12/26 to 1/1/12 – Recent Las Vegas News

Monday January 2, 2012 by admin.

Here’s some of the news relevant to or about Las Vegas Nevada that came out during the last week:

Dec. 26, 2011 Home Builders Research Inc. said the November sales of  new homes in the Las Vegas area total was off slightly from 367 transactions in October. The 365 sales were also down from November 2010.

                      A Colorado man who found $10,000 before boarding a flight in Las Vegas says he returned the money to the owner because he wanted to show his children it was "the right thing to do."

Dec. 27, 2011 Prudential Americana Group owner and broker Mark Stark said that the inventory of bank-owned homes in Las Vegas is shrinking and that the market will lean more toward short sales in 2012.

                     The number of people passing through McCarran International Airport, arriving and departing rose 3.9% in November from one year ago to 3.3 million.

Dec. 28, 2011 Home Builders Research reported that the median price of a new home in Las Vegas increased 2% in November from a year ago to $204,441 although sales remained at the lowest level on record.

Dec. 29, 2011 A pair of Houston co-workers settled a lawsuit over the rights to a $12.7 million Megabucks jackpot won at the Aria nearly a year ago for an confidential amount.

Dec. 30, 2011 Nationally the number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes in November rose to the highest level in a year and a half. In Las Vegas, Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors President Paul Bell said he’s noticed a trend that more homes are going into contract since early November, and expects December’s escrow closings to be the highest in several years.

                     France’s XL Airways says it will bring back its nonstop Las Vegas to Paris flights in the spring.

Dec. 31, 2011 New Year’s Eve

                     A new Las Vegas ordinance was approved to make banks take responsibility for the blight that stems from the housing market crash.

Jan 01, 2012 Happy New Years - Have a great 2012!

                    Over 300,000 squeezed onto the Las Vegas Strip at midnight to see about 56,000 total fireworks go off the roof or towers of 8 Las Vegas Strip Hotels. Police only arrested 57 of those for misdemeanor offenses.

                    SBE Entertainment operated Hyde Bellagio Lounge opened today in a 10,000 square foot space overlooking the Fountains at Bellagio that once was the Fontana Bar.

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