This week we have 2 clients that purchased homes get appraisal "waivers." Why would this happen? Should I waive my appraisal as the buyer? An appraisal waiver is when the lender reviews the contract, down payment, buyers credit score, and based on the figures concludes that the homes sale price is appropriate. Just because a lender waives the appraisal, this does Continue Reading
Archives for 2020
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Weekly updates on Southern Nevada Housing Market -08/20/2020
We have been tracking single family homes every week since March 2020. Now we are going to share with you, now this week we have currently available 5,241 homes on the market, that is up 15 from last week. In escrow the past seven days we put 883 homes in escrow, we closed 625 single family homes. 171 homes were withdrawn from the market, but that number has not really changed this whole time Continue Reading
Renting vs Buying
One of the main reasons to buy in Las Vegas right now (August 2020) is because the cost of buying is so good right now. Interest rates are at an all time low. Harvey explains in this video about this article he read from Fidelity that reviews this formula; if you take your annual rent, divide it by the price of a home purchase, if that number is less than 20, then you should buy. If the number is Continue Reading
Crab Cake Recipe
My family and I moved here to Las Vegas in 1993 from Baltimore. Ever since then we have wanted to host a "Crab Feast" just like we did back there. Last month we finally did it. I know, we should have planned it better and not have it during a world wide pandemic, but we only had a few people there and we observed every precaution to avoid any issues. I'm glad to say that Continue Reading
Weekly updates on Southern Nevada Housing Market -07/30/2020
The number of single-family homes on the market consistently continues to go down over the last 2 months. Homes in escrow have increased from 876 last week to 841 this week. The number of sold has increased by 50 from last week. The Median Sold price per SqFt did not change much from last week. Median Days on Market keeps creeping up. That means there is a lot of homes that have been overpriced Continue Reading
Weekly updates on Southern Nevada Housing Market -07/23/2020
Inventory continues to shrink this week we went down 5,193 single family homes available on the market. We put another 876 homes in escrow and that went up by 23 from the prior week. We closed on escrow 695 that is up by 38 homes and 150 homes were withdrawn from the MLS and it is down from last week. That is a small number nothing unusual anywhere from two hundred is pretty much normal at any Continue Reading
Weekly updates on Southern Nevada Housing Market -07/09/2020
A new median price for the month of June for Southern Nevada that is the surprise for today’s show! This past week we currently have available 5,326 homes on the market. Now this is only single-family homes, in escrow we have 813 that is a good number to see. For closing we have 456 homes it went down significantly from the week before which was at 844 homes that have sold. Withdrawn we have 161 Continue Reading
Weekly updates on Southern Nevada Housing Market -07/02/2020
They stop manufacturing R-22 units back in 2010 and no longer allowed to manufacture nor reproduce it. But you can still use it for HVAC units there is a lot of misinformation going around the industry that if you have an older unit that has that R-22 you need to get it replaced as soon as possible. You can actually use R-22 in a unit for the next 10 years. So there is really no rush, EPA said Continue Reading
Supply & Demand in Las Vegas
Is right now a good time to buy or sell? We have the expert Harvey Blankfeld joining Las Vegas NOW. Harvey has not really seen any slow down in the in the market but there is less activity than usual, but prices have held and the prices are not making any major slip or increase. It’s been pretty steady; inventory have been steady dropping as well in the last 6 to 8 weeks. We are seeing good Continue Reading
Weekly updates on Southern Nevada Housing Market -06/25/2020
Let’s talk about what will be happen in the next couple of weeks or months in terms of mortgages as people are coming out of this pandemic. We think it is important for our consumers what would be doable and what would not. If you were furloughed and unable to go to work and do your job, whether you were paid or not or unemployment those things are not relevant. You are giving the title of being Continue Reading