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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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Four Seasons Private Residences

Developer Secures $781 Million to Finance Ongoing Construction of Four Seasons Private Residences Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, NV – $781 Million has been secured by the developer Concord Summit Capital (CSC) in order to continue to finance the ongoing construction of the upcoming The Four Seasons Private Residences Las Vegas, which is made up of $526 million from J.P. Morgan and $255 million from Sculptor Real Estate and Morning Calm Management.

Two Roads Development, Azure Resorts & Hotels and Luxus Developments – the leads on the project – are officially listed as the borrowing parties in the loan’s documentation.

With work already progressing on the project, Four Seasons Private Residences Las Vegas – when it is completed – will take the form of 171 ultra-luxury condos spread out amongst two high-rise towers located within Henderson’s guard-gated MacDonald Highlands community.

Developers have already chiseled out the side of a mountain within MacDonald Highlands, upon which the Four Seasons’ towers will be built; roads are also now in-place, as are utilities. But despite being early in its construction phase, the project has already garnered over $700 million in sales so far – condo prices start at $5 million – with 75 percent of the residences already having been sold.

Once the foundation is finally poured – which is scheduled to take place this month – developers will then proceed to begin vertical construction of the towers themselves. The afore-mentioned ultra-luxury condos are being designed by the noted architectural team of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo, and Four Seasons is collaborating with luxury lifestyle brand and retailer RH Contract for furnishing options, which has proven to be a major selling point for their condos.

We are thrilled to introduce these custom RH package offerings exclusively to our future residents,” says Jim Reilly, president of Azure Resorts & Hotels. “This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to quality, craftmanship and effortless living.”

Condo sizes will range from 8,349 square feet of interior space to 3,555 square feet of private terraces, all offering views of the Las Vegas Strip and the McCullough Mountain range.

In addition, a variety of high-end amenities will be available to residents, including semi-private elevators, private garages, high-end designer finishes and fixtures by Wimberly Interiors, private chef services, in-residence wine cellars, a private screening room, over 6,000 square feet of state-of-the-art wellness facilities, multi-level resort-style pools, and a library located in the foyer of each building. There will also be a dedicated Director of Residences and a 24-hour Four Seasons concierge team, offering personalized, a la carte services on demand.

The construction of Four Seasons Private Residences Las Vegas is slated to be completed in 2027, at which time residents can begin moving in.

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Home Prices in Las Vegas Set Yet Another Record

Home Prices in Las Vegas Reach Yet Another All-Time Record High in November

LAS VEGAS, NV – Home prices in Las Vegas this year continue to set records, with November seeing them hit yet another all-time record high yet again. In Southern Nevada, the median sale price for an existing single-family home reached $488,995 last month, besting the previous record of $485,000 that was reached several times earlier in 2025, according to data pulled from the Multiple Listing Service by industry group Las Vegas Realtors.

However, despite – or perhaps because of – rising sale prices, the number of homes on the market without any offers in the Las Vegas Valley also jumped in November to 7,033, which represents a 26.3 percent increase year-over-year. Meanwhile, the number of condominiums and townhomes for sale without offers last month jumped a whopping 40.8 percent from the same period of time last year.

Las Vegas Realtors notes that the combined total of single-family homes, condos and townhomes that sold last month numbered at 1,918, which is a drop of 6.6 percent year-over-year for homes and 20.2 percent for condos and townhomes.

Las Vegas Realtors President George Kypreos said that while the prices of homes have remained at consistently high levels in the region due to a lack of developable land – and sales remain low due to high prices and borrowing costs – he nonetheless sees signs that the market in Southern Nevada is in a gradual state of change that is starting to favor buyers over sellers.

Even with this new record for our median home price, overall trends have been shifting more in favor of homebuyers,” he said. “We’re selling fewer homes. We have more homes available for sale. And we saw a nice dip in mortgage interest rates last week. All of this benefits people who are prepared and can afford to buy.”

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Controversial Housing Project Receives Clark County’s Final Approval to Begin Construction

LAS VEGAS, NV – A proposed housing project located in a rural part of the southwestern Las Vegas Valley that has sparked controversy among its neighboring communities has received final approval from the Clark County Board of Commissioners to begin construction.

Final plans by Richmond American Homes to build a 99-lot subdivision on 19 acres south of Blue Diamond Road at Tenaya Way were approved by the Planning Commission on Wednesday. This development was much to the chagrin of multiple people in neighboring areas who are worried that the project will bring an influx of traffic into their quiet communities, many of which consist of homes on large plots of land and 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 three decades.

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 the engaged locals, Richmond American will be implementing a 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.

However, it remains to be seen if this will be enough for the neighboring communities, who have been especially vocal at Clark County Board meetings in their disapproval of the project.

