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Black Residents

Number of Homes in Las Vegas Owned by Black Residents Below U.S. Average; Data Pulled For Black History Month

LAS VEGAS, NV – According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, the number of homes owned in Las Vegas, Nevada by Black residents is below the national average, based on a new report by personal-finance website LendingTree examining the concept of racial disparity in the residential real estate market in the United States.

LendingTree noted in their report based on all homes in the Las Vegas area, only 32.8 percent of them were owned by African American people; in terms of the national rankings of the nation’s 50 largest major metropolitan areas, this placed Southern Nevada in 43rd place in terms of that demographic.

However, the metro with the lowest number of African American homeowners was San Jose, California, at just 29.2 percent; in contrast, Atlanta, Georgia had the highest number of African American homeowners with 55.3 percent.

And when all 50 metros examined in the LendingTree report were averaged out, the homeownership rate was an overall 43.6 percent; this represents a significant drop when compared to the proliferation of White home ownership in the country across those same 50 metros, which was at 70.3 percent.

LendingTree based their report on data pulled from 2024 and released during the current Black History Month, with the company’s Chief Consumer Finance Analyst Matt Schulz noting that the main driving factors of homeownership disparity in the country tends to involve income and credit scores.

Schulz said that, nationally, the average income of White households in 2024 stood at $88,010, whereas it was $56,020 among Black households.

Without sufficient income and decent credit, getting a home can be a major challenge, and Black Americans still trail well behind White Americans and other groups in those areas,” he said. “Until that changes, that gap will likely remain. Add lower income to the mix, and it becomes nearly impossible in some places.”

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Exodus of Affluent California & Washington Residents Move to Las Vegas to Escape Taxes, Politics from Home States

LAS VEGAS, NV – Several Southern Nevada real estate agents are reporting that they have recently been seeing an unusually large influx of affluent residents from neighboring states such as California and Washington come to Las Vegas to escape their home states.

There are multiple factors at work that are diving this “full-scale migration of wealth” to Las Vegas, members of the Vegas real estate industry say; among them are the results of a recent election in Washington, which saw the city of Seattle elect progressive Democratic candidate Katie Wilson to the office of Mayor.

Wilson had campaigned on the promise of instituting a large number of social programs if elected, funded by a big increase on the taxes of the city’s wealthiest residents; in addition, a proposed “millionaire’s tax” in Washington was also recently endorsed by the state’s Governor, Bob Ferguson.

In addition, a capital gains tax was also implemented in Washington in 2022, with investment properties over $278,000 receiving a 7 to 10 percent charge.

The wealthy in California don’t have it any easier, either. The state has proposed a “billionaire tax” that, if passed, would force billionaires to pay out a one-time tax equal to five percent of their wealth; the bill – which if passed, would retroactively go into effect back to January 1, 2026 – is set to be voted upon in November, and has even the state’s Democratic Governor, Gavin Newsom, expressing concern.

As a result of these policies in Washington and California, Virtue Real Estate Co-Owner, Broker and CEO Darin Marques noted that he’s seen the number of rich transplants from those states to Vegas go into “overdrive” in 2025’s third quarter, with Henderson proving to be the most popular spots for these affluent out-of-state residents to relocate to.

We’ve seen it in the last 90 days really,” he said. “Starting in about September, we all of a sudden started seeing all these people from Seattle and it’s just grown since then.”

Ivan Sher of IS LUXURY Real Estate said that he’s also seen a large bump in the number of wealthy transplants recently.

We’re seeing a noticeable influx of high-net-worth buyers from Washington and California coming to Las Vegas, and a big driver is tax policy,” he said. “But it’s not just about taxes. Vegas also offers a compelling lifestyle. As proposals shift in those states, people are proactively positioning themselves in markets like Nevada where the tax environment is more predictable and the quality of life is strong.”

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Former Cashman Center to be Redeveloped into Over 1,000 New Homes

LAS VEGAS, NV – In an attempt to address the ongoing housing crisis that is plaguing the Las Vegas Valley, it has been announced that a developer will be converting the former Cashman Center property – as well as the neighboring Grant Sawyer Nevada State Office Building, located near the downtown area – into over 1,000 new single-family homes.

The project, proposed by Lennar Corp. subsidiary Greystone Nevada LLC, was approved by the Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday, with development agreements officially to be formalized that will govern the project.

Councilwoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong said that she is 100 percent behind the project, as affordable housing options in Las Vegas are currently not at the level they need to be to accommodate lower-income families.

Summers-Armstrong noted that she was “demanding” while dealing with Lennar Corp. leading up to Wednesday’s vote, because the constituents of her district – Ward 5, with the proposed project being located at Washington Avenue and North Las Vegas Boulevard – deserve it.

We know that we need housing desperately, especially affordable and attainable housing within our community,” she said. “I was demanding as I am, because I really want our community, those folks who need this type of housing, to not get just any old thing.”

Lennar Corp. plans to build 781 homes at the site of the Cashman Center – located at 850 North Las Vegas Boulevard – and an additional 290 at the location of the Grant Sawyer building, at 555 East Washington Avenue.

Lennar Corp. originally won an auction in 2025 to purchase the 50-acre Cashman property for $36.25 million, later acquiring the 22-acre Grant Sawyer property from the state for $10.6 million.

A construction timeline has currently not yet been set, but the developments – after the existing structures have been demolished – will consist of three-story attached and detached homes with amenities that will include pools and a trail.

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North Las Vegas

Developer Purchases Over 18 Acres for Housing Project Opposed by Neighboring Residents

LAS VEGAS, NV – Richmond American Homes officially closed in late January on the purchase of 18.4 acres of rural-area land for a Las Vegas housing project that has raised the ire of residents in neighboring communities who fear it will have a detrimental impact upon their quiet lifestyles.

The developer paid a reported $23.25 million for the southwest valley property, located just south of Blue Diamond Road at Tenaya Way, which will be home to an upcoming 99-lot subdivision that was approved by the Clark County Planning Commission in December 2025, despite strong opposition from locals.

Multiple people in neighboring areas who are worried that the Richmond American Homes project will bring an influx of traffic into their quiet communities, many of which consist of homes on large plots of land whose owners raise animals such as horses and chickens.

Notable among the concerned and vocal critics of the Richmond American Homes project is the magician Teller – one-half of the famous comedy magic duo and longtime Vegas headliners Penn & Teller – who has called the area home for nearly thirty years.

The area where part of Richmond American’s project is to be built is a designated Rural Neighborhood Preservation zone, which prohibits suburban-style housing with multiple homes in tight vicinity of each other on small parcels of land.

The five-acre section of the project that is situated within that zone means that the company will be mandated to build homes on half-acre lots instead. But the remaining 14 acres, which are outside the zone, will consist of 90 houses built in a more traditional, tightly-knit suburban style.

In an attempt to appease unhappy locals, Richmond American will be implementing a Nevada Department of Transportation-approved median cut on Blue Diamond at Tenaya that would enable drivers to bypass the surrounding residential area in order to access the developer’s new housing project once it is complete.

An official start date for development of the site has not yet been set.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas Among Hardest-Hit Cities When It Comes to Home Sale Cancellations

LAS VEGAS, NV – A new report from Redfin indicates that Las Vegas is one of the hardest-hit cities in the nation when it comes to sale cancellations in December 2025, the latest month sales data is currently on record.

In December, buyers across the country put the kibosh on a total of over 40,000 sales agreements, making up 16.3 percent of all deals; this represents a 14.9 percent increase year-over-year, and the highest number of cancelled sales since 2017.

Las Vegas, Nevada has been swept up in this trend, ranking in the top five major metropolitan areas analyzed by Redfin in this respect, with almost 20 percent of homes coming out of escrow in December.

Currently, the average sales price of a single-family home in Las Vegas stands at $439,000.

When broken down to cancellations in major metros, San Jose, California saw the largest annual increase in home purchase cancellations at 6.8 percentage points (ppts) to 8.9 percent in December. It was followed by Oakland, California with 6.3 ppts to 11.3 percent; Sacramento, California with 4.7 ppts to 17.9 percent; Atlanta, Georgia with 4.4 ppts to 22.5 percent; and Las Vegas with 3.5 ppts to 19 percent.

Chen Zhao, head of economics research at Redfin, said that there are a number of factors that are contributing to the jump in sale cancellations, leading to buyers being more willing to pump the brakes and adopting a “wait and see” approach to the market.

High housing costs and rising inventory have made homebuyers more selective,” he said. “Home sellers outnumber buyers by a record margin, meaning the buyers who are in the market have options and may walk away if they believe they can find a better or more affordable home.”

