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Lied Center for Real Estate News

The Lied Center for Real Estate (Formerly Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies) was established in 1989 by the Lee Business School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to foster excellence in real estate education and research. The center was endowed in 1991 through a generous gift and a challenge grant from the Ernest F. Lied Foundation Trust.

Current Real Estate News

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People |

Sky Denson says UNLV's real estate program helped launch his career — before he even graduated.

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Campus News |

Brookings Mountain West and the Lied Center for Real Estate at UNLV host national housing policy experts to present research and discuss housing finance system reforms on Sept. 23.

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Campus News |

News highlights featuring UNLV students and staff who made (refreshing) waves in the headlines.

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Campus News |

As the nation's most-watched sports entertainment event rolls into town, UNLV researchers are available to provide expertise.

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Campus News |

A roundup of prominent news stories highlighting university pride, research, and community collaboration.

Graduation surprise
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News stories from the summer featuring UNLV students and faculty.

Real Estate In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

There’s a number of respected institutions that have weighed in on this, including UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate, Brookings Mountain West and Nevada Housing Coalition, Frias said. All point to the same conclusion that there’s not enough housing supply in Nevada to meet the growing demand of the growing population.

Las Vegas Sun

With President Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans holding majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, there are few opportunities for congressional Democrats to make their mark on the federal budget.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A recent report from the UNLV Lied Center for Real Estate found that the valley hasn’t been building enough homes for about 15 years.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Rep. Mark Amodei led House Republicans in approving a reconciliation bill Monday that included a late-night amendment to sell off more than 93,000 acres of public lands in Nevada — much to the chagrin of environmentalists and congressional Democrats.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A recent UNLV Lied Center for Real Estate report found that the valley hasn’t been building enough homes for about 15 years.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada and the Bureau of Land Management have agreed to share data on public lands that could be released for future development as part of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s larger effort to fix the state’s housing crisis.

Real Estate Experts

An expert in real estate valuation and appraisal.

Recent Real Estate Accomplishments

Nicholas B. Irwin (Economics) has been appointed as the Research Director at UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate. In this role, Irwin will expand the Center’s research program in both the academic and policy arenas. He will also work with Shawn J. McCoy, Lied Center Director, to further enhance Lied’s strong reputation in the state and local…
Shawn McCoy (Economics; Director of the Lied Center for Real Estate) was recently interviewed by Fox5 about his paper on wildfires and residential development. The paper was co-authored with Nicholas Irwin (Economics) and Katie Jo Black (Kenyon College).
Shawn McCoy (Economics; Lied Center for Real Estate) and Nicholas Irwin (Economics) were both recently interviewed by the Las Vegas Sun about their recent research article studying residential development in the aftermath of wildfires.
Nicholas Irwin (Economics), Shawn McCoy (Economics/Lied Center for Real Estate), and co-author Katie Jo Black (Kenyon College) recently published an article, "Wildfire risk, salience, and housing development in the wildland–urban interface," in the Journal of Regional Science, the pre-eminent journal in regional and urban…
Olivia Cheche (Political Science) and Peter Grema (Economics) presented their research at the 2021 Western Regional Honors Council Virtual Conference, last week. Cheche's research on "The Culture of Policing in Las Vegas" presents national and local data on disparities related to the racial, social, and fiscal aspects within the Las…
Vivek Sah (Lied Center for Real Estate) has been selected to serve as the vice program chair on the American Real Estate Society (ARES) board of directors for 2021-22. ARES is one of the leading and premier academic real estate organizations in the world.