhone or Android, or on their website.

Shipt and Door Dash aren’t the only other food delivery platforms running amuck in Reno. They’ve joined the crowd including Uber Eats, Instacart and drivers from Grubhub. These launches are following a macro-trend in which consumers desire time savings, convenience and an ecommerce experience with their food delivery.

In the past five years, deliveries of restaurant food has risen

On May 9, Reno celebrated 150 years since the city’s founding back in 1868.

How did Reno get started you ask? A century and a half ago, the Central Pacific Railroad auctioned off 400 lots surrounding the site of a planned railroad depot. The city of Reno was born.

The town was named after General Jesse Lee Reno, who was a Union Army general that was tragically gunned down by a Confederate sniper in 1862. General Reno has actually never set foot in Nevada, much less the city that was named for him. Historical researchers believer that CPRR president Leland Stanford dubbed the town Reno to honor his friend General Irvin McDowell, how was one of Gen. Reno’s former commanding officers.

Reno was not the first settlement in the region and the

More than 200 tech sector CEOs, executives and government leaders flock to Reno for the inaugural VentureBeat Blueprint event.

These tech superstars will examine Reno’s potential at holding the blueprint for emerging technology hubs at this invitation-only, three-day gathering. Their goal is to craft a plan for heartland cities and other areas that feel left behind by the ongoing growth of the industry.

After the 2016 presidential election, VentureBeat noticed an unusual trend with their website. Their traffic dropped by a drastic 20% for about two weeks. Their readers were more interested in knowing what was going on in the nation’s political realm. Along with the drop, Silicon Valley was under a lot of criticism. The west coast tech hub is

The newest trend for businesses might just be… moving to Reno!

MINEMAN Systems is an international mining software company that will soon be opening its next location in Reno, NV. They recently leased 1,067 sqft. of office space in downtown’s 50 W. Liberty building. Headquartered in Australia, the company’s new Reno offices will allow MINEMAN to expand its global footprint.

50 W Liberty St. Building

The company offers cloud-based software and business services to mining companies. They help mining operations sell and buy base and precious metals around the world. Twenty-eight different countries use their software including big names like Newmont, Goldcorp, Newcrest and more.

“It really removes a lot of the complexity for a mining