The good news for buyers, according to Redfin, is that “mortgage payments have declined recently thanks to a drop in mortgage rates, and price growth is also easing,” with Redfin economists expecting “affordability to gently improve in 2026 as wages rise faster than housing costs.”

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Marble Manor Public Housing Complex to be Demolished, Redeveloped into Townhomes, Apartments

LAS VEGAS, NV – Marble Manor, a western Las Vegas public housing complex that originally opened in the 1950s, is in the process of being demolished and redeveloped into townhomes and apartment buildings.

When it originally opened, the 235-unit Marble Manor, located along Washington Avenue just east of Martin Luther King Boulevard, was made up of “modern” single-story concrete block homes and duplexes with a theme of “comfort and clean living,” aimed at low-income families and individuals who had been living in less-than-desirable circumstances.

However, the homes that were actually built often failed to live up to that standard, and in recent years, the complex had fallen into a state of serious disrepair, with several recent code-enforcement cases opened against it for “unsafe building conditions.”

Marble Manor also had a less-than-reputable status due to it representing a darker side of Las Vegas: segregation. Once known as the “Mississippi of the West,” Black residents for many years were essentially confined to the western part of the city.

To address those injustices, the redevelopment of Marble Manor – slated to cost between an estimated $350 million to $400 million – is currently underway, according to Frank Stafford, director of development and modernization for the city’s housing authority.

The plans call for the transformation of the 35.7-acre Marble Manor property into 627 newly-built units, made up of townhomes and apartment buildings, as well as low-income and market-rate units. There will also be numerous amenities for residents, such as a community center, retail space, parks and other features.

The first units are set to begin development in March of this year by contractor Metcalf Builders. The redevelopment is planned to take place over the course of five phases, and is scheduled to be completed by 2030.

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Las Vegas’ 342-Unit Miraluna Apartment Community Announces Pre-Leasing Underway

LAS VEGAS, NV – Miraluna, an apartment complex located in South Las Vegas that is currently being developed by a joint venture of The NRP Group and Rockefeller Group, announced that pre-leasing is currently underway for the 342-unit community prior to its anticipated early-2026 opening date.

Adjacent to the Southern Highlands Master-Planned Community, Miraluna – previously known as Silverado, before being re-named mid-development – is a Class A resort-inspired apartment complex that is slated to be open for its initial batch of move-ins this upcoming March.

And while Miraluna is another in a long line of Nevada-based projects on the part of the Rockefeller Group, the community represents The NRP Group’s first entry into the state’s competitive real estate market.

When completed, Silverado – designed by Perlman Architects – will take the form of 15 three-story buildings located on a 13-acre lot in Enterprise, located 10 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, Harry Reid International Airport and Allegiant Stadium.

The buildings will contain one, two, and three-bedroom units featuring contemporary finishes such as quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, upgraded cabinetry and LED backlit bathroom mirrors.

In addition, the complex will boast many amenities for its tenants with a focus on wellness, including a swimming pool, sports court, and a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse with a social lounge, gym, pickleball and bocce courts, dining and grilling areas, a sauna, yoga lawn, fire pit, dog park and coworking spaces, among other features.

From the architecture to the shared spaces, the community was designed to offer residents a lifestyle that feels both luxurious and welcoming,” said Rockefeller Group Director Matt Bruns. “Miraluna adds a new option for renters who want modern interiors, resort style amenities with all the latest wellness offerings and access to the best of Las Vegas.”

Construction of Miraluna began in December 2024, with initial move-ins commencing in March 2026; final completion of the project is slated for the first quarter of 2027.

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Affordable Housing Shortage in Nevada

New Zillow Report Predicts U.S. Housing Market to Return to Affordability by End of 2026

LAS VEGAS, NV – Currently, over 80 percent of U.S. citizens report that the cost of housing is a serious problem, and this situation has persisted for several years now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, casting concerns over the ability of many families to own a home in the modern economic climate.

However, a new report by tech real-estate marketplace company Zillow predicts that the housing market will return to affordability by the end of the year, an assertion that has surprised many in the industry.

Home buying is becoming more affordable in more cities, with Zillow forecasting that 20 of the 50 largest U.S. metros will be affordable to buy in by the end of 2026 – the most since 2022,” the Zillow report says.

The concept of home affordability, according to Congress.gov, is when a considerable percentage of a home’s combined income is spent on costs associated with owning a home.

