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Redfin Report Says Las Vegas Valley Cooling Faster than Any Housing Market in Country

LAS VEGAS, NV – According to a new report released by real estate brokerage services company Redfin, the Las Vegas Valley is currently the fastest-cooling housing market in the United States.

In June 2025, the amount of home sales in the valley decreased 10.2 percent when compared to the same month one year prior; in contrast, the amount of housing inventory on the market in Southern Nevada has increased 44.8 percent year-over-year, the largest jump out of any of the country’s largest major metropolitan areas.

The Redfin report said that the prices of homes in the region have remained approximatively the same compared to one year ago, but when homes do sell, they do so at an average price drop of four percent. In addition, the average amount of time that a house is currently sitting on the Las Vegas market before selling is 51 days, an increase of 15 days year-over-year and well above the national average of 40 days.

In a separate report, Redfin also noted that the valley has experienced a 12.2 percent decrease in its number of pending home sales, which places the region third in the country in terms of that metric.

Las Vegas Redfin Realtor Cherra Bergman said that there are several economic factors at play that are contributing to the current real estate situation in the Las Vegas Valley.

Buyers have more inventory to choose from than they’ve had in years, so they feel like they can take their time. Even when they find a home they really like, they often wait to find something better,” she said. “House hunters are cost-conscious because mortgage rates are high, so many are opting for new-construction homes since builders here are offering great incentives like mortgage-rate buydowns and money toward closing costs in order to offload inventory.”

After Las Vegas, the fastest-cooling residential real estate markets in the country are currently Sacramento, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, San Diego and Miami.

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Las Vegas Turning into a Renter

Las Vegas’ Rent Lower Than Other Metros with Similar Populations, Report Says

LAS VEGAS, NV – As per a newly-released report, the rent in the Las Vegas Valley is actually lower than other major metropolitan areas throughout the country with similar population sizes.

According to Zumper, as of the beginning of June 2025, the median price for a one-bedroom rental unit in Clark County was $1,250 per month, making it the most affordable area out of the five U.S. metros that are comparable in size and number of residents.

Meanwhile, the most expensive metro of that group is Denver County, Colorado, where the median rent is $1,512 per month, followed by Sacramento County, California with $1,500 per month, Travis County in Austin, Texas at $1,476, and Multnomah County in Portland, Oregon at $1,425.

In contrast, the next cheapest major metro after Las Vegas in terms of one-bedroom rent is Salt Lake County, Utah, at $1,230 per month.

When it comes to two-bedroom rentals, the current going rate in Vegas as of the start of June was $1,500, which is the same amount it was during the same period of time one year prior but a 3.2 percent decrease when compared to May 2025.

Zumper’s report shows a serious shift in overall patterns when it comes to rental prices nationwide, where numbers are either dropping or at the very least remaining flat in the majority of the major metro areas that they examined. One of the main reasons for this is likely due to the large number of apartment units coming into the market over the course of 2025, leading to a surge in inventory, according to Zumper CEO Anthemos Georgiades.

Even with ongoing economic uncertainty, the U.S. rental market continues to demonstrate striking resilience,” he said in a statement. “While the national rent rates are slightly down from last year, that softness is misleading. In the context of a historic wave of new supply, the limited decline in rents is a strong indicator of how powerful renter demand remains.”

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Foreclosure

Report Shows Increasing Number of Las Vegas Residents Falling Behind on Mortgage Payments

LAS VEGAS, NV – According to a newly-released report, a growing percentage of homeowners in Las Vegas are falling behind on their mortgage payments when compared to just one year prior.

As per the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) Lied Center for Real Estate, in Clark County in the first six months of 2025, approximately 1,290 notices of default on home mortgages were filed, which represents a 28 percent increase year-over-year.

Of those notices of default filed in the first half of this year, the vast majority of them – 1,035, to be exact – were on single-family homes, whereas there were 133 filed for townhomes and 83 for condominiums.

In June, the most recent month covered by the report, almost 200 notices of default were filed, a jump of 32 percent from the same period of time in 2024, the Lied Center for Real Estate said.

Typically, property owners who fall behind on their mortgage payments will file a notice of default, which is normally the beginning of the process of foreclosure; however, this doesn’t always represent the filing party losing their home, as it is still possible for them to come to an arrangement with their lender, or find alternate means of getting up to date with their outstanding debt.

However, despite the large increases in the number of defaults in Southern Nevada over the course of the last year, the Lied Center’s research director, Nicholas Irwin, said that number is still low when compared to much of the rest of the nation.

