Representatives of the Las Vegas housing industry got a briefing Thursday that showed net sales and buyer traffic have rebounded slightly after a steep decline following the shutdown of the casino industry and other non-essential businesses in March due to COVID-19.
Nicknamed the residential illusionist, Gayle Novak works her magic staging occupied and vacant residential homes going on the market. As the CEO/design director of Enhance Your Home LLC, Novak and her team help homeowners and listing agents present properties in the best possible fashion, or what Novak terms “showcase ready.” In response to the current COVID-19 crisis, Novak is helping her clients stage their homes via Virtual Home Staging Consultations, a program she launched April 1.
If you know any one of the thousands of Nevadans working in the real estate industry, they are likely in a much better mood this week. From Realtors and their teams to title companies, mortgage lenders and escrow services, they are both learning how to operate in a completely new business environment, and preparing for the new business they hope to earn once the government shutdown is lifted.
Blue Heron is taking reservations for its new planned collection of homes in MacDonald Highlands called Dragon Rock where a model home is under construction.
The Henderson Interchange Center sold for $19 million. The 130,842-square-foot industrial property is at 860 Wigwam Parkway in Henderson. Dan Doherty , SIOR; Chris Lane , CCIM; Paul Sweetland , SIOR; and Jerry Doty of Colliers International represented the seller, Henderson Interchange Center LLC.
The 2019 and 2020 New American Homes showcased to the world by Sun West Custom Homes during the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas have each sold for $5.5 million.
Longtime Las Vegas builder Richard Plaster, CEO of Signature Homes, went to Singapore for vacation March 19. He is still there, riding out the global pandemic shutdown. Through text messages he said he has been seeking medical supplies for Nevada.
Mark Stark, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ largest independently owned franchise, is working to communicate with his 3,500 real estate sales executives in Nevada, Arizona and California through Facebook Live events every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Stark and his company’s vice president of sales, Rick Berube, cover topics including market changes, working with homebuyers and sellers during COVID-19 regulations and interest rates, among other topics.
The statewide Nevada Realtors issued a statement from NVR President Chris Bishop about Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak ordering all evictions in Nevada to be suspended during the state of emergency related to the coronavirus.