Richmond American has not yet announced a start date for development of the housing project.

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19 Boulderback Drive, Henderson - $12,900,000.00

Newly-Built, Nearly 10,000 Square-Foot Henderson Estate Listed for $12.9 Million

LAS VEGAS, NV – A huge, brand-new estate located in an exclusive, private community in the Las Vegas Valley has just hit the market with an impressive price tag of nearly $13 million.

Situated within Henderson’s guard-gated, mountainside community of Ascaya, the sprawling 9,788 square-foot residence in question at 19 Boulderback Drive was listed in November for $12.9 million and features five bedrooms and nine bathrooms.

Work on the newly-built estate was carried out by a partnership between Skyline Development and West Point Development; Skyline president and CEO, Sam Khalil, noted that an extensive amount of planning was put into the project in order to make living there akin to residing in not merely a home, but “a luxury resort in the sky.”

This is the project I am most proud of,” Khalil said. “What makes this home so special is the amount of thought and process that went into it.”

Listing agent Kristen Routh-Silberman of Douglas Elliman of Nevada echoed Khalil’s sentiments by praising the estate’s uniqueness, saying “I don’t think you could do that house again.”

19 Boulderback Drive, Henderson – $12,900,000.00

From start to finish, the designing phase of the residence took more than a year and the actual construction nearly three, according to Khalil, who said that he specifically designed it to take advantage of the majestic views afforded by the neighboring Las Vegas Strip and Red Rock Canyon by choosing “every line, every material, every lighting angle” to ensure maximum visual impact.

The home boasts many high-end amenities, including a Wolf kitchen, full butler prep kitchen, four indoor fireplaces, two wet bars, home automation, pocket doors multiple kinds of tubs, a 1,200-square-foot pool, two outdoor fireplaces, and a sunken swim-up outdoor barbecue.

Despite the home being designed as an ultra-luxury estate with “European flair” and “subtle sophistication,” Khalil was quick to point out that doesn’t come at the cost of it not being homey and comfortable at the same time.

It’s not so luxurious in a way where you don’t enjoy living in it,” he said. “It’s really built for living, entertaining and relaxing.”

Click here to view full listing details for 19 Boulderback Drive, Henderson

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Home Prices in Las Vegas Drop Year-Over-Year as Prices Nationally Inch Higher

LAS VEGAS, NV – According to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller index released earlier this week, home prices in Las Vegas dropped year-over-year in September, despite a national trend where prices have been continuing to creep upwards amid an overall sluggish real estate market.

Home prices in Southern Nevada decreased by 0.69 percent in September when compared to the same period of time one year prior, in contrast to the 1.29 percent increase much of the rest of the country reported during that same span of time, as per the S&P report.

National real estate dealings overall experienced their weakest performance since mid-2023, with markets that were previously considered “pandemic darlings” due to their high prices and demand during COVID-19 – such as Las Vegas, among others – now seeing their asking prices decreasing, in contrast to major metropolitan areas in the Northeast and Midwest, which have traditionally remained stable over the years.

Ultimately, the S&P report speculates that these developments represent a “reversion to pre-pandemic patterns where job markets and urban fundamentals drive appreciation rather than migration trends and remote-work dynamics.

Las Vegas was one of many areas in the country that saw an explosion of home-buying activity during the pandemic, driven in large part by cheap borrowing costs; at its peak, buyers were snapping up homes left and right, regularly bidding far over asking prices and at times even doing so without ever having actually set eyes on the property itself. As a result of the intense demand, home prices in March 2022 jumped an astonishing 28 percent year-over-year.

However, as mortgage rates began to rise, the market began to cool, and by March 2023 Vegas home prices were down five percent from the year before.

Prices have still remained relatively high overall in Las Vegas, but are they expected to continue to decrease as buyers and sellers “are paralyzed by high prices and economic uncertainty,” according to the S&P report; as a result, buyers are no longer willing to pay top-dollar for homes in the region – the median price in Vegas last month was $474,370 – “because they simply can’t afford it.”

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Solar Panels Considered “Hinderance” Among Las Vegas Luxury Home Sellers and Buyers, Survey Says

LAS VEGAS, NV – While solar panels are often seen as a desirable feature among environmentally conscious home buyers, a new survey suggests that in Las Vegas’ luxury market they may actually work against a sale, with some buyers viewing them as a hindrance rather than a benefit.

A new survey conducted by Re/Max says that solar panels rank at the bottom of the list of preferred amenities for Las Vegas luxury listings, with wellness features such as spas, saunas and pickleball courts considered far more desirable. In fact, Vegas-based Re/Max agent Robert Little notes that, in certain circumstances, solar panels can actually be a detriment to a luxury listing these days.

