Thursday, May 17, 2007

Las Vegas Real Estate News 5/17/07

Las Vegas Real Estate News


LEED <b>News</b>

Posted: 16 May 2007 06:58 PM GMT-06:00

LEED for Retail-New Construction Public Comment Period Now Open. Courtesy of USGBC : 5/14/2007. USGBC invites the public to comment on the draft LEED for Retail - New Construction rating system, which has recently completed pilot ...

Remember the Excitement When You Joined?

Posted: 16 May 2007 04:49 PM GMT-06:00

Erik Molina (Cornerstone Mortgage Company), Las Vegas, NV, Loan Officer. David (Dave) Woodman (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Woodbridge, VA, Real Estate Agent. American Home Mortgage, Sacramento, CA, Mortgage Company, My Blog ...

Foreclosure Filings Still Soaring, Up 62 Percent

Posted: 17 May 2007 12:36 AM GMT-06:00

Foreclosure filings continue to drag on the real estate market, with filings in April up 62 percent from a year earlier, a newly released report from RealtyTrac showed. Foreclosures were down 1 percent from March, but RealtyTrac CEO ...

Mortgage fraud climbs 30%

Posted: 17 May 2007 06:00 AM GMT-06:00

Mortgage Bankers Association calls for more FBI agents, prosecutors

Cooling Housing Market Sours Job Candidates on Relocation

Posted: 16 May 2007 10:00 PM GMT-06:00

The real-estate slowdown is giving pause to more employees who are being asked to move to a new city.

Plan to Save Nantucket Homes Pits Homeowners Against Fishermen

Posted: 16 May 2007 10:00 PM GMT-06:00

Erosion is eating away at a Massachusetts beach threatening the homes of wealthy residents. To solve the problem, they've pooled $23 million to rebuild the shoreline, but local fishermen oppose the project.

Remeber the Excitement When You Joined?

Posted: 16 May 2007 03:13 PM GMT-06:00

Erik Molina (Cornerstone Mortgage Company), Las Vegas, NV, Loan Officer. David (Dave) Woodman (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Woodbridge, VA, Real Estate Agent. American Home Mortgage, Sacramento, CA, Mortgage Company, My Blog ...

New York’s Plaza Hotel Gets a New Sister in Las Vegas

Posted: 16 May 2007 07:11 PM GMT-06:00

First we thought there was going to be a ferris wheel and jazz hotel to take the place of the New Frontier hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Now it's a totally different ball game.

Inman TV: Housing outlook dim

Posted: 16 May 2007 06:00 AM GMT-06:00

Latest housing and foreclosure numbers get ugly

Countrywide reverses course, goes on hiring binge

Posted: 16 May 2007 06:00 AM GMT-06:00

Grows market share while cutting subprime production

Point2 expands real estate listings syndication

Posted: 16 May 2007 06:00 AM GMT-06:00

Brokers can choose 10 more Web sites to market listings

Casey Serin: The world's most hated blogger?

Posted: 16 May 2007 09:54 AM GMT-06:00

One example he gave is that he learned, through his blog, of a $1.5 billion Las Vegas casino for sale. If he can find a buyer, Serin says, he'd get a 1 percent commission ($15 million) for his trouble. "Doesn't that make more sense than ...

Housing starts fall 16% in April

Posted: 16 May 2007 06:00 AM GMT-06:00

Building permits down considerably as well

McCarran needs more space

Posted: 16 May 2007 11:02 AM GMT-06:00

There was further confirmation from the Federal Aviation Administration that Las Vegas needs more airport capacity, reports the Review-Journal. The report on "Capacity Needs in the National Airspace System" is another reminder that major hubs are struggli

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LV Chamber sells building to Wynn, moves to Town Square

Posted: 16 May 2007 10:58 AM GMT-06:00

The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is vacating its aging facility for new digs inside a mega-mall on the South Strip. The 7,000-member trade group closed escrow Monday on the sale of its longtime headquarters building situated at 3720 Howard Hughes Parkway

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Chamber to leave Hughes Center

Posted: 16 May 2007 10:43 AM GMT-06:00

The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is decamping from one of the city's most prestigious commercial addresses and moving to a mixed-use project under construction near McCarran International Airport.

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Study: McCarran must grow fast

Posted: 16 May 2007 10:42 AM GMT-06:00

Las Vegas is among a number of major U.S. cities that must expand existing airports in the next two decades, build new ones or find other solutions to meet an increasing demand for air travel, according to a federal report released Tuesday.

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New Frontier sale sets record

Posted: 16 May 2007 10:40 AM GMT-06:00

An Israeli-owned real estate investment group, in what is being called the most expensive large-site transaction on the Strip, has bought the New Frontier and its 36 Strip acres for more than $1.2 billion, the casino's current owner, Phil Ruffin, confirme

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Home loan apps decline

Posted: 16 May 2007 06:00 AM GMT-06:00

Refis fare better than purchase loans in MBA survey

Builder confidence slips on subprime worries

Posted: 16 May 2007 06:00 AM GMT-06:00

NAHB index has dropped 9 points since February

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