A Mortgage Industry Crisis?
January 2008

What’s going on in the world of mortgage financing? The media would have you think that the sky is falling, but let’s review what is really happening and how it affects our lives and our future. A few years back, Wall Street investors told the mortgage bankers, “Create new product swith higher returns and we will buy them.” The industry responded with higher risk products that paid higher returns. More>>>

San Diego Fire Disaster Assistance...
October 2007

Extremely important information if you have been affected by the fires. More>>>

The Las Vegas Economy at a Glance...
September 2007

The News Community Newspapers of Nevada is currently running a community service awareness ad campaign titled Red Means Stop, highlighting the need to get Valley residents to pay attention to traffic lights and stop signs. The News is partnering with Las Vegas Metropolitan, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Boulder City Police departments to bring more attention to unnecessary accidents and deaths associated with running red lights and stop signs. Fatal accidents resulting from failure to obey traffic control devices have increased by 150% in LVMPD's jurisdiction this year alone. More>>>

The Las Vegas Economy at a Glance...
September 2007

The News Community Newspapers of Nevada is currently running a community service awareness ad campaign titled Red Means Stop, highlighting the need to get Valley residents to pay attention to traffic lights and stop signs. The News is partnering with Las Vegas Metropolitan, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Boulder City Police departments to bring more attention to unnecessary accidents and deaths associated with running red lights and stop signs. Fatal accidents resulting from failure to obey traffic control devices have increased by 150% in LVMPD’s jurisdiction this year alone. More>>>

Las Vegas is kind to both Renters and Landlords
August 2007

Las Vegas has made two more Forbes.com lists. No, it's not updated lists about the least affordable housing markets or metropolitan areas that face the steepest decline in home appreciation — issues Forbes and other publications often write about when it comes to Las Vegas. More>>>

The Unbloody Streets of Las Vegas
July 2007

The temperature has been especially hot this year in Las Vegas. Day after day, by late afternoon thermometers hit 110 degrees or more. For those of us who have been here a while, we may be annoyed, but resign ourselves to dealing with the dry heat, and congratulate ourselves for not having to shovel snow in the winter. More>>>