It’s the mortgage market’s equivalent of a Dear John letter: “Goodbye. It’s been nice knowing you, but we’ve sold your loan to another lender.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Barbara Holland is taking another break in the Q. & A. format of this column to discuss recent new laws affecting Southern Nevada homeowners associations.
Pardee Homes’ Solamar neighborhood at Vista Verde in northwestern Las Vegas features family-sized homes with oversized yards.
More than 20,000 students will soon make their way to one of Summerlin’s 24 schools for the 2009-2010 school year. Summerlin offers 11 public and 13 private schools. Summerlin’s 12th public school, West Career & Technical Academy, is scheduled to open in 2010, bringing the community’s school count to 25.
The 13th Annual Las Vegas Home and Outdoor Super Show, Sept. 18-20 at Cashman Convention Center, has joined Nevada Energy Star Partners as a gold sponsor. The newly expanded and renamed show will feature energy efficient products, in addition to all the latest in home improvement and décor alongside outdoor recreation and recreational vehicle technology.
According to James Byczek of Chartwell Group, sales agents at the Newport Lofts high-rise community have remained busy conducting tours of condominiums to be sold during auction Aug. 29, by Chartwell Group Accelerated Marketing Division, in cooperation with Auction One Las Vegas, Greg Harelson, Nevada broker and auctioneer. The 3 p.m. auction will be held at Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel, 3400 Paradise Road, with registration beginning at 2 p.m.
Developer Rhodes Homes are offering the best price points ever for homes in the Italian-themed Tuscany Residential Village located in Tuscany’s Zanetti Collection in Henderson, according to Marietta Manayan, sales agent.
For 11 neighborhoods throughout Las Vegas, Woodside Homes is offering new collections at “prices so low, they’re prehistoric,” according to sales manager Mike Kearns.
According to Canadian Serge Bellio, it was his golfing friend that prompted him and his wife, Lori, to visit the Mountain Falls master-planned community in Pahrump.
Most people are trying to cut costs these days. Some even wonder if it’s necessary to pay for title insurance when they buy or sell a home. Skimping here could end up costing plenty if you discover a title defect after you own the property.
Nonito Donaire had trouble finding sparring partners when he was training for his world flyweight title fight with Moruti Mthalane in November.
A handful of area high school baseball standouts are set to play in all-star games this weekend in San Diego.
When Jeremy Accardo was called up to the Toronto Blue Jays on June 18, the 51s started a search for their new closer.
It’s OK to turn up the volume on “Monday Night Football” broadcasts this season. Jon Gruden has joined the booth, and everything is back to normal.
ELY — An accomplished play-caller when he arrived in Las Vegas in December 2004, Mike Sanford decided to keep that responsibility as UNLV’s football coach.
FARGO, N.D. — Bishop Gorman was without its top closer Friday at Newman Outdoor Field.
ELY — Junior cornerback Mike Grant wanted to play at UNLV two years ago but admitted he “couldn’t get it done in the classroom.”
Legacy’s bid to become the first Southern Nevada team to reach the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pa., came to an abrupt and harsh halt Friday.
John Hessling picked the building on Westwood Drive near Sahara Avenue for his Blue Moon Resort for several reasons, including the fact that it’s close to the Strip and near freeway access, but also enough off the beaten path to offer some additional privacy to his guests.
A coroner’s inquest jury ruled Friday that a Las Vegas police detective was justified in the fatal shooting of a sexual assault suspect during a foot chase last month.
SPARKS — Gov. Jim Gibbons defied a legislative decision and issued an executive order Friday to allow him to hire a federal stimulus funds director who will work in his office.