Yolanda King, Clark County’s director of budget and financial planning, has been promoted to assistant county manager, county officials announced Friday.
Las Vegas-based Prudential Americana Group ranked 26th in transactions and 39th largest real estate brokerage based on sales volume in Denver-based real estate research company Real Trends’ annual list of the top 500 U.S. real estate companies.
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the death of a man who crashed through a backyard in south Reno and smashed into a boulder.
The Southern Nevada region is producing nearly 4,000 residential real estate transactions per month and this number has remained the regional standard for most of this year, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. Most industry professionals expect this number to linger well into 2014 long as interest rates remain at record lows.
According to a May CNN Money article, nearly one-third of current and prospective homeowners surveyed by Zillow could not correctly answer basic questions about financing, with 34 percent not knowing the term “annual percentage rate” and 31 percent incorrectly believing that they are unable to obtain a mortgage with a less than 5 percent down payment.
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.
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Pardee Homes’ newest neighborhood will debut June 8. It will be adjacent to the builder’s Eldorado master-planned community in North Las Vegas.
Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two passengers on suspicion of endangering the aircraft.
This summer, Ryland Homes will debut a new collection in Henderson. Zephyr Ridge is being developed near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Gibson Road.
Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer, and for residents of the master-planned community of Summerlin, that means the start of pool season.
At 15, Connie Sheldon lied to her employer and claimed to be 16. Her father dropped her off in the parking lot every weekend for work. The year was 1960, and her employer was Lloyd Katz, owner of the Huntridge Theatre.
In order to accommodate more patients and expand services, the Rape Crisis Center moved to a new location April 27.
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MINNEAPOLIS — It’s considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a wall in a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota.
Fremont East Studios aims to be a one-stop shop for media production in an area the studio’s director of production, Freeman White III, said could use it.
The defense rested its case this morning in the illegal campaign contribution trial of former power broker Harvey Whittemore.
Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users’ accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins.
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile’s environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.’s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world’s largest gold miner, citing “very serious” violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.
In retirement, one gets to do what they enjoy, rather than working for someone else. Lamar Marchese is doing what he loves, which is photography. His exhibit, “Pow Wow Portraits,” is on display at the Rainbow Library through July 7.
Summerlin resident Erica Korbel was tired of seeing usable school supplies go to waste, so she started Students United in Recycling School Supplies to gather items for the Nevada Parternship for Homeless Youth.
Thieves came under cover of darkness May 6 and stole two metal sculptures from the entry to Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Summerlin headquarters. It’s the latest setback the NBT has experienced as of late. It is also facing nearly $500,000 in repairs due to a leaky foundation.
Poperazzi plans to perform the music of Italy and songs made famous by Italian Americans at the Starbright Theatre. Expect everything from rock to opera and classic Frank Sinatra tunes to the Rolling Stones, mixing years of musical tradition in a contemporary format in the 80-minute show.
Diane Eugster has hung up her paint brushes for now to turn her creative attention to crafting eco-friendly rag dolls through her new venture, Rag Dolls Rising.
A memorial service for longtime Review-Journal theater critic Anthony Del Valle will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Drive.
CHICAGO — An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday — she lost.
Thanks to chef Carla Pellegrino, a meatball is not just a meatball anymore.
Find things to do in the Summerlin and Summerlin South areas.
SAN FRANCISCO — Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world’s largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.