If you’ve been watching interest rates in advance of buying a home in Las Vegas, here are a couple of good news stories for you. And one you won’t like if you’re a DACA immigrant. First the good news: As it now stands, a House committee has voted to remove the requirement that buyers pay…
After years of a squeaky tight housing market, it’s getting easier to buy a home in Las Vegas. The two biggest indicators of a shift from a sellers’ to a buyers’ market (or probably more likely a balanced one) is that the median housing price in Vegas has remained the same for three straight months.…
Renters and first-time homebuyers: Do you know what it takes to get a mortgage so you could buy a home instead of giving your money to the landlord every month? No, you don’t. At least that’s the conclusion of researchers for Fannie Mae, who discovered in a recent survey that many people who don’t own…
While Hispanics make up just north of 18 percent of the U.S. population, they accounted for more than three-fifths of the growth in home ownership over the past decade, according to an annual report of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, or NAHREP. The report said Hispanics made up 39.6 percent of household…
While tech still rules in most U.S. metros for start-up activity, Vegas gets high marks for wage and population growth
Dec. 26 – the day after Chrismas – is best day to close on a house Fewer sellers, but less competition Spring and summer are busiest real estate seasons By Hal DeKeyser Ask just about any real estate agent when the best time to buy a house is, and the answer inevitably is “now.”During this…
Las Vegas retirement communities range from luxury with golf and activity centers to active but lower budget developments Massive and wide-ranging activity centers at Vegas retirement communities Luxury and luxury on a budget Low cost, comfortable and safe neighborhoods By Hal DeKeyser With all the sunshine, low tax and cost of living and things to do,…
Las Vegas, ‘half-hour city,’ has easy traffic and an easily accessible airport that will take you everywhere, mostly cheaply No California-like rush hour traffic Airlines pepper Vegas with flight discounts Flights to and from everywhere By Hal DeKeyser In addition to one of the cheapest and easiest-to-use airports, Las Vegas has a fairly serviceable although not…
Las Vegas is famous for fabulous things to do in entertainment & restaurants, and it’s also a great outdoors playground New restaurant capital of the world Mountains, Red Rocks, Lake Mead, Colorado River and trails Locals benefit from visitors’ spending on things to do By Hal DeKeyser Uh, this is Vegas, baby. You’re not going to…
Las Vegas summers are hot but not long, and the rest of the year the weather is like the California Coast Winter, spring, and fall weather calls for shorts or light jacket Summers are short and arid You will not miss snow By Hal DeKeyser Southern Nevada has some of the most moderate weather in the…