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Building in progress for Wyndham time share

Martin-Harris Construction is building the first phase of Desert Blue, a 19-story, 281-room time share project by Wyndham Hotels and Resorts on Twain Avenue, west of Interstate 15.

Condominium owners file lawsuit

16 Meridian owners have sued the property’s developer and operator, alleging fraud, conspiracy and wrongful taking of furniture and funds.

Hurt hitting the high end

The upper echelon of income earners, once regarded as somewhat immune to general economic woes, is starting to feel the pain of living in a city with the nation’s highest foreclosure rate, local luxury home brokers said.

Million Dollar Decision

Blame it on a working-class inability to grasp very large numbers, but even today, a “million-dollar house” sounds like it would be a pretty impressive place to live.

Resales rise in the West

Sales of existing homes in the West climbed higher in August from a year ago, bucking a national trend as buyers snatched up sharply discounted foreclosed properties in Nevada, California and Arizona, according to two reports Wednesday.

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Home resales for ’08 already near to matching ’07 level

The Las Vegas housing market is “moving along” and eating through excess inventory of foreclosures, which now account for about 80 percent of resales, a local housing analyst said Monday.

Speculators come back

As a poker dealer at The Orleans, John Hill talks to players almost every day who have come to Las Vegas from faraway states and foreign countries.

Finding fortune in foreclosure

Troy Kearns struggled when he moved to Las Vegas two years ago and started his new job as a real estate agent. He was accustomed to a six-figure salary selling radio advertising in Seattle.

Foreclosure filings creep higher

Foreclosure filings in August, with Nevada leading the nation, increased 27 percent compared to the same month a year ago, a significantly slower pace than in previous months, according to data released Thursday.

Fed rescue may provide relief

The nation’s continuing credit crunch makes it tougher these days to qualify for home loans in Nevada, but the federal government’s Sunday seizure of the country’s two biggest mortgage companies could eventually mean better access to home loans here, experts said.

Penta takes on latest addition to Golden Nugget

Penta Building Group is constructing a 25-story, 500-room tower at the Golden Nugget, the latest expansion of the downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino owned by Landry’s Restaurants.

Searching for bottom

With the pep talk from real estate agents contradicted by doom-and-gloom reports on the housing industry, nobody seems to really know if or when the market will begin to recover.

It’s over on the edge: Plans for outskirts out

That screeching sound heard throughout Las Vegas Valley is the brakes being applied not only to large-scale Strip projects, but to many of the residential and mixed-use projects planned for the outskirts of town and outlying rural areas.

Existing-home sales up

Sales of existing homes in the West edged higher overall in July, as many buyers took advantage of falling prices in foreclosure-ravaged areas in California, Nevada and elsewhere, according to two reports Monday.

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