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Las Vegas Condo Market

Ruth Ahlbrand — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:46:39 +0000

Investors, second homers and first time homebuyers are finding some great deals on high rise condos as sales start to increase at City Center and other high rise condo developments. The Las Vegas Condo Market is starting to ramp up, driven by affordability, just like the Las Vegas Home Market.

According to Dennis Smith, the President of Home Builders Research, approximately 80 new high rise condos were sold in May of 2010,…

Investing in Las Vegas Distressed Homes

Ruth Ahlbrand — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:58:06 +0000

Investing in Las Vegas Distressed homes makes a lot of sense to many investors. One hallmark of the Las Vegas Real Estate for the last 6-9 months has been reducing inventory and increasing competition for homes, especially Las Vegas Homes in the “investor sweet spot” of $75-150K price range.

Investing in Las Vegas Distressed homes makes a lot of sense when you factor in how competitive our market is. You can avoid the…

Canadians Investing in Las Vegas Real Estate

Ruth Ahlbrand — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:39:59 +0000

We have more and more Canadians who are taking an interest in and investing in Las Vegas Real Estate, not to mention investors from many other countries around the world.

We thought it might be helpful to talk about some of the financial workarounds for our great neighbors to the North.

Unfortunately, Canadian Banks won’t typically finance the purchase of Las Vegas Real Estate; or if they do, will charge an interest rate of…

Las Vegas Real Estate Market Conditions

Ruth Ahlbrand — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:38:50 +0000

Las Vegas Real Estate Market Conditions:

Nevada Housing Division has announced that effective Tuesday 2.2.2010 that all loan reservations from this point forward will be for 4.50% for a 30 year loan – this relates to the new bond issue 2010A.
It’s truly a great time to refinance your home, as Las Vegas Real Estate Market Conditions are in flux – interest rates are low and because there are less home sales in…

Las Vegas Property Management Services

Ruth Ahlbrand — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:46:46 +0000

If you are an investor who wants to hire a Las Vegas Property Management Services agency it’s critical to hire a firm that has these capabilities:

1) Have an established sophisticated Property Management System in place that addresses your core needs; i.e. managing all aspects of the physical property, marketing the property to find tenants, providing you with essential and timely financial reporting, maintaining all required documents for state and federal taxes.

2)…

Las Vegas Real Estate Investing

Ruth Ahlbrand — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:12:12 +0000

Sage advice on Las Vegas Real Estate Investing as market honed Las Vegas Realtors:

We have levels of affordability not seen in years; market may move up, down or sideways during 2010, so buy a home that fits your investing criteria for the long term.
Las Vegas Foreclosures represent some excellent opportunities; look for homes that may need some work, but that don’t need major structural work. Such cosmetics as new carpets,…

Las Vegas Real Estate Investor Update

Ruth Ahlbrand — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:45:13 +0000

Here is a Las Vegas Real Estate Investor update – this past week’s news that big time billionaire financier Carl Icahn has purchased the not yet completed Fountainebleau Casino Resort located at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip certainly indicates investor interest in Las Vegas Real Estate. Mr. Icahn is placing a big bet and many think he sense the bottom of the market.

This commercial transaction reinforces other big…

Las Vegas Real Estate Shifts

Ruth Ahlbrand — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:55:25 +0000

Las Vegas Real Estate Shifts to a market that reflects much of 2009; but, with some caveats. We believe the market has bottomed out in terms of any appreciative negatives months ago and we will not see nearly as many Las Vegas Foreclosures in 2010. As we move forward into they year we also believe Las Vegas Real Estate will continue to stabilize.

Many analysts are tying the number of job that…