Housing

Ronald Cowan thought he’d be living the high life in Las Vegas, rubbing elbows with sports stars and celebrities who frequent hip places like ghostbar, Rain, Playboy Club and the Pearl concert hall at the Palms.

Home sales in Las Vegas increased for the sixth straight month in June and inventory remained stable, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Signs are emerging that the U.S. housing market’s long slump is likely to fester through the summer, and the real estate market may not recover for at least another year.

NEW YORK — U.S. home prices, led by sharp declines in Las Vegas and Miami, tumbled in April at the fastest rate since a widely followed index was begun in 2000, with all 20 metropolitan areas surveyed posting annual declines for the first time.