Homes Columns

5/7/2023 9:20:58 PM

HOA doubles down on its insurance for townhouses

( Getty Images). Q: This year (2023 ), since of statute Nevada Revised Statute 116.3113 (and its ammendments) my house owners association has gotten a separate insurance coverage to cover shared wall...

4/14/2023 7:41:05 PM

New excess water use charge now in effect

( Las Vegas Review-Journal File Photo). Keep in mind: This week, I am printing a message from the Southern Nevada Water Authority in my column. It is an important topic that we will continue to follo...

4/8/2023 1:43:38 AM

Mom owns the condo so we aren’t renters

Q: My question is concerning our house owners association suddenly stating we should be classified as renters in the condominium owned by my boyfriend's Canadian mother. There is a rental cap for the ...

4/3/2023 3:43:11 PM

Ovation works with programs to provide affordable housing

Phyllis Garcia For some, it may come as a surprise to understand that it's possible to produce economical rental housing neighborhoods in Las Vegas that are identical from their surrounding market-ra...

3/27/2023 3:40:58 PM

How will higher water rates affect HOAs?

Bronson Mack NOTE: Today I have asked Bronson Mack, outreach supervisor for Las Vegas Valley Water District, to attend to the essential topic of how higher water rates will affect our communities. ...

3/10/2023 10:14:52 PM

LVR reports local home prices leveling off

Lee Barrett Local house costs leveled off last month, with more homes available for sale and less changing hands than a year back. So says a current report released by Las Vegas Realtors. LVR repo...

3/10/2023 10:16:53 PM

Expect more ‘normal’ market conditions this year

As a Realtor in Las Vegas given that 2006, I have seen the severe highs as well as the lows of our local realty market - - a number of which are unique to our valley. I started in Las Vegas with ...

4/21/2023 10:27:25 PM

Five homebuying trends to watch

Tim Kelly Kiernan Here are a couple of patterns I see in the real estate market for this year. 1. Newbie buyers are disappearing. The first-time purchaser share of the marketplace dropped to 26...

4/14/2023 7:42:08 PM

Is the sky falling in Las Vegas real estate? Absolutely not

Troy Reierson While lots of people talk about the fact that fewer houses were sold than a year earlier, a lot of are failing to state that a year ago our market was still seeing unmatched highs north...

4/8/2023 1:44:45 AM

Lower prices offset higher interest rates

Michael Sweeney I remain in a Las Vegas state of mind. Like Billy Joel and I used to state when we lived in New York, we remained in a New York state of mind. Thirty-two years later, I am in a ...

4/3/2023 3:43:24 PM

Proposed legislative bills could affect HOAs

Just a heads-up to my readers about the proposed legislative bills. A lot of these will be modified, and some won't make it out of committee. To find out more, you can access details on the legislativ...

3/27/2023 3:42:04 PM

Restoring balance to the local housing market this year

Lee K. Barrett As long as I can keep in mind, the regional housing market has provided great dispute here in Southern Nevada. That's reasonable for a variety of reasons. Besides being a substantia...

3/10/2023 10:15:52 PM

Homeowner says HOA assessments unfair

Las Vegas Review-Journal file There are many associations where the property owner assessment is the very same for all units, no matter size. Q: I have leased all my adult life, and I will be closin...

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