Raiders and other sports figures play Las Vegas real estate game

Former NFL Pro Bowl quarterback and UNLV star Randall Cunningham has put one of his Las Vegas homes on the market and at least three more Raiders have bought homes in the valley and others have rented homes as the team opened its first training camp.

D.R. Horton No. 1 builder in midyear

D.R. Horton, which was No. 3 in new-home net sales after the first three months of 2020, vaulted to No 1 in the marketplace in the six-month rankings released by Las Vegas-based Home Builders Research.

HOAs can fine homeowners but can’t force them to follow rules

Unfortunately, associations have limited sanctions. Fining a homeowner does not necessarily mean that the homeowner will comply. Many associations have a policy when a homeowner accumulates a certain amount of fines, they are sent to collections for a lien to be placed on their home. Since March, associations have been placed on a holding pattern as to fining homeowners and or sending them to collections to have a lien placed on the homes for non-payment of fines.

Vegas mortgage delinquencies nowhere near peak of Great Recession

There’s no denying that thousands of Nevadans are having trouble paying their mortgage for obvious reasons. Still, I was glad to see the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s July 21 story headlined “ Southern Nevadans falling behind on mortgages amid pandemic ” included some of the more balanced statistics we’ve been tracking at the Nevada Bankers Association.

StoryBook Homes offers flexible floor plans

StoryBook Homes is announcing the debut of its newest community, Belle Ridge, offering a limited 45 homesites in one the most desired areas of the Las Vegas Valley.

Local home prices in record territory despite pandemic

A report released Thursday by Las Vegas Realtors shows local home prices setting another all-time record despite the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn, with more homes selling in July than the same time last year.

Summerlin age-qualified communities offer options

For active adults and empty nesters looking to right-size their homes and simplify their lives, the master-planned community of Summerlin offers multiple options. The community currently offers two actively selling neighborhoods with a combined 20 floor plans developed exclusively for homebuyers ages 55 and older: Regency by Toll Brothers and Trilogy by Shea Homes. Both neighborhoods offer a complete lifestyle created by robust amenities, events and activities, but each offers a distinct difference. Homes at Regency are all detached single-family homes, while Trilogy offers all attached condominium homes.

Sisolak signs 2 police reform bills into law

Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday signed two police reform bills from a special legislative session. Lawmakers addressed police reform after a wave of national protests.

Penny sold for $660K at Las Vegas auction

A U.S. penny found a buyer at a Las Vegas auction this week — and though it didn’t sell for nearly as much as it has before, it still hauled in plenty of dough.