Real estate brokers anecdotally report that Canadians have been buying second homes throughout the valley, taking advantage of the declining prices over the past couple of years and the rising value of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar... more.

Foreclosure activity slowed in November for the second straight month, and Nevada foreclosure sales have decreased 50 percent from two months ago, website ForeclosureRadar.com reported Tuesday... more.

Las Vegas is still reeling from the deepest recession since the Great Depression and probably won't snap out of it until the second half of 2011, the director for UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research said Wednesday... more.

Las Vegas homes which are not in foreclosure have lost an average of $78,000 in value since the foreclosure crisis began. Making matters worse are the number of homes in foreclosure with owners that don’t care for the property... more.

Las Vegas home prices, which have already fallen 60 percent from their 2006 peak, are expected to tumble another 5 percent to 7 percent, in line with national projections, Sharga said... more.

Sales of single-family homes in November rose 6.8 percent from the previous month and the median price climbed 1.4 percent, though year-ago comparisons remain depressed, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Wednesday... more.

Prices are falling even in places like San Francisco and San Diego, which had posted strong increases just a few months ago. Analysts say many markets won't improve until they see fewer foreclosures and more job gains... more.

District Court Judge Susan Johnson on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order against enforcement of a state regulatory advisory opinion that caps the amount collection agencies may charge under "super priority" liens against homes in foreclosure... more.

The biggest drag came from gross gaming revenue, which dipped to $785.7 million in September, down 2.5 percent from the previous month. Strong baccarat play on the Strip pulled gaming numbers up in August... more.

1. Las Vegas: Las Vegas was ground zero for the housing market's historic boom and bust. Loose lending standards and speculative fervor helped send home prices surging more than 104 percent from 2002 to their 2006 peaks, according to Moody's Economy.com... more.

Sales of new and existing homes fell in October from year-ago levels and the median resale price sank to its lowest point since 1996, Home Builders Research reported Tuesday... more.

IThe state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Monday that tens of thousands of residents have abandoned the Silver State's work force, either moving to other markets or staying put but quitting their job search... more.

In recent months, you start seeing that people are willing to inject capital into community banks. Today, we have lower loan delinquencies than two or three years ago. In the long term, (community banks investments are) good for the community and it makes good business sense.. more.

“National and international investors we talk to look at Las Vegas as a market where there are problems,” Roschelle said. “There are job growth issues and since jobs are the engine for real estate investment, they’re not bullish on any market that has risk that jobs won’t be created in the near future. That’s the broad point of view of Vegas.”... more.

The tax code permits most owners of residential rental properties to offset income by writing off numerous rental home expenses. You can find all of the details in IRS Publication 527, “Residential Rental Property.” Many rental home expenses are tax deductible... more.

The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose 16 basis points this week, to 4.62 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders. A basis point is one-hundredth of 1 percentage point. The mortgages in this week's survey had an average total of 0.37 discount and origination points. One year ago, the mortgage index was 5.05 percent; four weeks ago, it was 4.42 percent -- the lowest in more than 50 years... more.

Mortgage rates bumped higher this week, as global financial markets awaited details of the Fed's second round of quantitative easing…. more.

The CityCenter (18% sold) is even doing worse than Trump Tower (25% sold). It will take years to clear this inventory. .. more.

Vegas isn't declining too steeply because it already has," Altos Research spokesman Scott Sambucci said. "At this point, I'd say Vegas should take any stability in prices occurring in concert with rising inventory as a huge positive. If prices can hang on -- relatively speaking -- while inventory grows, that's a good thing because usually more supply at fixed demand leads to lower prices."…. more.

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL - Land prices continued to slide in the third quarter and further reductions are expected through the end of the year as more property goes back to the bank, a real estate analyst for Colliers International brokerage…. more.

Las Vegas home sales fell 15% in September from a year ago but held flatter than normal on a monthly basis, according San Diego-based real estate data provider MDA DataQuick... more.

Las Vegas real estate investing can be very profitable; however, it can also be risky. Learn from the mistakes of other Las Vegas real estate investors.  By avoiding these five most common Las Vegas real estate investing mistakes, you can be that much closer to your goals for owning a lucrative Las Vegas real estate investing business... more.