Mary Kennedy's Blog from Las Vegas

Dear Reader, Wow! I haven't heard this line in awhile. "Forget Renting, it's now Cheaper to Buy in the Las Vegas Valley" The line is also a link for you to click and print this article which appeared in the Las Vegas Review Journal. For those of you who don't take the print edition at home, this ...

When I interview and sign-up home owners to sell their property in a short sale the most asked question is: What is average time frame for an approval letter? Answer: Three months seems to be the average, but it varies greatly from bank to bank and file to file. I have a real advantage in that, t...

I have some really good information to share with you. Please click and print the report below and read on. This is one e-mail where I'll report and you decide. Market Watch: Resale Home Inventory for March 29, 2010 I just keep reading and hearing in the news that Las Vegas just continues to be a...

In a previous blog post, I wrote about how the Lenders are moving from foreclosure mentality towards a 3 step process to help homeowners: Stay in their homes through loan modification or To short sell their homes if a loan modification will not work out. I also wrote about the sense of relief tha...

There are a couple of interesting articles popped up in the Las Vegas Review Journal during the past few days. Since Las Vegas has been called "Ground Zero" for foreclosures and short sales (check the numbers in Florida!), I thought I would share this information from "Ground Zero", where the exp...

New Federal Rules recently went into effect to make foreclosing on a property the "Last Resort" during these, rather challenging economic times. If a Loan Modification for the home owner will not work maybe a Short Sale will be the best option. Short Sales can be stressful and a time-consuming pr...

I have inserted a link to the latest Las Vegas Real Estate Market Information. Please click on the link below to download and print this information. Las Vegas Market Watch: Resale Home Inventory Update 03/29/2010 As you can see by the report, the number of short sales is escalating by a signific...

I have a couple of good articles to share with you. Evidence that Las Vegas home prices may be on the bottom and the effect that the historic snowfalls may have on the Las Vegas Real Estate Market. Click on the links below and make it a good week. Analyst: Las Vegas home prices will increase 3 pe...

My latest Las Vegas Update comes from a combination of selling in the trenches and the latest hard data provided by Applied Analysis, an information and analysis resource that I use here in Las Vegas to update readers and followers on the latest Residential Real Estate trends here in the Las Vega...

Dear Reader, Have you met a house you liked? That may sound funny to you. But the longer I'm in this business, the more I find that homes have personalities. To really get to know a home, you need some background. You need a proper introduction to the area, the neighborhood, the features, the am...