Housing
Las Vegas’ new-home market continues to improve with 347 sales in April, a 34.5 percent increase from the same month a year ago, Home Builders Research reported Wednesday. For the year to date, new-home closings have increased 20 percent to 1,220.
Seven men and women volunteer to govern the Sun City Aliante homeowners association. They also hold the distinction as the first and only HOA board in Nevada to complete the Community Associations Institute’s certification program.
Developer Jeff LaPour took an early shot at downtown redevelopment, buying the landmark Holsum bread factory on Charleston Boulevard in 2004 and converting it into Holsum Lofts, originally designed as a live-work project.
That didn’t quite pan out.
U.S. District Judge James Mahan on Tuesday unsealed and consolidated the cases against 14 new defendants in the federal investigation into fraud and corruption at Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations.
Las Vegas’ housing market, among the worst in the nation, will get a boost from a new homeowner assistance program. Officials from Wells Fargo bank and the city of Las Vegas announced about $9 million will be available for people seeking to buy houses.
A man who was indicted in connection with Operation Stolen Dreams, a nationwide initiative aimed at combating mortgage fraud, was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in prison.
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