Robin Smith's Blog

The high-rise condo market in Las Vegas has been heating up and there are no indications of it slowing down.  Many people are moving to Southern Nevada, especially from California, and the trend looks as if it will continue in 2018 according to home market analysts.Through December 20, 2017 there...

The Las Vegas Valley residents, as well as homebuyers across the country love master-planned communities. More than 28,000 home buyers purchased homes in the top 50 master-planned communities in the nation last year. While new home sales grew 9% last year, master- planned sales grew by twenty per...

Pardee Homes Linea will have a grand opening in the later part of January in the award winning master-planned community of Inspirada located in Henderson.The Linea neighborhood will consist of four two-story floor plans ranging from 2,014 to 2,711 square feet.  The modern exterior options are – D...

Do you want to save for a down payment for you to own a home instead of renting?  The most important first step is saving for that down payment – and yes life’s expenses can get in the way as well as paying your monthly rent.  Balancing your expenses with saving is the trick you have to learn – a...

Summerlin, the award winning mast planned community developed by the Howard Hughes Corp, hit major milestones in 2017. There was a focus on sports and business, robust home sales and the community added many parks, schools and a disc golf course.The highlights of 2017 are:· The developments in Do...

The sales of homes in master-planned communities surged in 2017 all over the country.  The Las Vegas area has five communities that made the top 50 on the list of best selling master-plans.In all areas of the nation 27,580 home were sold in a master-planned community – this figure reflects a 17 p...

The state of Nevada has home loan programs that you might not be aware of – so I am writing to share the information with you.On December 5, 2016 the state implemented a home loan program to help recruit and retain teachers in the public school system.  In a year almost 400 have bought home throu...

Axis and Nova Ridge are two new-home communities by Pardee Homes that debuted in 2017.  These communities are the next level modern homes for the Las Vegas Valley by Pardee Homes.Axis,opened last April on a beautifully terraced hillside located in Henderson that looks out over the valley.  The co...

Paragon Life Builders, a boutique residential home building firm was started in 2015, by two veteran home builders Eric Tan and Mo Seebeck.  The firm has already finished 18 homes around the Las Vegas Valley and this number will likely quadruple in 2018 according to the firm.The new home builders...

The Harkins family had decided they were ready to move from their existing home to a newly built home in an area that was better suited for their lifestyle.  They looked at different options and found the master-planned community of Skye Canyon to their liking.They found their ideal home in the T...