Market Conditions Archives

December 4, 2008

Support NAR’s Four-Point Housing Stimulus Plan

The most recent economic stimulus bill, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, was a good first step towards stabilizing our nationâ€™s economy.Â Unfortunately, a number of the Actâ€™s provisions have not proven to be as useful […]

September 24, 2008

A Shortage Of Homes For Sale In Las Vegas?

Well, it’s certainly true that there’s a shortage of very nice, well kept homes in Vintage Vegas. It’s not true out in the suburbs where there are whole neighborhoods of practically new homes that are being […]

September 18, 2008

Fun Fixtures Found In Foreclosures – The Interesting Things I Find In The Foreclosure Homes Of Vintage Las Vegas

This is an ongoing series that will probably last for another year until we divest ourselves of the excess inventory of foreclosed homes. Some of the foreclosures are just purely junk. There’s no original features left. […]

September 17, 2008

Just In Case You Don’t Think I’m Blogging Enough

I’ve got a great excuse! Jake’s signing his loan documents today for the REPO on 6th Street. The Liberace Townhouse is set to close on Friday and today’s the walkthru and seller signing. I represented […]

July 24, 2008

ALL Real Estate Is Local – Las Vegas Leads In Improved Sales

The national numbers are out this morning from NAR â€“ The National Association Of Realtors. Youâ€™re going to hear some bleak numbers being blah blah blahed about on CNN and MSNBC, and hopefully not on […]

July 18, 2008

Watching The Numbers

If there’s any one thing that I’m not…it’s a statistician. Sometimes 2 plus 2 equals 4 however. I just make sure I don’t get all my information from Wall Street. RISMEDIA, July 14, 2008-Amidst the […]

July 2, 2008

How Tight Is The Rental Market?

I don’t manage rental property, so I rarely advertise or even think about them. Yesterday at 3pm, we made the decision to take 3212 Brazos off of the market and rent it out instead. The […]

June 30, 2008

A Game With No Rules – Real Estate In Las Vegas

I’m writing this post to make the point that it’s still worthwhile to buy real estate, but that the rules of the game are constantly changing. It’s not as easy as it once was. It has […]

June 26, 2008

Drastic Price Reduction On 1700 Chapman

If you’ll remember, or click back here to take a look at our listing on the corner of Chapman and Oakey. It’s truly a remarkable example of Retro Chic in a downtown mansion. It hasn’t […]

June 20, 2008

A Shortage Of Really Nice Homes In Vintage Vegas

One of the things that I’ve noticed lately, is that most of the “normal” sellers, that is, those who aren’t in foreclosure, not in trouble, and that aren’t bank owned aren’t on the market. I’m […]