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Las Vegas could experience slight turbulence in international tourism

Monday, Aug. 22, 2016

Americans comprise the bulk of Las Vegas’ 40 million-plus annual visitors, but international tourists are much more lucrative per person, as they stay longer and spend more money. But lately, this segment of the economy has …

'Finally, this is complete': Federal Justice Tower makes debut in downtown Las Vegas

Friday, Aug. 19, 2016

With armed men and women scattered in the crowd, in a gray, air conditioner-less detainee entry point, the ribbon cutting for downtown Las Vegas’ newest office tower wasn’t your typical real estate event ...

Former Allegiant exec lands job at United

Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016

A former top executive at Allegiant Air has been hired as the finance boss at much-larger United Airlines. Andrew Levy, former president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas-based Allegiant, is the new chief financial officer of ...

Apartment developer talks state of Las Vegas rental market, risk of on-site retail tenants

Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016

Las Vegas apartment developers are some of the busiest builders in the valley, opening projects that often charge above-average rents and offer a big menu of amenities. Locally based firms including account for much of the construction, but now a group out of Dallas is ...

Las Vegas-area home purchases sink while prices climb

Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016

Las Vegas home prices rose last month amid a drop in purchases. The median sales price of single-family homes in Southern Nevada in July was ...

25-acre site once occupied by Castaways and Showboat is on the market for $6 million

Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016

More than a decade after buying the shuttered Castaways resort and imploding it, Station Casinos is trying to sell the property at a steep discount to what it paid. Brokerage firm CBRE Group sent out ...

Curacao department store opening at Meadows Mall

Monday, Aug. 1, 2016

A department store that caters to Hispanic shoppers is opening at Meadows Mall, filling a big, empty space at the decades-old retail hub. Los Angeles-based Curacao, which sells ...

Allegiant Air buying 12 newly built planes

Friday, July 29, 2016

Allegiant Air, long known for flying only hand-me-down aircraft, is adding a crop of newly built planes to its fleet for the first time. The ultra-low-cost carrier said today ...

On the move: Credit One Bank buys land near Buffalo and Durango for new offices

Thursday, July 28, 2016

A Las Vegas credit-card company that has catered to borrowers with lousy credit is planning to build new offices in the southwest valley. Credit One Bank recently bought 24 acres of land just south of the 215 Beltway between Buffalo and Durango drives. The company has obtained county approvals to ...

Las Vegas realty group moving to southwest valley

Thursday, July 28, 2016

A Las Vegas real estate group is gearing up to build new digs.

Grocery chain expanding to North Las Vegas, Henderson

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

A Colorado grocery chain is expanding to the Las Vegas Valley. Natural Grocers said today that it would open two stores, in North Las Vegas and Henderson, on Aug. 9. Natural Grocers has a store in Reno, and its entry to the Las Vegas area follows …

Sale prices for new homes edge up in Las Vegas, nearing boom-era record

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Las Vegas homebuilders this year are selling more houses, pulling more permits and booking higher prices than they were in 2015, a new report shows. Buyers picked up 3,422 new homes in Clark County this year through June, up 12.7 percent from the same period last year, according to ...

Sierra Brook Court: Living near a home that neighbors call a squatter magnet

Friday, July 22, 2016

In the Las Vegas suburbs, near stretches of open desert and the mountain range on the city’s western fringe, Sierra Brook Court is lined with high-end homes, some with clear views of the Strip from their backyards. Brenda Flank has lived ...

Meet Nana I Am, the mystery man behind a bizarre Las Vegas squatter case

Thursday, July 21, 2016

He sues all the time but never seems to win. He writes his name countless different ways. Accused squatters say he gave them keys to an abandoned, custom-built house, even coaching them on what to tell the police if they came knocking. He's a mysterious figure named ...

Foreclosures on the downswing in Las Vegas, report shows

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Foreclosures slowed in Las Vegas during the first half of the year, but lenders still targeted delinquent homeowners more often here than ...

Selling a relic: Site of failed boom-era tower complex remains on market

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Jack Woodcock has sold houses, developed office buildings and owned retail properties. But over his four-decade real estate career in Las Vegas, he’s never owned anything as big or expensive as his 12-acre hole in the ground in the Las Vegas suburbs. It’s 40 to 50 feet deep and ...

