Officials in North Las Vegas are looking to use a law designed for physical emergencies to address its fiscal crisis.
Housing prices of 20 cities were flat from July to August, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller housing index. Year-over-year and on a seasonally adjusted basis, the composite 20 index was down 3.8% from August of last year. That’s a slowdown from the previous year-over-year drops of 4.1% in July and 4.6% in June.
Henry Ford probably never envisioned that some day we would have garages so vast that the owner could park five, 10, even 20 cars in their house. Here are three homes TopTenRealEstateDeals.com found that are currently for sale and boast fancy parking facilities that are more like car museums than a garage.
Nevada rolled out the welcome mat in the 1940s for mobsters who transformed the sleepy town of Las Vegas into Sin City. Now, the Silver State appears to be welcoming a new generation of entrepreneurs looking for a legal haven for otherwise dubious practices.
How many homes do you think a real estate agent sells in a year? Ten? Maybe a couple dozen in a really good year? Well, there’s one agent in Las Vegas who did 931 real estate deals last year.
It’s actually cheaper to buy than rent in 74 percent of major U.S. cities, according to data from real estate search engine site Trulia. So as high rates of foreclosure continue to send home values down and rents up, there’s one group who stands to score a big win in these cheaper-to-own areas: buyers.
A market for ultra-cheap homes has emerged in cities around the U.S., and the result is that in many cases it’s much less expensive to buy a house than it would be to purchase a new car.
Falling birth rates! Record numbers enrolled in anti-poverty programs! A spike in murder-suicides! Homeowners taking on remodeling projects! (OK, that last exclamation point wasn’t justified, but I was on a roll.) And more.
Starting July 1, unlimited free wi-fi will be available at Starbucks.
“I think most people in Las Vegas would take offense at having Wall Street compared to Las Vegas. Because in Las Vegas, actually people know that the odds are against them. They play anyway. On Wall Street, they manipulate the odds while you’re playing the game. And I would say that it’s actually much more [...]
Compared to the recent past, you’re far more likely to be driving an old clunker, piling up speeding tickets, and living with either Grandma or a spouse you can’t stand. You’re also less likely to reside in Las Vegas, Orlando, or a state prison.
