Las Vegas Real Estate News

County to request millions in federal housing funds

The Community Development Advisory Committee today recommended six projects for a requested total of more than $6.6 million in state and federal funding ...

Commercial real estate attorney: Without litigators, negotiations are vulnerable

Mark Goldstein is of counsel at Bailey Kennedy Attorneys at Law

The of counsel for commercial real estate at Bailey Kennedy talks about the influx of large, national companies in Clark County and ways tenants can maximize the value of their rental agreements.

Photos: A look inside Jerry Lewis' Scotch 80s house for sale in Las Vegas

A look at one of the bedrooms in Jerry Lewis' home located in the Scotch 80s neighborhood, which was listed this week for $1.4 million. Lewis, who died in August 2017, lived at the property for 30 years, according to the listing.

The 7,325-square-foot house near Interstate 15 and Charleston Boulevard was listed this week for $1.4 million. Lewis, who died in August, lived at the property for 30 years, according to the listing ...

What to expect from the housing market this spring

A for-sale sign is shown in a development near Buffalo Drive in the southern Las Vegas Valley on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.

This spring’s home sales season is shaping up to be the most interesting one in years. The housing market will depend on which opposing force proves more powerful ...

Hashtag open house: Real estate industry rethinking how it markets luxury housing

Guests sample marijuana vape pens from Bloom, a sponsor, at a home on the market in Los Angeles, Feb. 15, 2018. Developers and real estate agents are experimenting with social media influence partnerships to sell properties.

We’ve grown accustomed to seeing all sorts of products promoted with sponsored Instagram posts or on Snapchat stories, but, so far, homes are rarely marketed this way. Some developers and real estate agents are trying to change that ...

California housing problems are spilling into Nevada

Apartments under construction are shown in Sparks, March 6, 2018. The Reno area is experiencing congestion and new tensions as California residents and businesses seek more affordable locations.

A growing homelessness crisis. Complaints about traffic congestion. Worries that the economy is becoming dominated by a wealthy elite. Those sound like California’s problems in a nutshell. But now they are also among California’s leading exports ...

Historic Nevada divorce house may be moved for redevelopment

This Thursday, March 8, 2018 photo shows the Nystrsom Guest House pictured in downtown Reno, Nev. The home is one of two historic homes a developer wants to relocate for a revitalization project. Built in 1875, it was one of the first boarding houses catering to divorce-seekers who helped make Reno the ''Divorce Capital of the World'' during the 1930s because of its lax residency laws.

Two historic houses that lie in the path of its revitalization project in downtown Reno, including one that played a key role in the city's emergence ...

Bricklayers think they're safe from robots. But are they?

Teams compete in the Bricklayer 500 championship outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, Jan. 24, 2018. In contrast with other trade shows, displays of technology still play second fiddle to the actual race.

Here at this Las Vegas race, humans are holding off the future with trowel and muscle. But that may not last. Bricklayers are becoming increasingly hard to find nationwide. Despite rising wages, there’s a shortage of workers. Nearly two-thirds of bricklaying contractors ...

Shrinking housing supply is 'catching up to' Las Vegas

This 2016 photo shows a Las Vegas home for sale.

Home sales in the Las Vegas area slowed in February because of the shrinking supply of properties, according to an industry report. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reports ...

Developer brings a movie and dining best-of to southwest Las Vegas

The Bend is a dining, entertainment and shopping plaza located in Southwest Las Vegas on Sunset Road just immediately north of IKEA.

When developer J Dapper builds a dining and retail plaza, he tends to personalize it. He’s a huge architecture buff — has a library of books on the subject — so he ...

Local advocates for the homeless have big hopes for tiny homes

A view of a tiny home, made from a shipping container, at Veterans Village 2 near downtown Las Vegas Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018.

Despite their small size, tiny homes could play a big role in providing shelter for the homeless, advocates say. Veterans Village is exploring the feasibility of tiny homes for those in need with ...

Court ruling fails to curb development plans at former Badlands golf course

Councilman Steve Seroka is shown at the site of the defunct Badlands Golf Course, surrounded by the Queensridge community, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.

Residents are fighting the latest iteration of plans to develop housing on the site of the former Badlands Golf Club after a recent court ruling against the new owner of ...

Why investing in Las Vegas real estate makes sense

Uri Vaknin is a partner at KRE Capital.

While real estate in Las Vegas is always uplifted by the city’s universal appeal, it’s especially strong today because of prices that are highly affordable relative to other markets ...

Kept out: How banks block people of color from homeownership

Rachelle Faroul, right, and her partner, Hanako Franz, sit outside their new home in Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 2017. “I had a fair amount of savings and still had so much trouble,” said Faroul, who was rejected twice by lenders.

Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending, African Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than their white counterparts ...

U.S. home construction jumps nearly 10 percent in January

New homes are shown under construction at Lake Las Vegas on Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Henderson.

Groundbreakings on new homes jumped 9.7 percent last month to the highest level since October 2016, welcome news for a housing market struggling with a shortage ...