Swanky amenities mark apartment surge in Las Vegas, but does demand match the supply?

Monday, July 11, 2016

A swanky pool area. A sand volleyball court. A dog spa. South Beach, an apartment complex under construction in southwest Las Vegas, plans to offer those perks and more, including fire pits, cabanas, a sports field and outdoor movies. Its name conjures images of people cruising the sand and partying in nightclubs in Miami Beach — never mind the project’s actual ...

'Strong summer': Las Vegas home sales, prices heat up

Friday, July 8, 2016

Las Vegas home prices last month rose from May and sales totals climbed even faster, a new report shows. The median sales price of previously owned single-family homes in Southern Nevada in June was $235,000, up 2.7 percent from May and ...

Businessman with ties to boom-era Las Vegas projects facing prison time

Thursday, July 7, 2016

A former business tycoon who developed opulent Summerlin-area projects and imploded the New Frontier in a failed plan to build a Strip megaresort has been convicted of ...

NHL may face uphill climb in Las Vegas, but let's hope it can stick

Thursday, June 30, 2016

As a lifelong fan of the NHL, I’m excited to be able to watch it live here in Las Vegas. But two questions linger for me: Will locals line up to buy tickets, and will enough tourists want to spend a night watching hockey here when there are ...

Property with a past: Lot with ties to Las Vegas criminals goes on the market

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

A passer-by wouldn't know it, but the vacant lot for sale at 2121 Geronimo Way has an infamous history. It's linked to notorious mother-and-son grifters Sante and Kenneth Kimes, who were ...

Why are high-rises missing from the construction rebound in Las Vegas?

Monday, June 27, 2016

Southern Nevada’s once-pummeled construction industry has bounced back from the depths of the recession, with builders putting up housing tracts ...

Hoping to spark retail activity, Lake Las Vegas welcomes new grocery store

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Lake Las Vegas developers have opened a small, waterfront grocery store, part of a broader campaign to boost business in the opulent Henderson community. Executives with Raintree Investment Corp. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony ...

Ten years after: Looking back at homes sold during bubble era’s peak

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Las Vegas’ housing bubble reached its most bloated point 10 years ago this month, at least by one gauge: resale prices hit their peak. In June 2006, the median sales price of previously owned single family homes in Southern Nevada rose to $315,000, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. Prices eventually plunged 63 percent to a low of $118,000 in January 2012, after the bubble burst and ...

In North Las Vegas, squatting problem prompts coordinated crackdown

Complaints of crime and squalor lead to multipronged effort

Friday, June 10, 2016

North Las Vegas, arguably more prone to squatters than much of Southern Nevada, is using a multipronged approach to curb the problem: Police, code enforcement and utilities officials say they’re working ...

Fewer Las Vegas homes sell, but prices are higher

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

After nearly a year of flat prices, Las Vegas houses sold at a noticeably higher level last month amid shrinking sales totals ...

In Las Vegas, house flipping remains frequent but less profitable

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Investors are flipping houses at a faster pace in Las Vegas than in most metro areas, but their profit margins are smaller here compared to ...

Why many Nevadans might benefit from proposed curbs on payday lenders

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

A federal agency has proposed new regulations for short-term, high-interest lenders in an effort to end borrowers’ “payday debt traps.” The proposal would require lenders ...

Is the Southern Nevada housing market poised for a rural rebound?

Friday, May 27, 2016

When Ted Price was looking to buy Valley Heights, a failed subdivision in Logandale with streets and utilities but few houses, he noticed a few things about this rural town. There was no graffiti or litter, and locals seemed to be involved in the community. And as it turned out, he was probably ...

Why L.V.’s biggest industrial real estate developer is feeling confident

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Real estate magnate Jordan Schnitzer is one of the biggest landlords in Las Vegas, with millions of square feet of warehouses under his control. With the market heating up ...

Las Vegas ‘zombie’ foreclosures remain grave concern despite dip

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Las Vegas’ share of “zombie” foreclosures has dropped from a year ago but still is larger than in most metro areas. Some 6.8 percent of Las Vegas-area homes in ...

Senior surge: Why age qualified developments are making a comeback in Las Vegas

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Senior housing developments are making a comeback in Las Vegas. But this time around, though, don’t look for the type of senior development that was built for ...

