Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest level in generations.
NOTE: The Las Vegas Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management and Southern Nevada Multifamily Housing Association will be sponsoring a candidates’ night May 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, located at 1750 E. Sahara Ave. Participants will be able to speak with the candidates individually. For more information, call Denise Razo at 878-0959 or e-mail her at iae@iremlv.org.
On June 19 and 20, homebuyers interested in learning about the benefits of green, sustainable and energy efficient living can tour three new model homes by Shea Homes at Ardiente, an age-qualified community in North Las Vegas. Shea will introduce models that offer homebuyers a range of conservation, green construction and eco-friendly features, both standard and optional. Shea green certified floor plans start in the $150,000s.
The Alpian Meadows neighborhood in Mountain’s Edge has sold nearly all of its homes in less than a year. The Harmony Homes collection now has five home sites available, along with two model homes.
Pardee Homes’ Solamar neighborhood at Vista Verde in northwestern Las Vegas features a limited number of move-in ready homes.
More than 100 resident volunteers, dozens of professional contractors and executives from The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of Summerlin, removed 40 tons of landscape waste, construction spoils and trash May 1 along the western edge of development in Summerlin West. The majority of resident volunteers are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Treasury Department said Friday it expects taxpayers will lose billions less from the financial bailouts than earlier estimated. The problem is, its revised forecast assumes Treasury’s shares of bailed-out companies are gaining value despite this week’s plunge in stock prices.
CONCORD, N.C. — Denny Hamlin came to Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday as one of NASCAR’s hottest drivers and guaranteed the first pit stall for the All-Star race.
Chin-lung Hu hit a three-run homer and Russ Mitchell had a two-run shot in Albuquerque’s seven-run seventh inning Friday night as the Isotopes routed the 51s 10-4 in a Pacific Coast League game in Albuquerque, N.M.
RENO — Legacy’s Avione Allgood took first in the discus to lead Southern Nevada athletes Friday at the Class 4A girls state track meet at Damonte Ranch.
RENO — Boulder City softball coach Bruce Reid set three phases for his team at the beginning of the season — win a regular-season league title, win the league tournament, then capture a Class 3A state championship.
Years: 1983-84, 85-86, Career highlights: Started 32 of 38 games and averaged 6.3 points and 4.2 rebounds in 1985-86, when the Rebels finished 33-5.
Some of the biggest names in Supercross and Motocross motorcycle racing history have taken up new racing specialities.
Kingman, Ariz. — A drunken driver whose vehicle struck and killed a popular high school teacher in Bullhead City, Ariz., last fall was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison.
Jonathan Vazquez was 17 years old when he shot and killed another teen at a party three years ago.
Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, D-Reno, worries that the acquisition of residential mental health treatment centers in Nevada by a major for profit hospital chain that already has a large presence in the state could have a harmful effect on the delivery of psychiatric care.
In what is swiftly becoming the new normal, more Clark County residents are expected to vote early than on primary election day itself.