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Home loan defaults climb

Home foreclosures are expected to top 30,000 in Clark County this year, compared with 11,509 in 2007, a California-based foreclosure investment firm reported.

LV homes called undervalued

A new report points to substantial undervaluation in local housing prices, though an economist who co-authored the study suggested the market’s worst price declines have passed.

Forum to help avoid foreclosure

People who are in danger of defaulting on mortgages with Countrywide or Bank of America can reserve time at a upcoming foreclosure prevention forum organized by the cities of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas.

Home revamp topic of meeting

A program to buy and renovate foreclosed and deteriorated homes and sell them to middle-income residents drew the attention of Gov. Jim Gibbons and banking officials who met Monday at the Sawyer Building in Las Vegas.

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Analyst sees LV home prices near bottom

Las Vegas may be among the first markets to emerge from the housing slump clutching the nation as monthly sales have picked up and prices appear to be reaching the bottom, a local housing analyst said Tuesday.

LV to seek housing money

The city of Las Vegas’ plan for allocating $20.7 million in housing funds would help get occupants into an estimated 298 foreclosed properties — a number representing a fraction of the thousands of troubled properties in Las Vegas alone.

Promised land still unfulfilled

A furrowed mountain blocks all but a sliver of morning sun, casting a shadow across a Western-themed park and a cluster of neighborhoods.

Home group’s board battles

Sun City Anthem rests on the northern slope of Black Mountain, giving homeowners a peaceful view of the Strip below.

Opportunity seen for rebound in housing industry

Las Vegas has to endure more pain ahead, but the city’s classic fundamentals are still in place for opportunity and growth, economist and housing analyst Tim Sullivan of Sullivan Group Real Estate Advisors said Thursday.

Foreclosure filings drop

Reflecting a national trend, the number of preforeclosure filings and real estate-owned, or bank-owned properties, in Las Vegas fell in October from the previous month, Foreclosures.com reported Tuesday.

Home-sale inventory shrinks; sales surge

The number of homes available for sale in Las Vegas has receded from last year’s peak and monthly closings have nearly tripled, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Monday.

Workshop tackles foreclosure

The tough emotional impacts of the Silver State’s foreclosure crisis had Southern Nevadans of all ages reaching out for help Saturday morning.

LV officials want aid, outreach

Two years ago, an 86-year-old woman got a 40-year, $274,000 mortgage with an introductory rate of 1 percent. Her monthly payment was a little more than $500 — but her income consists of only an $830 monthly Social Security check.

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