Will U.S. credit downgrade hurt housing market?

In recent weeks, I’ve fielded several questions from members of the media and others about downgraded credit ratings of the U.S. government and of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and what this might mean for the local housing market.

Resale Homes Report: Existing homes sold: Aug. 17-23

Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.

HOUSE CALLS

Q: My husband died, and I want to add the names of all my children to the deed to save them any problems when I die. Is this a good idea? And what type of attorney do I use?

CLARIFICATION

Young couple chooses American West residence

When Danny Welsh and his wife, Tricia, were ready to upgrade to a larger new home, they purchased from American West.

Convention officials see visitor count climbing for Labor Day

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority forecasts the number of visitors spending the three-day Labor Day weekend in town will rise 3.6 percent rise from a year earlier.

Undercover investigator finds limos illegally acting like taxis

On a typical day, private investigator Mike Pfriender tails workers’ compensation claimants suspected of faking injuries, trying to catch them casting off the crutches they use in public to do somersaults in the backyard.

Bus line tries to add English-speaking travelers to Latino base

Tufesa Internacional wants you. The bus line, based in Sonora, Mexico, and catering primarily to Spanish-speaking travelers, is expanding efforts to attract more English-speaking Las Vegans to its long-distance lines.

Hub’s exit could spur the end for airport concourse

By removing the last vestige of its once busy hub, US Airways has added impetus to shutting down Concourse A, one of the oldest parts of McCarran International Airport.

Burning Man festival keeps spark 25 years on

BLACK ROCK CITY — Burning Man started 25 years ago as a gathering of friends and strangers on San Francisco’s Baker Beach.

Soviet nuclear legacy surfaces at atomic museum

Erlan Idrissov, Kazakhstan’s ambassador to the United States, spoke Thursday during a panel discussion at the Atomic Testing Museum to mark the 20th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear site.

Nevada State Prison starts shutting down

About 200 inmates have been moved to prisons in Southern Nevada as the Department of Corrections carries out a directive to close the 144-year-old Nevada State Prison by next spring.

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