Happy Friday! I’m glad you could join me for Friday Figures! All information from the GLVAR MLS system. Are you planning on touring, making an offer, or listing a home in the Las Vegas Valley this weekend? This is what you need to be aware of first! Summary: Available units remain just under 11,000 at [...]

This morning, the Las Vegas Review Journal was kind enough to point out that prices of sold homes in every Vegas area Zip code declined in 2009. Some areas only declined 10-11%, while others saw drops of 57-60%. On average, prices dropped 23%. Be sure to click on the map insert for a detailed view [...]

It’s time for Friday Figures! All information from the GLVAR MLS system, which now finally supports access by Macintosh users. Touring, making an offer, or listing a home in the Las Vegas Valley this weekend? Read this first! Summary: Below, I am including year-over-year figures to show just how far our local real estate market [...]

President Obama is scheduled to arrive in Vegas tomorrow night. It is unclear whether he plans to meet with local officials, or apologize for his most recent round of Vegas-bashing. It’s probably a good bet he’ll say what a swell guy Senator Reid is. I wonder if anyone is taking odds on that. Since the [...]

Happy Lincoln’s Birthday and welcome to Friday Figures! All information from the GLVAR MLS system. Here’s what you and your Realtor need to know before touring, making an offer, or listing a home in the Las Vegas Valley this weekend. Summary: Available units dropped ever so slightly to 10927. Prices of available units are in [...]

Today we have more information on the bridge being built parallel to the Hoover Dam. It’s a 1900 foot span, 900 ft above the river. Although you’ll be able to see the bridge from the Dam, only pedestrians will be able to see the Dam from the bridge. Also, traffic patterns to will be different [...]

If you are excited to read that headline, you aren’t going to like what follows. For the rest of you, let me back up and briefly explain what “hard money” is all about. In short, hard money is a loan it would be “hard” to get anyplace else. According to eHow, “A hard money lender [...]

I’m so glad you stopped by for Friday Figures! All information from the GLVAR MLS system. Make no mistake, this is what you and your Realtor need to know before touring, making an offer, or listing a home in the Las Vegas Valley this weekend. Summary: Available listings are rock-steady at 11025, although the percentage [...]

When I have new clients come from out-of-town, one of the things they always ask about is the schools. What are the “best” school districts? Are any of them in financial trouble? As a matter of state law, Nevada’s school districts are organized by county. There’s only one school district for each of our 17 [...]