Feb. 8, 2008 - Median Prices in Las Vegas Drop

Medium Price of a New Home Drops

Now is the time to buy in Las Vegas.  The prices are dropping.  Along with short sales and foreclosures builders are wheeling and dealing also.  The Median Home Prices in the Las Vegas Valley have dropped below $250K. 

If you are thinking at all about buying a home here in Las Vegas, NOW is the time.

Sep. 20, 2006 - Las Vegas Year To Date Stats

Las Vegas Year To Date Sales

And 5 Year Comparison

Condo and Townhouse Sales

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2002	293	258	316	343	366	371	372	360	371	375	328	379	4,132
2003	287	336	376	441	489	452	493	534	543	539	491	558	5,539
2004	469	530	660	697	667	862	780	785	697	555	327	552	7,581
2005	441	470	737	692	751	761	697	814	669	652	601	587	7,872
2006	455	484	646	541	605	587	505	512					4,335
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Single Family Homes

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2002	1,340	1,281	1,656	1,828	2,089	2,041	2,160	2,183	1,919	2,084	1,865	1,935	22,381
2003	1,749	1,740	2,187	2,413	2,537	2,502	2,983	2,923	2,803	2,684	2,803	2,818	30,142
2004	2,217	2,431	3,460	3,267	3,204	3,552	3,397	3,192	2,922	2,604	2,492	2,522	35,260
2005	1,985	2,038	3,127	2,957	3,096	3,318	3,240	3,331	2,985	2,574	2,441	2,437	33,529
2006	1,778	1,787	2,521	2,266	2,556	2,510	1,996	2,097

Existing Single Family Homes

Single Family	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Medium Price
2002	$151,000	$153,000	$152,000	$154,500	$155,000	$161,000	$162,500	$162,000	$163,000	$161,945	$165,000	$167,900	$161,473
2003	$165,000	$170,000	$171,500	$175,000	$175,000	$179,975	$183,500	$187,000	$185,000	$186,000	$191,500	$196,000	$181,738
2004	$205,200	$220,000	$236,000	$252,500	$266,000	$280,000	$280,000	$280,000	$280,000	$284,000	$275,000	$275,000	$275,000
2005	$285,000	$286,000	$295,000	$297,000	$300,000	$300,000	$306,950	$309,000	$310,000	$308,000	$310,000	$312,500	$303,475
2006	$310,000	$309,000	$314,950	$310,000	$310,000	$315,000	$310,000	$312,000	$310,000
Condominium	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Medium Price
2002	$94,000	$94,600	$93,000	$104,345	$90,500	$97,500	$102,000	$102,000	$100,900	$100,000	$105,000	$106,000	$100,450
2003	$106,000	$107,250	$104,250	$98,880	$107,500	$108,750	$110,000	$110,000	$112,000	$112,500	$109,900	$115,000	$109,325
2004	$118,000	$123,000	$128,350	$130,000	$157,500	$160,000	$168,500	$173,000	$174,999	$170,000	$168,000	$170,000	$164,000
2005	$180,000	$180,000	$182,000	$187,000	$186,000	$195,000	$195,000	$199,000	$199,700	$195,000	$201,000	$204,000	$195,000
2006	$196,299	$196,450	$205,000	$201,000	$202,000	$205,000	$201,500	$206,500	$201,750
2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Single Family	$161,473	$181,738	$275,000	$303,475	$310,000
Condominium	$100,450	$109,325	$164,000	$195,000	$201,750

Aug. 15, 2006 - Some analysts SAY!!!!!!!!

The Feds did not raise rates again, yet people are not buying.  Why? While the rates have gone up some they are still at record lows.  I just checked the MLS here in Las Vegas.  We have 1,320 Townhouses, 2,939, Conds, and 17,421 Single Family Residences.  WOW, that is a lot of properties.  Could some of the problem be the newspapers, television, and radio talking about how no one is buying and the bubble getting ready to burst?   If you were thinking about buying, I think I would go ahead and do it.  Do you want to wait until the rates get up to 14% or higher?  I am doing some investing myself now is a GREAT time to buy in Las Vegas.

Aug. 4, 2006 - Las Vegas on the CNN Money List

Las Vegas made the CNN money list as one the 100 overpriced markets.  I tend to agree with the evaluation, however it does not seem to stop people from buying.  I will say though we have the highest number of homes in our MLS than has ever been there before.  Homes are also taking 4-5 months to sell.  So we may see the prices come down some as sellers get anxious.

Of course while our housing maybe overpriced, we were also on the top 100 as a good place to live.  Below are the statistics from CNN:

Las Vegas, NV
Financial
	City stats	Best places average
Median family income (per year)	$59,195	$76,893
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)	$44,845	$68,109
Sales tax	7.75%	6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)	n/a	6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)	n/a	2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)	$2,557	$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)	19.68%	10.97%
Housing
	City stats	Best places average
Median home price	$260,000	$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)	11.20%	9.26%
Education
	City stats	Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools	3	8
Junior colleges and technical institutes	0	0
Test scores reading (% +/- state average)	-15.9%	13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)	-9.2%	16.9%
% students attending public/private schools	91.1/8.90	88.4/11.59
Quality of life
	City stats	Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)	46.8%	71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)	323	45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)	267	74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)	789	228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)	4,812	3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)	22.4	20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer	9.8%	13.4%
Leisure and culture
	City stats	Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)	23	22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)	3,377	2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)	397	127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)	62	74
Libraries (within 15 miles)	23	43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)	1	7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)	1	10
Weather
	City stats	Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)	4.05	36.00
Clear days	210	107
High temp in July ° F	107.5°	87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F	28.0°	23.5°
Health*
	City stats	Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)	82.0%	88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)	27	27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)	190.7	191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)	174.2	202.0
Meet the neighbors
	City stats	Best places average
Median age	34.2	34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)	50.2%	63.9%
Married	48.5%	54.3%
Divorced	14.0%	9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)	$6,910	$7,549

May. 30, 2006 - What does the Median Price mean?

You often hear and read in the media about the MEDIAN prices of homes. The media can slant facts and figures anyway they like so you should really have an agent who will explain to you what is going on price wise and other wise in a neighborhood you would like to live in. This needs to be done at the local level. If the agent only says the median price in this neighborhood is such and such ask what the lowest and highest are.
The MEDIAN is price is the market price for a given period of time where half the homes sold for higher and half sold for less. In the next reporting period if the MEDIAN price of that neighborhood has risen, it does not affect over all values of the homes. It means that more of the expensive side of the median sold in that reporting period. The same is true when the MEDIAN price declines. It only means that more of the less expensive homes sold.