I’ve had a multimillion-dollar listing with solar panels, and honestly, it can be a hindrance,” he said. “Unless the solar is paid off, buyers don’t care, even if it lowers energy bills. But when it comes to primary bathrooms and wellness features, absolutely, they’re a priority.”

As far as the pricier listings in Vegas go, Little said that if a buyer is interested in solar panels, they can easily add them in themselves later, but very few place priority on listings that already feature them…and some might even be turned off by them altogether.

Some even see leased solar systems as a drawback because they prefer to own everything outright and avoid extra payments or agreements,” Little said. “And since most newer luxury homes are already built with modern materials and systems, they tend to be more energy efficient than older homes anyway.”

According to a recent Solar Energy Industries Association Solar Market Insight report, over 144,000 homes in the state of Nevada currently possess solar panels. But despite their reputation for lowering energy bills, they are still not without cost, and that cost may drive off potential home buyers, according to Henderson-based The Roland Team founder Mike Roland.

It adds an extra cost that many buyers aren’t interested in, and if there’s a lease or monthly payment, that has to be transferred,” he said. “The buyer also has to qualify for that payment on top of their new mortgage. In some cases, it can even be the deciding factor in whether they qualify for the home. On top of that, solar is pretty much the wild west out here. Companies come and go, and getting transfer paperwork done or even getting someone to answer the phone at times can be a nightmare.”

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Second-Priciest Henderson Sale of 2025

MacDonald Highlands Mansion Sells for $14.25M, Second-Highest Henderson Sale of 2025

LAS VEGAS, NV – The second-priciest residential sale in Henderson so far this year closed last week, with a mansion located in the swanky MacDonald Highlands guard-gated community exchanging hands for the impressive sum of $14.25 million.

Second in price this year only to a sale that took place in July for the astronomical amount of $25.25 million, the recently-sold mansion was originally listed on the market by Kristen Routh-Silberman of Douglas Elliman in May of this year for $15.95 million.

The seller of the home is dental and medical support company PDS Health founder Stephen Thorne, along with his wife Pamela, who had previously bought the three-fourths of an acre property – which was empty at the time – for $1.6 million in 2013. Three years later in 2016 they began construction of their residence, utilizing the services of Las Vegas-based luxury developer Blue Heron Homes, notable for building the MacDonald Highlands home of former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya, among others.

The two-story home features over 13,400 square feet of living space with seven bedrooms, nine full bathrooms and three half-bathrooms, with views of the Las Vegas Strip. It also boasts numerous amenities such as an infinity-edge pool and hot tub, a fire pit, heated covered patios, an outdoor kitchen and bar, an elevator, a wine cellar and tasting room, a game room, a billiards room and a gym.

The buyers, who are currently not publicly named, were represented in the deal by Ivan Sher of IS Luxury, who merely noted that they are a Southern Nevada family who had been looking for the right home to purchase for several years now, before finally landing upon Thorne’s sale.

They had three main priorities: big views of the Strip and the golf course, enough space for their growing family and a good-sized yard,” Sher said. “They wanted room for the kids and space to entertain, and this home checked every box.”

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New Clark County Community Land Trust Program to Provide First-Time Homebuyers with Affordable Housing

LAS VEGAS, NV – Clark County has announced the launch of a new, never-before seen program for the municipality: a Las Vegas area Community Land Trust, with the stated goal being to help supply first-time homebuyers with affordable, attainable housing options in Southern Nevada.

County representatives have revealed that 240 homes will be developed for residents whose income levels are considered to be financially challenged. Eligible households must have a combined income ranging between $50,000 and $95,000 annually, which would put them at or below 100 percent and 80 percent of the median income in Clark County.

Those who qualify and who are able to purchase a new, affordable home will fully own it, however, Community Land Trust will retain ownership of the land it sits upon; officials say this arrangement will guarantee that the residences in question will maintain their affordability on a permanent basis, allowing the new homeowners to build equity they can potentially utilize in the future.

Clark County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick stated that a Community Land Trust is a time-tested program that has proven quite effective over the years in other areas of the country, and that she was excited to see it benefit Las Vegas residents who may be struggling to achieve the American dream of home ownership.

A Community Land Trust is not a new concept, but it is new to Clark County,” she said. “I am thrilled we are able to offer this program at such a critical time, when homeownership seems impossible for so many people.”

The county has scheduled for application submissions to begin in 2026 – an exact start date will be formally announced in the near future – although interested parties will first be required to take part in an informational session to learn the ins-and-outs of the Land Trust process.

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North Las Vegas

Investors Have Purchased Almost 500,000 Residential Homes in Las Vegas Since 2009

LAS VEGAS, NV – Las Vegas remains a hotbed of real estate investment activity in recent years, with business interests acquiring an increasingly larger and larger share of residential homes in Southern Nevada in the last decade-and-a-half, as per a new report.

