These pictures of Death Valley wildflowers were too good not to pass along. As a bonus, here’s an item on a new report speculating that the Las Vegas Valley may be overbuilt. While this may not be good news, it does mean that there are some great housing and commercial real estate bargains to be [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For those of you who have “live” Christmas trees, please be thinking about proper disposal of them after the holidays are over. One great option is “recycling” of trees. Starting this Saturday and running through January 15, you can drop your tree off for recycling at the Springs Preserve and 22 other locations across the [...]
A few years ago, someone drove out here to visit me. Since she was planning on driving anyway, I gave her a little advice. I said “Vegas water is not exactly tasty stuff. And the big hotels will gladly charge you for bottled water. If you are smart, you’ll pull off the highway before you [...]
Hooters Las Vegas is currently in default, and is trying to restructure $147 million in debt. More on the Cosmopolitan: Deutsche Bank has had to write down a half billion euros — about $748 million — and there is no clear opening date in sight. I’ve said before that the housing crisis will not be [...]
see more Funny Graphs Granted, they are quite late to the party, but The Market Oracle is talking about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s role in the housing bubble (and therefore the housing collapse that came afterwards). Don’t even think about trying to fraudulently claim the first time buyer’s tax credit. The IRS is looking [...]
T.G.I.F., it’s Friday Figures! All information from the GLVAR MLS system. It’s everything you and your Realtor should know about Vegas real estate market conditions before touring, making an offer, or listing a home this weekend. Summary: Available inventory continues to drop, while median prices on on those listings remains stable (median prices overall dropped [...]
First, a big Welcome Home! to almost 300 airmen of Nellis Air Force Base, returning from overseas missions. Another welcome sign, Mojave Max has emerged from his hibernation at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center. That makes it “officially spring” for some Las Vegans. If you live in Vegas, your mortgage is with Chase, and you are [...]
A full month ago the Hope for Homeowners plan was declared “hopeless“, pointing out that the program designed to help 400,000 homeowners by now had closed a whopping 25 loans. That’s not even a hundreth of a percent of their goal. There were a lot of reasons it didn’t work, including high fees for homeowners [...]
