http://bridgetmagnus.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:02:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Forbes Magazine has come out with a list of 10 Increasingly Affordable U.S. Housing Markets.  You can watch the slideshow outlining them all, but I have a little spoiler for you. Number One is none other than Las Vegas!  Among the figures they use to back that up, 56% of our ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/07/04/silver-lining/ It must be nice to be a Congressman. They're already out for the Independence Day holiday. Of course they left a few little things undone. Like, say, that bill that might have helped homeowners and mortgage companies prevent some foreclosures. Don't get me wrong, the ideas on ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/07/02/happy-2nd-of-july/ Although we made our decision about potential Presidential candidates with a caucus, Nevada does have a primary election for other positions coming up in a couple of weeks.  Here's a little more about who we will be voting for/against. The intersection of real estate and politics is right here, in this ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/06/30/dont-forget-to-vote/ Yesterday, the International Times Herald ran a Bloomberg article called Defaults in Las Vegas turn investment banks into decorators. I can only imagine the number of signatures that have to be gathered to actually change a paint color! Here's an excerpt: Since January, when Ian Bruce Eichner, a New ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/06/24/cosmopolitan/ Some time back I mentioned that many countries do not have the same level of regulation for real estate agents that we have here in the United States. Did you know that many states model their rules for real estate salespeople and brokers in part on the National Association ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/06/17/follow-up-and-a-bonus/ Most people have never heard of Ivanpah. No, not the "ghost town". The proposed solar power farm? Well, that's closer. I am referring to Ivanpah International Airport -- currently a hunk of desert near Jean, Nevada -- a facility well supported in Nevada and almost unanimously supported by ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/06/13/ivanpah/ No Crown for Vegas: Back in December, Clark County approved the Crown project, which would have been the second tallest structure on the Strip. This week, "Company officials said the recent upheaval in the world financial market caused the plans to be scrapped." Furthermore, they will stop ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/06/07/odds-and-ends-8/ Alex Edelstein of Frothing Developer is on a tear about what he feels are inaccurate numbers of high rise condos under development being reported. And he should know -- he's the developer behind a bunch of those condos!  It turns out that the Las Vegas Review Journal reported total ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/06/04/i-think-he-knows-what-hes-talking-about/ It has been brought to my attention that the Times of London did a piece on Las Vegas foreclosures. In fact, they did two! But I digress. When you have quotes like this, you really need to watch yourself: Gail Burks, the head of the Nevada Fair Housing Centre, ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/05/30/word-to-the-times/ In Florida, work is underway to syndicate a little reality show called The Foreclosure Shoppe. It follows the wild adventures of Realtor Tom Bruzzesi as he navigates the tricky waters of the REO world of bank owned property. His competitors call him "The Maniac." As many strange things ... http://bridgetmagnus.com/2008/05/27/two-unusual-ways-to-make-money-in-foreclosures/