Nonetheless, he noted that the upward trend of defaults is nonetheless a cause for concern, given that the unemployment rate in Las Vegas is currently higher than the national average; this could translate to the local economy facing “turbulent times ahead,” Irwin said.

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Henderson

Despite Decline in Sales, Las Vegas Home Prices Remain at All-Time Record High in July

LAS VEGAS, NV – Despite the fact that inventory levels continue to grow and sales are at lower levels when compared to the same period of time one year prior, home prices in Las Vegas remained at their all-time record high in July 2025, according to a new report released by Las Vegas Realtors (LVR).

As per LVR, in July the median sale price for an existing single-family house in Southern Nevada was $485,000, which represents a 1 percent jump year-over-year, as per data pulled from the Multiple Listing Service; this ties the record high established during the first three months of 2025 and once again in June.

Starting in January, home prices in Las Vegas reached and maintained their all-time record high of $485,000 for three months in a row; April finally saw that number dip to $480,000, and that dollar amount remained firmly in-place for May as well, before surging back to the record-high level of $485,000 in June, and now holding firm at that amount in July.

Meanwhile, July saw prices for condominiums and townhomes decrease to $290,000 from June – when that amount was $305,000 – which represents a decrease of two percent year-over-year. The last all-time record high price for condos and townhomes in Vegas was established in October 2024, when that amount reached $315,000.

Meanwhile, the number of homes available on the market in Vegas has gone up; the number of single-family homes for sale in July rose 54 percent year-over-year, along with the inventory of condominiums and townhomes, which jumped 77 percent. There were 7,147 single-family homes listed for sale without offers at the end of July, in addition to 2,622 condos and townhomes.

The biggest headline coming out of our housing market this year has been our increasing inventory,” said LVR President George Kypreos. “More homes to choose from is good news for buyers. It’s also a sign that the market has been cooling down lately.”

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North Las Vegas

Report: National Increase in Inventory of Homes for Sale Highest in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, NV – Currently, there is a new trend across the real estate market in the United States where the inventory of homes for sale has increased drastically across the board, and Las Vegas is currently experiencing the highest degree out of the entire nation, according to a new report.

As per a report released this week by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the number of listings on the market without any offers in Las Vegas is currently up a whopping 77 percent year-over-year, with the valley currently leading the nation in this metric.

Broken down by listing type, Las Vegas Realtors reports that there were 6,992 single-family homes for sale with no offers at the end of June, which represents a 70 percent jump year-over-year; meanwhile, there were 2,564 condominiums and townhomes without offers, an 87.6 percent increase over the same period of time one year prior.

June sales in Vegas showed a decrease of seven percent year-over-year, with the average home for sale remaining on the market for over 30 days; 80 percent sell within 60 days.

One contributing reason for the situation in Vegas, NAR notes, is an abnormally high number of retirees currently leaving Southern Nevada, with their homes subsequently and thoroughly flooding a market already experiencing a high degree of saturation in recent months. 

However, Las Vegas Realtor Jeff Crampton noted that there are two other reasons that Vegas’ inventory is swelling so much at the moment.

It’s been some time since we had this many homes on the market,” he said. “Two factors are keeping buyers on the shelf. One is the interest rates, and the other is the unsettling financial news on our TV every freaking day. Tariffs. No tariffs. War. No war. When people are going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on something, they want certainty.”

Coming in second in terms of home inventory spikes is Washington, D.C. at 63.6 percent, followed by Raleigh, North Carolina at 56.4 percent.

Nationally, the overall increase in home inventory year-over-year for sale is at 28.9 percent.

Shelter Realty Property Management specializes in the areas of  HendersonLas Vegas and North Las Vegas, NV. Feel free to give us a call at 702.376.7379 so we can answer any questions you may have.

redfin

New Report Speculates that Las Vegas Home Prices Will Drop in Second Half of 2025

LAS VEGAS, NV – A new Redfin report speculates that prices of homes in the Las Vegas Valley could begin to drop in the second half of 2025, based on a variety of factors.

A senior economist at Redfin, Asad Khan, has said that the valley is currently experiencing a “weak homebuying season,” as evidenced by the fact that pending sales in May decreased 17.7 percent year-over-year, placing it third in terms of pending sales drops in the entire nation, behind only Fort Lauderdale at 18.6 percent and San Jose at 18.3 percent.

