Las Vegas Sun NewsLas Vegas deemed one of top sellers’ markets in U.S.
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11 December 2012
9:01 p.m.
With investors gobbling up cheap homes and turning them into rentals, Las Vegas has become one of the top “sellers’ markets” in the country.
The Las Vegas Valley is the fourth-best U.S. metro area to sell a house, according to a report out today from research firm Zillow. San Jose, Calif., ranked No. 1, followed by San Francisco and Sacramento.
Nine of the top 10 sellers’ markets were in California, Nevada, Arizona or Washington state. Many of those regions were hit hard by the housing bust and are now buoyed by investors turning foreclosed and non-distressed homes into rentals, Zillow chief economist Stan Humphries said in the report.
The buyers have reduced inventory levels and helped push up prices, especially for cheaper homes, he added.
To compile the rankings, Zillow said it crunched various sets of data: the number of days homes were listed for sale on Zillow, the percentage of homes on the market with a price cut, and sales prices versus asking prices.
In sellers’ markets, homes were listed for sale for a shorter period of time, prices were cut less frequently and sales prices were near or greater than their last listing price.
Zillow also ranked the top 10 “buyers’ markets,” where homes stayed on the market longer and prices were slashed more often. Chicago was No. 1, followed by Cleveland, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and New York.
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Renters have no skin in the neighborhood or the house....it's not a good trend for Las Vegas. Nothing replaces a homeowner who lives in the home.
Don't you believe it. Another real estate hype article. If you wish to sell your underwater house for nothing LV is the perfect place to be a seller.
I'd take most renters compared to some of the overbearing jerks that are on the HOA board.
To the assertion that renters have no skin in the neighborhood, that used to be the case and a differentiating factor. However in this day and age, a renter who is paying for his residence and has an interest in preserving the quiet enjoyment for which he or she is paying has more skin in his neighborhood than the homeowner who is residing for free because he or she has not paid their mortgage in years.
I'm sorry but this article is a joke. Yes there are way more buyers out there than sellers but there is a very good reason for this. Sellers can only sell for less than they owe! That doesn't make it a great sellers market. Really stupid.