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A new report says investors own 24.84% of Nevada’s single-family homes, equating to about 303,000 properties. That’s 6% higher than the national average and the seventh highest share in the nation behind Wyoming (30.9%), Maine (29.76%), Montana (26.78%), Alaska (26.65%), Hawaii (25.96%), and New Hampshire (25.04%).
Some real estate experts aren’t totally sold on President Donald Trump’s latest proposed policies on residential real estate leading to relief for the Las Vegas Valley housing crisis. Trump’s other policy statement was to direct Congress to act on banning large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes. Investors, Wall Street backed-hedged funds and corporate owners have long played a significant role in Las Vegas’ housing market as a recent report from UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate — which pulled its data from Redfin — estimates investors have purchased more than 99,000 homes since the start of the Great Recession.
The 6-6-6 walking challenge involves three components within its daily regimen. First is six minutes of warmup stretches followed by 60 minutes of walking, and six minutes of stretching again. Ideally, these walks are slotted into your schedule at either 6 a.m. or 6 p.m., just to keep with the theme.
Starting a business is never easy. Over one-fifth of all startups typically don’t survive past year one of operation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and nearly half never reach their fifth anniversary. Staying afloat is challenging even in stable times—and even more so amid elevated inflation and persistent labor market tightness.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is moving closer to opening a new business school with a massive state investment to support the project.
UNLV’s co-ed dance team won a national championship for the second year in a row. The Rebel Girls & Co. dance team earned first place in the game day and hip-hop categories for Division 1A this weekend at the Universal Dance Association’s College National Championships in Orlando, Florida. The competition is widely considered to be the country’s most important collegiate dance championship.
Nevada’s attorney general has signed onto suits on key issues such as immigration, education and the environment. We analyze when he has — and hasn’t — sued.
A series of recent social media posts from the Trump administration’s official government accounts have echoed terminology used by far-right extremists, experts said, adding that the posts offer no doubt that they are references to white supremacist rhetoric.
The amount of money the average American family spent on one child’s sports team significantly increased from 2018 to 2024, rising from $693 to $1,016. Project Play, an initiative of the Aspen Institute think tank that collected the data, attributed increasing costs to inflation and to families’ eagerness to participate in sports after the pandemic shutdowns.