Las Vegas Real Estate Update looks at the current inventory along with what sold in March. It reports on trends such as how many distress sales are available, how many sold last month. How many homes are being purchased with cash and how many with mortgages. Also includes the three most expensive homes sold in March.

1. The Mandarin recorded the most expensive sale in
March – $3,030,000 for a 3980 sf penthouse.
Las Vegas Real Estate Update – April 2014
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Las Vegas is heating up. By mid-week The Weather
Channel predicts highs of 91 degrees. The housing
market is also heating up. A recent CNN report
“Homebuyers Getting Priced Out in Cities Across
U.S.” had Las Vegas in the No. 1 spot of the top ten
hot markets. We’re not as alarmed by the price
appreciation as CNN. You can still buy a home f or
less than you can rent. There are still nice homes
f or less than $200K.
The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors
reports that the median home price is now at $195K,
up 21.1% over this time last year.
The median price of a home is rising and
interest rates are likely to rise by the end of the
year. Buying sooner rather than later is our advice.
Homes For Sale – Our MLS currently has 6436 single f amily homes listed without accepted of f ers.
We have 2364 condos and town homes f or a total of 8800 homes f or buyers to consider. 1209 of
the listings are short sales. 631 of the homes listed are f oreclosures. That leaves 6960 homes f or
sale that are traditional listings.
Sold in March – Call it Spring Fever or March Madness but we sold more homes in March than in
January or February. A total of 3007 homes closed escrow. That’s an increase of more than 500
homes sold f or the month.
Only 322 of the homes sold in March were f oreclosures. Another 392 of the homes sold were short
sales. Distress sales only accounted f or 23.7% of the closings.
Financing – Cash deals accounted f or 1307 of the transactions. That’s down to 43% of the market,
much lower than close to 60% cash we saw at the height of the investor f renzy. FHA, Homepath and
VA loans f inanced 756 of the purchases. Conventional mortgages f inanced 896 of the purchases.
Active Days On the Market – 1405 (46%) of

2. Luxury Homes that Sell Quick – Summerlin saw 3 homes
priced between $1 and $2Million sell in less than 15 days
in March. Including a $1.3M home in the Ridges and a
$1.9M home in Red Rock Country Club
The Estates at Southern Highlands golf course community
had the two most expensive closings for estate homes in
March.
Active Days On the Market – 1405 (46%) of
the homes that sold were on the market f or 30
days or less. 983 of the homes sold were on
the market days or less. This shows that pricing
homes to sell will get them sold quick.
We had a f ew high end homes that sold in less
than 15 days. This month’s quick sales in the
luxury market were in Summerlin. 409 Club Ct
was a 4897 sf home in Canyon Fairways listed
f or $1,399,900 and closed f or $1.325M. 20
Cross Ridge in The Ridges of Summerlin listed
f or $1.4M and sold f or $1.330M. 11447 Morning
Grove in Red Rock Country Club listed f or
$1.995,990 and sold f or $1.77M.
Luxury Homes For Sale -
We have 404 homes and high rise condos f or sale with a list price of at least $1 Million. In March, we
sold 25 single f amily homes and 4 high rise condos listed f or $1M plus. In February, only 13 single
f amily homes sold f or more than a mil. March was almost double that.
Top 3 Luxury Home Deals in March:
The Mandarin Oriental where penthouse 4503
with 2 beds/4 baths in 4980 sf sold f or
$3,030,000. This was also the most expensive
price per square f oot at $761/sf .
Southern Highlands took the #2 and #3 spot
f or most expensive deals in March. 26 Vintage
Ridge, listed f or $2.699M sold f or $2.5M. It
of f ered 6 beds/7 baths in 10,175 sf of living
space with a 4 car garage, pool and spa.
35 Vintage Canyon had a list price of
$2,499,000 and sold f or $2.4M. This estate
of f ered 5 beds, 6 baths in 9254 sf with a 4 car
garage, pool and spa.
Las Vegas Real Estate Update –
April 2014
Summary: Buyers have 8800 homes to choose f rom today. If we continued selling 3007 per month,
at this rate we’d be out of the current inventory in 2.92 mos. Over the past year, the average number
of homes sold per month has been 3080. Our Winter lull has ended and sales volume is returning to
our twelve month average.
We’re seeing more homes on the market but the increased sales volume means we’re back to a 3
month supply of inventory. That puts us into a seller’s market. In the lower price ranges, buyers can
expect bidding wars and competition f rom cash buyers. Buyers still have some bargaining power in
the luxury home market and the high rise market. Even in the luxury market, well priced homes that

3. show well sell quick.
The Las Vegas Real Estate Update is written by Debbie Drummond. Ready to buy or sell your Las
Vegas home? Call (702)354-6900 or email Debbie@LVHomePro.com.