At the same time, Las Vegas registered the highest active listings growth in May among the top 50 metro areas in the U.S. The reason for low sales has been particularly weak demand in the Las Vegas region,” Khan said. “High mortgage rates and high prices are keeping a lid on demand, even though the stock of homes for sale is growing. Most sellers in the Las Vegas metro area have significant equity in their homes created during the run-up in prices, so few sellers are feeling the pressure to sell quickly with prices still rising.”

As per Las Vegas Realtors’ monthly report, in June the median sale price for an existing single-family house in Southern Nevada was $485,000; this ties the record high established during the first three months of 2025, after which that price dropped to $480,000 in April and May before rising back to its previous record high once again.

Amid these record high prices, however, sales in the region have continued to drop, which Khan attributes to not only affordability concerns, but also high interest rates on home mortgages; that, he said, will likely contribute to sales continuing to slow down, which will eventually translate to buyers having more negotiating power going forward.

There are still hundreds of thousands more home sellers than buyers nationwide. But some would-be sellers are sitting on the sidelines as the market tilts more and more in buyers’ favor in much of the country,” Khan said. “Pending home sales fell 2.3 percent year over year during the four weeks ending June 22, the biggest decline in three months. There are two key reasons why home sales are slow. One, housing costs are still soaring, with home-sale prices up 1.6 percent year over year to a record high and mortgage rates sitting near 7 percent. Two, many would-be buyers are holding off due to widespread economic uncertainty and recession jitters.”

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Townhomes

Following Brief Decline, Las Vegas Home Prices Back to Record High in June

LAS VEGAS, NV – Following a brief two-month respite, home prices in Las Vegas are once again back up to their all-time record high level, according to a new report by Las Vegas Realtors (LVR).

As per LVR, in June the median sale price for an existing single-family house in Southern Nevada was $485,000, which represents a 2.1 jump year-over-year, as per data pulled from the Multiple Listing Service; this ties the record high established during the first three months of 2025.

Starting in January, home prices in Las Vegas reached and maintained their all-time record high of $485,000 for three months in a row; April finally saw that number dip to $480,000, and that dollar amount remained firmly in-place for May as well, at the time prompting experts to speculate that it signified the possibility that the market could be slowly shifting to favor buyers once again.

Meanwhile, June saw prices for condominiums and townhomes at $307,000, which represents a slight decrease from May, but nonetheless an increase of 3.4 percent year-over-year. The last all-time record high price for condos and townhomes in Vegas was established in October 2024, when that amount reached $315,000.

LVR notes that a combined total of 2,461 homes, condos and townhomes were sold in Vegas in June, which is a seven percent decrease from the same period of time last year for homes, and 14.9 percent drop for condos and townhomes.

LVR also reported that there were 6,992 homes in Southern Nevada listed for sale without an offer by the end of June, a 70 percent increase year-over-year, and 2,564 condos and townhomes, 87.6 percent increase. But LVR President George Kypreos noted that this trend continues to represent a degree of stability returning to the Vegas housing market.

Although home prices bounced back to their previous peak, prices have actually been pretty stable so far this year,” he said. “The biggest change in our local housing market lately has been the increasing number of homes available for sale, which is good for buyers. It should also be prompting to sellers to be realistic when pricing their properties.”

Shelter Realty Property Management specializes in the areas of  HendersonLas Vegas and North Las Vegas, NV. Feel free to give us a call at 702.376.7379 so we can answer any questions you may have.

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North Las Vegas Housing Project Funded by State & COVID Relief Funds Facing Deadlines

LAS VEGAS, NV – Windsor Park, a neighborhood located in North Las Vegas, has been sinking into the ground for decades – with its homes slowly falling apart as a result – and a developer that has been tasked with building new residences in their place is facing strict deadlines before his funding is yanked off the table.

The neighborhood was built in the 1960s and was originally made up of 241 homes; that number has dwindled down to just 90 today. Proper studies of the land that Windsor Park was built upon were never made; as a result, existing fault lines that were aggravated by groundwater pulled from an aquifer under the neighborhood resulted in homes gradually sinking into the ground. The result was disastrous – walls inside homes cracked, porches collapsed, and sewage pipes shifted.

Community Development Programs Center of Nevada – developer Frank Hawkins’ nonprofit affordable-housing firm – was awarded a contract for $37 million in 2024 to build a new 93-lot subdivision to provide housing for Windsor Park’s remaining residents. To date, plans have been drawn up, but construction has yet to begin.

However, since the money for the project is made up of public funds, Hawkins is up against strict deadlines. Under the terms of the contract, $25 million of the funds allocated for the project are made up of federal COVID relief funds, and if they are not spent by the end of 2026, those funds will no longer be made available.