According to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Lied Center for Real Estate, data pulled from Redfin indicates that investors – defined in the report as those who buy homes through companies or trusts – have snapped up 492,634 in the Las Vegas Valley since 2009, with such activity so prevalent in the region that this group accounted for 23 percent of all the homes bought in the region in 2024 alone.

At the beginning of the Great Recession in the mid-2000’s, a mere 1,157 homes were owned by investors in Las Vegas, and while there is no data on exactly home many homes in the valley are currently owned by this group – as some has been sold over the years or have been traded between companies – Nicholas Irwin, co-author of the Lied Center report, says that the approximate overall number that remain in their hands is still alarming.

The scale of investor activity in the housing market has raised growing concerns about both affordability and the availability of homes within the single-family residential sector nationwide,” he said. “While investor ownership can expand the stock of single-family residential rental options, it simultaneously reduces the number of homes available for owner occupancy, further constraining supply in that segment.”

There was a great increase in the number of investor purchases in Las Vegas between 2009 and 2024 when compared to before the recession, Irwin pointed out, with the highest levels of transactions taking place in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over this 15-year period, investors accounted for between 14 and 29 percent of all home sales each year,” he said. “In total, nearly 100,000 homes were purchased by investors meaning roughly one in every five homes sold during this period went to an investor. Investor activity surged during the post COVID years (2021–2022), reaching levels higher than those observed in the aftermath of the 2000s housing crash.”

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Afternoon sunny view of the Clark County Government Center

Clark County Approves Project to Replace Condo Project Destroyed in Fire with New Apartments

LAS VEGAS, NV – Following a highly-destructive fire that laid waste to a long-dormant high-rise condominium project that was never completed, Clark County commissioners have approved a plan to construct a new apartment building in its place.

Las Vegas developer Brock Metzka, owner of Edward Homes, was given the go-ahead to build a five-story, 255-unit apartment building in the southwest Las Vegas Valley, along Maule Avenue near Buffalo Drive. Metzka originally purchased the 5.5-acre plot of land this past summer for $7 million, according to Clark County records.

The property upon which the new apartment building will be erected was originally the site of Spanish View Tower, a proposed project consisting of three 18-story condos by developer Rodney Yanke, who broke ground on the endeavor in the mid-2000s.

This took place during a period where multiple developers were in the midst of constructing many skyscrapers in Southern Nevada – known at the time as the “Manhattanization” of Las Vegas – but when the market crashed and the economy tanked during the Great Recession, many of these ambitious projects never came to be.

Among the aborted projects included Yanke’s Spanish View Tower; work ceased after the site was excavated and development of an underground garage had only just started. From there, Spanish View Tower existed only as a giant hole in the ground for over ten years, but in 2017 a plan by Las Vegas developer Tim Deters was approved by Clark County for build a 600-unit mixed-use apartment complex. Work was delayed for numerous years, but once construction finally commenced, a fire destroyed the in-progress building in June 2023.

Metzka’s new efforts on the property represent the re-building of Deters’ project, albeit with several changes from the previously-approved 2017 plans, including reducing the number of buildings on the site from three to one.

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Las Vegas High-Rise

Las Vegas October Home Prices Remain Just Below All-Time Record High Despite Large Surplus of Inventory

LAS VEGAS, NV – According to a new report by Las Vegas Realtors (LVR), in October home prices in Southern Nevada remained just below their all-time record high, despite the fact that housing inventory is currently high and sales are down 10.1 percent year-over-year.

In October, the median price of a single-family home in the Las Vegas Valley was $474,370, which represents an approximate 1.0 percent increase from September’s price of $470,000 and a mere 0.2 percent drop year-over-year. The region’s all-time record high of $485,000 was achieved several times in 2025, most recently in July.

Home prices are remaining high in the valley despite a large surplus of listings and seriously lowered buying activity; sales in October were down 8.5 percent from September, as per data from the Multiple Listing Service, with LVR noting that 7,538 single-family homes were listed for sale at the end of October without any offers, representing a 30.3 percent jump year-over-year.

LVR President George Kypreos explained that the October report represents the continuing transition of Southern Nevada from a market where sellers were calling the shots to one where buyers now hold a distinct advantage. If there was ever a time for prospective homeowners to take advantage of the situation, he said, the time is now

Local home prices are moderating, with more homes on the market and properties taking a little longer to sell,” Kypreos said. “This shows that the housing market is shifting more in favor of buyers. For people who are prepared and can afford it, it’s a good time to buy.”

Meanwhile, the median price of a condominium or townhome sold last month in Las Vegas was $285,000, an approximate 3 percent drop from September’s price of $294,000 and a 9.5 percent decrease from October 2024.

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