Federal housing policies typically deem housing to be “affordable” if it costs no more than 30 percent of family income (adjusted for family size),” the Federal report says. “According to this metric, families that pay more are considered to be ‘cost burdened,’ and those that pay more than half of their incomes are considered ‘severely cost burdened.’”

However, Zillow senior economist Kara Ng prognosticates that slowing rates of home price increases, coupled with gradually-lowering home mortgage rates and households now earning more money on average than in previous years will most likely contribute to the overall housing market becoming affordable for families by the end of the year.

This is what a small-wins year looks like for housing,” she said. “Rising incomes, subdued price growth, and gradually easing mortgage rates would help buyers regain their footing while allowing homeowners to continue building wealth. These types of slow and steady affordability improvements are exactly what the housing market needs over the long-run.”

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Nevada HAND Building 51-Unit Affordable Housing Complex in Downtown Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, NV – Nevada HAND, the state’s largest developer of affordable housing, has begun work on constructing a new rental complex in downtown Las Vegas aimed at low-income tenants, following the company’s demolition of a long-shuttered complex that had previously occupied the property.

Dubbed Ogden Pines, the $20 million project, upon completion, will take the form of a four-story, 51-unit building located at 1200 East Ogden Avenue, at the corner of Maryland Parkway. Previously, the property had been occupied by a 39-unit apartment complex that Nevada HAND had demolished to make way for this new development.

Work on Ogden Pines is slated to be completed in 2027 and, once open, the developer notes that it will offer a slew of amenities for its tenants, including energy-efficient appliances, a community room, a fitness room, and secured building access to ensure the safety of residents.

Nevada has long had an issue with a lack of affordable housing options for lower-income residents, with the problem especially prevalent in the Las Vegas region.

The Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities reported in 2025 that approximately 50 percent of all renters in the state were “excessively cost-burdened” due to what was referred to as a “severe housing affordability crisis” brought on by both a lack of available low-cost options and stagnant local income growth.

Nevada HAND’s Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Waldon Swenson, noted recently that it was more efficient to demolish the old apartment complex standing where Ogden Pines is currently being developed than repairing the rundown building, as it allowed the company to start from scratch and include more modern technology in the units.

Currently Nevada HAND has 5,400 low-cost rental units throughout Southern Nevada, and Swenson said that his company almost never experiences vacancies due to what he called the “tremendous need” for affordable housing options in the region.

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Las Vegas Valley

Rents in Las Vegas Valley Decreased Across the Board in 2025; Experts Predict Rents May Remain Flat Throughout 2026

LAS VEGAS, NV – Zumper, a digital marketplace for renters and property managers, has released a new report that indicates that rents in the Las Vegas Valley decreased across all unit types by the end of 2025, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.

For their just-released report covering December 2025, Zumper notes that one-bedroom rentals in practically every region of the valley experienced significant drops by the end of the year, with the biggest decrease taking place in Paradise, where rents lowered by 14.3 percent year-over-year.

The next largest decrease took place in Henderson with a 4 percent drop, followed by Spring Valley at 3.6 percent, North Las Vegas at 3 percent, Las Vegas at 1.7 percent, and Winchester at 08 percent.

Located north of Harry Reid International Airport and east of the Las Vegas Strip, Winchester also recorded December’s largest month-to-month rent drop with 5.8 percent when compared to November.

Crystal Chen, one of the authors of the Zumper report, said that Las Vegas was the only region in Nevada that saw a drop in rents, noting that, “Rates are down across the board in the Las Vegas metro area for the month of December.”

The average rent for a one-bedroom unit in the state in December was $1,277, whereas Paradise was the most expensive at $1,500, followed by Henderson at $1,430, Spring Valley at $1,350 and North Las Vegas at $1,349.

In contrast, the cheapest rent in the valley is the city of North Las Vegas, where renters were paying an average of $1,150 per month for a one-bedroom unit.

Experts are predicting that rents in the Las Vegas Valley will essentially remain flat throughout 2026 after they skyrocketed during COVID-19, reaching all-time record highs in 2022 before the market eventually stabilized and returned to pre-pandemic levels.

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Las Vegas Luxury Condo Sells for Record-Breaking $21 Million

Las Vegas Luxury Condo Sells for Record-Breaking $21 Million; Breathtaking Views of Red Rock Canyon Area

LAS VEGAS, NV – The luxury condominium market in Las Vegas has always been a hot commodity, and that reality remained firmly cemented in fact recently when a new sale broke the all-time record in terms of price earlier this month.

