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For most of us, the appeal of new construction—a brand new home which your family is first to own—is undeniable. The idea of being able to select your own floor plan with a layout you like and upgrades built to order is hard to beat. But home shoppers looking for new construction in Las Vegas sh...
03/16/2014
If there is one question that homeowners and prospective shoppers have in common as we enter the New Year, it’s about the direction of Las Vegas real estate values in 2014. Small wonder: the financial market meltdown of the last decade had such a profound impact on all forms of real estate that i...
02/26/2014
It can take years for Las Vegas first-time buyers to save up for their first home’s down payment, but even after that hurdle has been cleared, it can take even more time to secure a mortgage -- if they have neglected the other part of the equation. Their credit rating. Before first-time buyers in...
02/25/2014
Even when it is clearly necessary, if you’re like most of us, you feel a built-in reluctance to sell your Las Vegas property. Those four walls (okay, I know there are more like 40 or 80, but bear with me) contain all the furnishings and other possessions we gather through the years to create our ...
01/31/2014
Many Las Vegas landlords are automatically less than enthusiastic when they hear a prospective tenant’s question, “Do you allow pets?” Small wonder. The specter of damage from unsupervised four-footed co-inhabitants is a real possibility (despite the assurances of their doting masters). Yet t...
01/26/2014
When you put your home on the market, one of the decisions it’s easy to overlook is whether to engage a Las Vegas home stager. Especially if you know you have a good eye for décor or have experience in the visual arts, it may not seem necessary to call in a heavy-duty home staging pro to get your...
01/25/2014
Relocating to Las Vegas can be an invigorating fresh start: an opening to unexplored opportunities and a brand new community filled with tomorrow’s life-long friends. Then again, faced with a sudden onslaught of details and decisions, it can be an experience that falls just short of overwhelming....
01/25/2014
You’re nearing your goal of buying a home in Las Vegas! You have zeroed in on a property, submitted your offer, and heeded your agent’s advice and ordered a home inspection. Soooo…what if the inspector finds major issues nobody expected? While most home inspections only uncover small problems t...
01/24/2014
Existing home sales rose nationally throughout 2013 – and included in those numbers were a good many condominiums. If 2014 will find you investigating the market for a new home, it may be time to give condo living a serious thought. Buying a condo in Las Vegas can provide many of the benefits of...
01/22/2014
Imagine that you have just moved into your new Las Vegas property, and suddenly you are up against some serious flaw you knew nothing about. Added on top of the normal moving turmoil: now there’s this! You didn’t have a chance to fix things up before you moved in because you were totally in the d...
01/16/2014