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Seattle pursues solutions to housing crunch amid tech boom

Seattle’s booming tech industry has brought a massive influx of new residents with big wallets to the city. But an ensuing housing crunch has led to skyrocketing rents and home prices that have strained middle- and working-class families and deepened the city’s homelessness crisis.

Developer plans hotel, apartments near Las Vegas Convention Center

Daniel Grimm, founder of DG Development Corp., has laid out plans for a six-story, 250-room hotel at the southwest corner of Swenson Street and Sierra Vista Drive, and a 300-unit apartment complex immediately south of the hotel.

Mortgage rates surge, but homebuyers advised to be patient

With mortgage rates surging following the election win of Donald Trump, homebuyers may feel compelled to snap up loans before rates rocket even higher.

New-home construction rises in April

New-home construction rose in April, extending a pattern of gains and losses that signals the U.S. homebuilding industry is contributing little to economic growth.

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What type of new home will $300,000 get you in Las Vegas?

For about $300,000 you can get a 2,000-square-foot home with three bedrooms, three baths and a two-car garage in most areas of the Las Vegas Valley.

Foreclosure starts dip, but more owners losing their homes

A report from a national real estate research firm shows Nevada lenders stepped up foreclosure activity in May, including big jumps in bank-owned foreclosure sales, or completions.

Valley Realtor is first Nevada woman named to key post

Linda Rheinberger of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices-Nevada was installed Nov. 11 at a national convention in New Orleans as vice president of the Rocky Mountain Region of the National Association of Realtors.

Housing rebounding, but numbers well below peaks

Life is better for local homebuilders these days, but a recent housing forecast shows more room for rebound. Industry experts shared expectations for residential construction at the Las Vegas Housing Outlook, and if their predictions are any indication, Southern Nevada will have a relatively flat new-homes market through 2014.

Las Vegas poised for an apartment boom

Sure, the Las Vegas housing market has perked up — but enough to justify a nearly ten-fold increase in new apartment units?

RealtyTrac reports home flips in valley increase by 9 percent

Sure, Southern Nevada’s housing price gains cooled a bit in September. But the Las Vegas Valley still has plenty of investors trying to cash in, according to a new report from California research firm RealtyTrac.