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You can, and should, get pre-approved for a home loan before you go looking for Las Vegas homes. Pre-approval is easy, and can give you complete peace-of-mind when shopping for your home. Mortgage experts can obtain written pre-approval for you at no cost and no obligation, and it can all be done...

We can help you locate investors who would be more than willing to help in your Las Vegas home purchase. There are many different programs available, depending on the investor. Many investors may be able to get you into a house of your choice with as little as the monthly mortgage payment. This g...

By borrowing money for investments to a specified level, you may be able to generate a significant tax refund for yourself that you can use as a down payment. While the money borrowed for these investments is technically a loan, the monthly amount paid can be small, and the money invested in both...

Some Las Vegas home owners may be willing to hold a second mortgage for you as a seller take-back. In this case, the seller becomes your lending institution. Instead of paying this seller a lump sum full amount for his or her home, you would pay monthly mortgage installments. There really are peo...

Despite prices falling 1.6 percent earlier this year and the increase in foreclosures in the third quarter the good times of Vegas' housing market are rolling right along. Las Vegas is called the "fastest growing city in history" and the fastest growing upscale market" in the U.S. Fortune magazin...

There are some local or federal government programs (such as 1st time buyer programs) to help people get into the Las Vegas housing market. You can qualify as a first time buyer even if your spouse has owned a home before. As long as your name was not on the title of the home you should be ok. En...

Little Known Facts That Can Help You Buy Your First Las Vegas Home... The problem that most renters face isn't your ability to meet a monthly payment. It goes without saying that you must meet this monthly obligation every 30 days already. The problem is accumulating enough capital to make a down...

It doesn't matter how long you've been renting, or how insurmountable your financial situation may seem. The truth is, there are some little known facts that can help you get over the hump, and transfer your status from renter to Las Vegas homeowner. With this information, you will begin to see h...

"Bank of America said Friday it will buy Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion in stock, a deal that rescues the country's biggest mortgage lender and expands the financial services empire of the nation's largest consumer bank." This was the opening paragraph on Yahoo! News this morning announci...

It's a dream we all have, to own our own Las Vegas home and stop paying rent. But if you're like most renters, you feel trapped within the walls of a house or apartment that doesn't feel like yours. How could it when you're not even permitted to bang in a nail or two without a hassle? You feel li...