Majority of Homes on Las Vegas Market Financially Out-of-Reach to Average Buyer, Report Says
LAS VEGAS, NV – As per a new report from personal finance website Bankrate, the majority of homes available on the market in Las Vegas are currently out-of-reach financially to the average buyer amid both soaring prices and high interest rates on mortgages.
Bankrate’s report notes that out of all the homes that are presently available on the real estate market in Southern Nevada, only 14 percent of them fall into the “affordable” category for the typical family. In contrast, the average number of homes that are considered affordable nationally is approximately 25 percent.
Low housing costs over the years have led to a population explosion in the Las Vegas Valley, but recently those costs have increased amid ever-rising asking prices and pricey borrowing rates. Due to this, many families looking to buy homes in Southern Nevada are finding it harder and harder to do so, and as a result, overall sales in the region are dropping significantly.
As per Bankrate, the average household in the Valley needs to be making $33,600 over and above their current annual income to be able to afford the price of a median-priced home. The median sale price of a single-family home in Las Vegas in November reached an all-time record high of $488,995, which represents a two percent increase year-over-year.
”With wages struggling to keep up, housing affordability has reached historically low levels in recent years,” Bankrate’s report said, noting that Southern Nevada is in worse shape in that regard than many other metros, with the ability to buy a home there “significantly harder today” than it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But with that being said, buying a home nearly anywhere in the country, at present, “is no longer as realistic as it used to be,” the Bankrate said, although buyers moving to Vegas from more costly cities – such as Los Angeles, California – would find the real estate market far more affordable in comparison, according to the report.
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Christopher Boyle is an expert investigative journalist for SEARCHEN NETWORKS® and reports for independent news and media organizations in the United States. Christopher keeps a keen-eye on what’s happening in the Vegas real estate market on behalf of Shelter Realty Property Management