In addition, another $12 million of the money earmarked for the project comes from the state of Nevada, and its expenditure must be committed to by June 20 and spent by September 15; any portion of that $12 million that has not been spent by the deadline goes back to the state.

So far, officials indicate that $11 million in COVID funds have been spent on the project, mostly consisting of $9.9 million towards the purchase of the land to be developed, located along Carey Avenue just west of Martin Luther King Boulevard.

As part of the contract, Hawkins is allowed to procure additional funding from other sources, but officials are growing worried that the developer may not meet the deadline to spend the $12 million allocated by the state.

Clearly, it’s a concern,” said State Senator Dina Neal (D-North Las Vegas), who introduced the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act bill that ultimately funded the project. She has since sponsored a new bill to potentially extend the deadline for the $12 million expenditure by an additional two years.

However, Hawkins said that he is not worried about meeting the looming financial deadlines.

Even if I did, there’s nothing I can do about it…it’s not my purview,” he said.

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Condo, Townhome Prices in Las Vegas Increasing Due to Demand Fueled by High House Prices

LAS VEGAS, NV – According to a new report released by Las Vegas Realtors (LVR), prices of condominiums and townhomes in the Las Vegas Valley are on the rise due to increasing demand fueled by high house prices in the region.

Based on LVR data pulled from the Multiple Listing Service, the median price of a condo or townhome sold in Southern Nevada in May 2025 was $307,000, which represents a 1.4 percent increase from April 2025 and a 4.1 jump year-over-year. However, the number of condos and townhomes sold in the valley in May was 559, which is 2.8 percent higher than April but a 19 percent decrease from the same period of time last year.

Meanwhile, the median price of a single-family home in Las Vegas has been consistently remaining at $480,000, just shy of the all-time record high level that was reached earlier in 2025, LVR says.

Given that the current high prices in the Southern Nevada single-family home market are driving very real affordability concerns for many people in the region, Henderson Re/Max Advantage associate Robert Little notes that some buyers are feeling priced out and are seeking other housing options that are more in line with their budgets…mainly, condos and townhomes.

I believe this is largely due to affordability,” he said. “Condos, with a current median price of $307,000, are more accessible than single-family homes, which have a median price of $480,000. This makes them especially attractive to first-time buyers, second-home purchasers, or those on fixed incomes and tighter budgets.”

This rising demand for condos and townhomes is correspondingly serving to drive prices in that market up, but LVR President George Kypreos said that monthly sales numbers can fluctuate wildly in Las Vegas and it’s best to keep an eye on the big picture instead of the small details.

While local condo sales and prices did post a modest increase in May, I wouldn’t read too much into it,” he said. “I do think it suggests that more buyers are recognizing that condos and townhomes can be a more affordable way to enter the housing market, especially with home prices hovering just below record levels and mortgage interest rates still higher than we’d like.”

Shelter Realty Property Management specializes in the areas of  HendersonLas Vegas and North Las Vegas, NV. Feel free to give us a call at 702.376.7379 so we can answer any questions you may have.

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Large Amount of Home Sales in Vegas Being Cancelled, Following National Trend

LAS VEGAS, NV – Southern Nevada is currently experiencing a large amount of home sale cancellations, and while this is following a nationwide trend, it is a phenomenon that has grown more pronounced in Las Vegas when compared to most other major metropolitan areas.

According to Redfin, in April 2025 14.3 percent of all home-purchase agreements nationwide were cancelled, which equates to contracts for approximately 56,000 homes; this represents an 0.8 percent increase in such activity over April 2024, when that percentage was 13.5.

Las Vegas has landed in the top ten of major metros that are experiencing higher-than-average levels of home sale cancellations, currently ranked at number eight with 18.6 percent. The number-one ranked city in cancellations, however, was Atlanta, Georgia, which saw 20 percent of all home contracts nixed in April.

Redfin cites several reasons for this uptick in last-minute cold feet when it comes to home purchases, such as a greater amount of inventory on the market – which results in a wider array of choices for those looking for a house – as well as the current uncertainty gripping the nation when it comes to both the economy and politics.

However, the number one reason for the rise in home contract cancellations simply comes down to dollars and cents; both home prices and interest rates on mortgages are remaining “stubbornly high,” according to Redfin, leading to more and more buyers panicking and pulling out of deals at the last moment.

Other factors include buyers making offers on properties sight-unseen, and then changing their minds when finally touring them in-person; buyers failing to sell their current home to raise funds for a new one; and finally, buyers’ remorse when they discover what their monthly payments will be once everything is factored in.

