Candace Porter was driving north on Rancho Drive on Friday when she felt something heavy land on the sunroof of her Chevy Tahoe. … Confused, she pulled into the parking lot of Texas Station to check what had happened. When she stepped out of the car, scraps of metal fell at her feet. … The “something heavy” was part of an experimental aircraft in the process of making an emergency forced landing, authorities said.
Q: I’m wondering why lower offers are sometimes accepted on a bank-owned home? I hear a lot of homebuyers complaining about how their offer was $30,000 or so above the list price and the seller accepted a lower offer. It seems like many of these are cash offers. Thanks for shedding some light on this situation. — Tiffany J., Las Vegas
Q: Are we required to pay 28 percent capital gains taxes on a house we are selling?
The Gardens Park in the master-planned community of Summerlin was transformed into one of the valley’s pumpkin patches Oct. 10 for the third annual Summerlin Pumpkin Festival.
Shawn Eiferman is an entrepreneur, musician, father and fiancé. He grew up in Las Vegas, knows the city well and owned several houses before buying a Distinctive Home in Canyon Estates.
Pardee Homes will hold a grand opening of three model homes at its Serrano neighborhood in the Mountain’s Edge master-planned community today and Sunday and will offer guests free refreshments.
Actress Meg Ryan, who will star opposite Timothy Hutton in the December comedy “Serious Moonlight,” also seems to be getting serious about selling her Bel-Air home. She has put it back up for sale at $14.2 million — a 27 percent price reduction from what she was asking in 2008.
The Greens collection in Rhodes Ranch in the southwestern Las Vegas master-planned community is offering new homes starting at $188,000.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Barbara Holland is taking a break in the Q. & A. format of this column to discuss bills AB 140 and AB 149 that pertain to foreclosures.