Las Vegas Real Estate News

Realtors: Las Vegas home prices off 8.6 percent from September 2010

Home prices in September fell from year-ago levels while sales stayed strong thanks to investors snapping up homes at bargain prices, the Realtor association said.

Documents: Government has failed at protecting struggling homeowners

Foreclosure territory: Housing sprawls across the Las Vegas Valley. A study found that Southern Nevada is particularly susceptible to homeowners walking away from their mortgage responsibilities.

Why has the administration’s flagship foreclosure prevention program been so ineffective in helping struggling homeowners get loan modifications and stay in their homes?

Corporate site scouts say region suffers serious shortcomings

Southern Nevada will have a tough time overcoming its shortcomings as a site for companies seeking relocation sites, said speakers at a gathering of commercial real estate developers.

How 5 homes have fared on the real estate roller coaster

How 5 homes have fared on the real estate roller coaster

If there’s a single property in the Las Vegas Valley that typifies the extremes of the housing boom and bust, it may be this little house for sale on Walcott Drive.

Census: Nevada had biggest increase in housing, occupied and empty

Nevada real estate boomed and busted like no other state over the past decade. U.S. Census data show Nevada led the nation in the increase of housing units, but fell mightily and topped the nation in vacant homes.

Commercial real estate report suggests conditions have stabilized

Recession-driven commercial real estate defaults show no sign of slowing down in the Las Vegas area, but a new report says underlying conditions in the industrial sector may be stabilizing.

Bank sues to recover Lake Las Vegas loan losses

A view of the MonteLago Village at Lake Las Vegas Thursday, May 26, 2011.

Credit Suisse AG sued two of the billionaire Bass brothers of Texas and other investors Friday in the bank’s latest effort to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in losses from loans to the Lake Las Vegas development.

Morgan Stanley agrees to settlement in mortgage probe

Morgan Stanley has agreed to a settlement valued at up to $40 million to end a probe over allegedly deceptive mortgage lending and securitization practices.

Increased demand driving new development in Las Vegas' core

A view of the Newport Lofts condo building in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.

Real estate specialist Jack LeVine has during the past four months seen an intense and growing interest in downtown real estate. It reminds him of the mid-2000s boom, when on the first day a home was listed for sale, 10 potential buyers would offer bids.

Southern Highlands HOA sued over liens on foreclosed homes

In their latest blast at Las Vegas-area homeowner associations, investors in foreclosed homes have filed a class action lawsuit against the Southern Highlands Community Association.

Businessmen see opportunity in distressed NLV homes

Crews work on unfinished town homes at at 4970 Camino Al Norte in North Las Vegas. The development was bought out of foreclosure and is being turned into an apartment complex.

When Doug Eisner saw an unfinished development of foreclosed town homes at 4970 Camino Al Norte in North Las Vegas, he didn’t see a distressed property. He saw potential.

Home buying up, prices down

Investors are making up an increasingly large number of homebuyers in the Las Vegas Valley, with about 57 percent of homes purchased with cash -- the preferred method of investors. A Henderson neighborhood is shown in this file photo.

The slowdown in the nation’s economy hasn’t damped interest in Southern Nevada’s existing-home market.

New home sales lagging behind 2010 levels

Dreary conditions continue in the Las Vegas-area residential real estate market, two new reports show. Home Builders Research Inc. on Friday said it counted 381 new home sales locally in August, lifting the total for 2011 to 2,383.

Las Vegas real estate brokerage claims firm is competing unfairly

A Las Vegas real estate brokerage is suing a competitor, charging it’s competing unfairly by using confidential information provided by a defecting sales executive.