Shelter Realty Property Management specializes in the areas of  HendersonLas Vegas and North Las Vegas, NV. Feel free to give us a call at 702.376.7379 so we can answer any questions you may have.

Las Vegas Homebuilders Dialing Back Construction Plans Amid Slowing Sales

LAS VEGAS, NV – Home builders in Las Vegas are starting to slow down their construction plans and output amid a dip in sales that is being attributed to both high prices and high interest rates on home mortgages in Southern Nevada.

According to a newly-released report by Las Vegas-based Home Builders Research, in Las Vegas in April 2025 there were only 766 net sales – that is, sales contracts that were newly signed, not including cancellations – which represents a year-over-year decrease of 29 percent.

Meanwhile, the houses in question were sold for a median price of $529,833, which is a jump of 8.1 percent from April 2024.

What makes this decrease in sales especially significant is that it occurred during what is normally the busy spring buying season, which Home Builders Research President Andrew Smith said is an unusual development for the region.

The market is steadily slowing week to week lately, unexpected for this time of year,” he said in the report, adding that net sales over the course of 2025 so far “continue to underwhelm” when compared to the same period of time last year.

Another issue, Smith added, is that homebuilders have been repeatedly increasing their base asking prices. This is causing a trickle-down effect upon the local market, as higher prices are causing fewer buyers to take the plunge, and with fewer buyers, builders are scaling their plans back.

As a result, builders are pulling less permits; Smith noted that last month there were just 978 permits issued for new homes in Las Vegas, which is a drop of 19 percent when compared to April 2024.

Basically, buyers are becoming leery of investing the money it takes to purchase a home – both in Las Vegas and nationwide – due to high prices, high mortgage rates, and the overall economic uncertainty that is currently gripping the country.

Shelter Realty Property Management specializes in the areas of  HendersonLas Vegas and North Las Vegas, NV. Feel free to give us a call at 702.376.7379 so we can answer any questions you may have.

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Some Investors Using Crypto to Purchase Real Estate: Experts Talk Pros and Cons

LAS VEGAS, NV – Cryptocurrency – a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority to uphold or maintain it – has become an increasingly popular form of investment in recent years.

The most prevalent form of crypto is Bitcoin, which as of May 8 was once again trading at a price point of over $100,000. And a growing number of individuals are using it – as well as other forms of digital currency – to engage in real-world investments such as real estate.

The first-ever physical purchase using crypto was made in 2010, when a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz bought two pizza pies for 10,000 Bitcoins. And since then, crypto’s presence in the real world has only grown.

On a recent episode of Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid podcast, investor Grant Cardone noted that he’s been purchasing real estate with Bitcoin, with his most recent endeavor being a deal made for a piece of property valued at $88 million that he acquired for $72 million in currency and $15 million in Bitcoin. The money he generates from the property, he uses to buy more Bitcoin.

In several years, even if the property merely retains its $88 million value instead of going up, his profits will increase overall due to his purchasing of Bitcoin at today’s current rates, provided its worth continues to go up.

But while Cardone has found success in investing in real estate utilizing digital assets, experts are pointing out both the pros and cons of such financial maneuvering. Ian Kane, CEO and Founder at Firepan, said that the instability of the crypto market could result in short-term losses, but those looking at long-term investments could benefit.

Long-term holders sitting on significant gains may want to convert a portion of Bitcoin to real estate as a way to diversify,” Kane said. “They get peace of mind and don’t run the risk of seeing 6- or 7-figure portfolio swings. Plus, real estate offers passive income opportunities and can be a hedge against crypto’s volatility. However, if Bitcoin’s price pumps shortly after the purchase, you may have buyer’s remorse.”

Something that might be safer than using crypto to buy the property itself, Kane noted, would be using it to finance a loan.

The loan is secured by the real-estate + BTC, and you can make your monthly mortgage payments as a percentage of your BTC, denominated in USD,” he said. “This is the best of both worlds!”

However, Louis Adler, Co-Founder, Principal and Real Estate Broker at REAL New York, was less positive reggarding crypto-backed real estate investments.

While it’s an interesting concept, I don’t believe buying real estate with Bitcoin is practical in most cases – at least not yet,” he said. “Real estate is still a fundamentally traditional asset class, and the volatility of crypto creates too many unknowns for both buyers and sellers.”

Shelter Realty Property Management specializes in the areas of  HendersonLas Vegas and North Las Vegas, NV. Feel free to give us a call at 702.376.7379 so we can answer any questions you may have.