The Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies has selected education and how it relates to the Southern Nevada economy as its topic for its 2010 round-table discussion.
13 August 2010
By Buck Wargo
Nevada kept its No. 1 national ranking for foreclosure filings for the 43rd consecutive month, but the state and Las Vegas are faring better than a year ago, according to report released late Wednesday.
11 August 2010
By Buck Wargo
When retiree Peter Bernasconi left New York for Las Vegas, he was drawn to Mountain’s Edge, a master-planned community in the southwest valley that promised a swath of parks and a well-plotted system of roadways.
10 August 2010
By Dylan Scott
The expiration of the federal tax credit to purchase a home has put a damper on the Southern Nevada housing market. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported closings of homes in July fell 12 percent from June and were down 21 percent from July 2009.
9 August 2010
By Buck Wargo
An economist says Las Vegas could see healthy home-price appreciation in the next five years.
6 August 2010
By Buck Wargo
Analysts agree that Las Vegas home prices will keep falling, but disagree on how much.
6 August 2010
By Buck Wargo
Construction on a 20-acre park at Mountain’s Edge, a master-planned community in the southwest valley, is set to begin within 90 days following the Clark County zoning board’s approval Wednesday of an amended agreement between the county and the developer.
4 August 2010
By Dylan Scott
Sales of existing homes in Las Vegas ended a two-year run of year-to-year increases in May.
30 July 2010
By Buck Wargo
If Richard Plaster would have taken a job offered by homebuilder Ralph Lewis in 1973, his future might have turned out different.
30 July 2010
By Buck Wargo
Mountain’s Edge has recently suffered lagging sales during the housing bust that has crippled Las Vegas’ market, but the master-planned community received some rare good news Wednesday when four developers submitted plans for new projects to the Enterprise town board.
29 July 2010
By Dylan Scott
Las Vegas existing home prices will decline 14 percent by early 2011 and another 4 percent by early 2012, according to a report released today by a Wisconsin research firm.
29 July 2010
By Buck Wargo
Las Vegas retained its No. 1 national ranking when it comes to foreclosure filings during the first six months of 2010, but the city has shown some improvement compared to the rest of the nation.
28 July 2010
By Buck Wargo
A Las Vegas golf course taken over last summer by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. when it seized Community Bank of Nevada will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
27 July 2010
By Buck Wargo
Las Vegas home prices fell again in May and among big U.S. cities, only Detroit's housing market has performed worse than Las Vegas's during the recession.
27 July 2010
By Steve Green
Across the valley, local governments are using fines and other tactics to pressure owners and lenders to more quickly repair and sell abandoned houses before they become eyesores.
26 July 2010
By Buck Wargo