Hsieh-backed apartment project kicks off construction downtown

Monday, May 16, 2016

Downtown Las Vegas’ Fremont Street has come a long way in recent years. It still lags other big cities’ urban cores, but an ingredient that many people see as critical to Fremont’s revival is now taking shape ...

Is apartment sector in Las Vegas heating up too quickly?

Monday, May 16, 2016

Amid a national apartment boom, Southern Nevada’s multifamily market has bounced back from the recession faster than other segments of the real estate industry. Property pros …

Mortgages issued to Las Vegas home buyers trail national numbers

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Lenders issued a bump in mortgages to U.S. homebuyers in recent months compared to last year, but such financing ...

Q+A: Why Goodwill is growing by leaps and bounds in Las Vegas

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Goodwill of Southern Nevada is known as a place to donate clothing, electronics, kitchenware and other household goods. Someone out there wants your hand-me-downs, right? More than you might think — and Goodwill is betting big on it by ...

Curb appeal: This plywood alternative might better deter vacant-home break-ins

Friday, May 6, 2016

Las Vegas boards up about 100 homes per year, and about 10 to 20 percent of them are “constantly” broken into. Now, in an effort to prevent this sort of magnet for criminal activity, City Hall is testing whether boarding windows with an alternative to plywood will prevent ...

Las Vegas home market finds an even keel

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Las Vegas house prices stayed largely flat again last month, a new report shows, in yet another sign of the market’s ongoing cool-down ...

Tivoli Village expansion set to open in October

Tenants to include Canter’s Deli, Restoration Hardware

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Owners of Tivoli Village have announced plans to open the Las Vegas property’s expansion, but their confirmed tenant lineup appears sparse. The expansion — part of Tivoli’s original plans last decade but shelved during the recession — would add ...

Allegiant boss Gallagher receives near-$3 million bonus

Friday, April 29, 2016

Reaping a windfall from record profits, Allegiant Air boss Maurice “Maury” Gallagher booked a nearly $3 million bonus last year, far above his usual payout, the company disclosed ...

Allegiant Travel revenue, earnings up in 1st quarter

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

The parent company of Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air, an ultra-low-cost carrier that flies mostly from small, underserved cities to warm-weather tourist spots, reported earnings today for ...

15 apartment complexes sold for $600 million might set precedent in Las Vegas

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

A Houston real estate giant has sold more than a dozen Las Vegas Valley apartment complexes, in what’s said to be the largest, local apartment deal in memory. Camden Property Trust announced Tuesday that it sold 15 apartment complexes, a retail center and about 19.6 acres of undeveloped land for $630 million combined. The company did not name the buyers. But people with knowledge of the deal said ...

Land investors gobble up 800 acres in BLM auction

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

After passing on hundreds of acres at government auctions last year, Las Vegas land investors scooped up almost everything offered Tuesday and paid above the asking price ...

BLM puts 800 acres of land up for auction

Friday, April 22, 2016

The federal government is offering more than 800 acres of Las Vegas Valley land to the highest bidders next week. But if last year’s auctions are any indication, buyers might ...

Las Vegas homeowners seeing big profits on sales

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Las Vegas homeowners are booking the highest profit margins in years when selling their property, but amid flat prices, those gains have largely leveled off, a new report shows. Owners who sold ...

Amid widespread die-off of old malls, new owners breathe life into Boulevard center

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

When the Boulevard mall opened nearly five decades ago, newspapers heaped praise on the “shopping paradise,” saying it had more “charm and grace” than any other gathering ...

Report: New-home sales up, but prices flat

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Las Vegas homebuilders are selling more houses and drawing up more construction plans compared to last year, but in some ways, sales volume has ...

Allegiant’s new credit card will be ‘un-frequent-flier program’

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Allegiant Air is a deep-discount carrier with almost no frills, not even a frequent-flier program. Now it’s gearing up to issue an Allegiant-branded credit card ...

Nevada has third-highest foreclosure rate, repossessions rise

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Despite a drop in overall foreclosure filings, lenders have repossessed a rising volume of homes in Nevada compared with last year, keeping the Silver State among the hardest-hit areas in the country ...

Is Lake Las Vegas finally bubbling back to life?

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Lake Las Vegas was one of the biggest real estate flops in one of the hardest-hit markets in the country during the recession, crushed by an avalanche of financial problems. Now ...