A condo located within the affluent guard-gated residential community The Summit Club in the high-end suburb of Summerlin was sold back on January 10 for a whopping $21 million, according to property records.

The penthouse condo – the only of its type within Summerlin – boasts approximately 5,000 square-feet of living space with five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms. In addition, it offers a plethora of ultra-high-end amenities that you would normally find in lavish mansions, such as sliding glass walls that open up access to a huge outdoor terrace with breathtaking views of the surrounding Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

The condo’s owners are also granted access to The Summit Club’s resort-style amenities, such as the Tom Fazio-designed golf course, a high-tech workout facility, community movie theater, spa, pool, salon, tennis and pickleball courts, and top-of-the-line dining options.

Perched atop the country club, this exclusive residence offers a resort-style lifestyle with exceptional amenities just footsteps away, including fine dining and a state-of-the-art fitness center,” the property’s listing said. “This is not just a home; it’s a lifestyle for those who seek the best. Once inside, you’ll be overwhelmed by the expansiveness of the vistas that envelop you, providing a sense of serenity and grandeur.”

The condo was originally constructed in 2022 on a 1.1-acre parcel of land by technology and gaming investor Richard Haddrill, but construction delays prevented him from moving in; he eventually purchased a nearby single-family home to live in instead, and initially listed the condo in March for $25 million.

After not getting any takers, Haddrill eventually took the property off the market, later re-listing it for $23.5 million before finally settling for a lower – yet still record-breaking – $21 million.

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Investors

Nevada Real Estate Agents, Experts, & Lawmakers React to Proposed Investor Home-Buying Ban

LAS VEGAS, NV – Las week, Donald Trump turned heads nationwide when he proposed a ban on corporate investors purchasing single-family homes in response to the current affordability crisis facing many families hoping for homeownership in recent years.

For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream,” Trump said last week in a post on his Truth Social platform. “It was the reward for working hard, and doing the right thing, but now, because of the Record High Inflation caused by Joe Biden and the Democrats in Congress, that American Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people, especially younger Americans.”

It is for that reason, and much more, that I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it,” the post continued. “People live in homes, not corporations. I will discuss this topic, including further Housing and Affordability proposals, and more, at my speech in Davos in two weeks.”

And while such activity has impacted the residential real estate market to wildly varying degrees across the country – entities owning 100 or more properties account for just one percent of overall single-family housing stock nationally; it has been felt to a much more disproportionate degree in areas such as Southern Nevada.

Following the end of the mid-2000’s recession, nearly 500,000 homes have been purchased in the Las Vegas Valley by investors, with a recent study conducted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) noting that this group – made up of mainly of Wall Street-backed companies – could own as much as 15 percent of all homes in the valley; that number increases to up to 25 percent in North Las Vegas, the report says.

Nevada real estate agents, experts, and lawmakers have reacted to Trump’s calls for an investor ban, saying that it would represent a potential “paradigm shift” if it were to take place.

It is past time that we ban large institutional investors from buying up our housing stock and driving up prices for families,” U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nevada) said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I have been pushing for this at the federal level for years and recently testified before the Nevada State Legislature about my work on this issue. Let’s get this done.”

I’ve been sounding the alarm for months as Wall Street drives up housing costs for Nevada families. If the President is serious about addressing this crisis, the solution is already on the table,” said U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nevada) on X.

It’s about time someone tried to do something,” said Las Vegas-area real estate agent Steve Hawks. “Hopefully now this puts more of a spotlight onto what’s going on, and Vegas has been hit the hardest by these hedge funds and corporate landlords.”

Director of UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate, Shawn McCoy, said that more research is needed in order to access how much impact corporate investment is affecting the affordability concerns currently plaguing the overall national housing market; however, he confirmed that Southern Nevada is indeed one of the hardest-hit in that regard in the entire country.

It remains difficult to distinguish between the small local investors from larger corporate buyers. As a result, housing researchers do not have a complete picture of the true extent of large-scale corporate ownership. And that distinction is critical when evaluating policy to restrict certain portions of investor purchases,” he said. “Las Vegas is a standout, investor activity in Las Vegas exceeds the national average and our report ranked Las Vegas amongst the top three metros in the country.”

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