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March 10, 2012

LAS VEGAS EXPERIENCES A SHORTAGE OF HOMES

ROUGHLY ONLY ONE MONTH'S SUPPLY OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES AT CURRENT SALES LEVELS

Anything in the range of $80,000 to $125,000 is snapped up with multiple offers, said a local Realtor.

Listings for real-estate or bank-owned homes decreased, to 1,437 in March, down 40% from 2,643 …

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March 9, 2012

HENDERSON AND LAS VEGAS CONDOS UNDER $80,000 GOING LIKE HOTCAKES

CONDO AND TOWNHOME MARKET IN HENDERSON AND LAS VEGAS IS HOT RIGHT NOW!

Sales of single-family homes in Las Vegas and their median price increased in February from the previous
month, while the inventory of available homes for sale decreased and continued to decline according to the Las Vegas Association of …

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March 7, 2012

60,000 SEAT DOMED STADIUM PROPOSED TO UNLV REGENTS

DOMED 60,000 SEAT STADIUM ON UNLV'S LAS VEGAS CAMPUS PROPOSED TO REGENTS


Domed stadium could be finished in five years, cost about 500 million, and seat 60,000, according to a
briefing given to higher education leaders Thursday.

The entire project, initially proposed in February 2011, would include the stadium …

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Feb. 24, 2012

STOKIE EXPANDS TO LAS VEGAS

TECH-EDGED STATIONERY DESIGNER STORKIE EXPANDS TO LAS VEGAS BRINGING JOBS AND NEW PRODUCTS


"We want to use Las Vegas as a hotbed for new technology and new products", said a spokesman
for the firm.

Since it's 1990 inception as a catalog-based, baby related stationery company, Storkie has grown into
a …

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Feb. 8, 2012

ZAPPOS INVESTS $500,000 IN NEW STARTUP APP MAKER IN LAS VEGAS

ZAPPOS INVESTS $500,000 IN NEW STARTUP APP MAKER IN LAS VEGAS

The developers behind iphone app Rumgr confirmed they have receivedan angel investment from Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh which will allow Rumgr to operate for one year and to hire 2 employees including an Android developer.

It's too …

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Jan. 30, 2012

RESORTS AND ZAPPOS ARE SYMBOLS OF LAS VEGAS' FUTURE

RESORTS AND ZAPPOS ARE SYMBOLS OF LAS VEGAS' FUTURE

Says Richard Florida, a University of Toronto professor and well known author.
He will be a featured speaker at the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce annual
economic forum.

He told the Review-Journal that both Casinos and Zappos will be assets as …

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Jan. 23, 2012

LAS VEGAS HOUSING MARKET INVITING TO MANY FOREIGN INVESTORS

LAS VEGAS HOUSING MARKET INVITING
TO MANY FOREIGN INVESTORS

The risk of deeper recession in European
could encourage more Europeans to invest
in U.S. real estate markets such as Las
Vegas, an economist for Trulia.com said.

Las Vegas ranks number 8 among U.S. cities
for international buyers …

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Jan. 19, 2012

THE LAS VEGAS RENAISSANCE, A 700,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR SHOPPING MALL IS BEING DEVELOPED TO OPEN IN 2015

THE LAS VEGAS RENAISSANCE, A 700,000
SQUARE FOOT INDOOR SHOPPING MALL IS
BEING DEVELOPED TO OPEN IN 2015

Developers of the Tivoli Village
shopping center in Western Las Vegas
announced plans to build a massive
indoor mall across the street.

The project's cost is estimated at
350 million …

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Jan. 16, 2012

GOVERNOR OF NEVADA MEETS WITH CEO OF ZAPPOS

GOVERNOR SANDOVAL VISITS DOWNTOWN
LAS VEGAS AND MEETS ZAPPOS CEO TONY
HSIEH FOR THE FIRST TIME

East Fremont street, once home to
drug addicts and empty stores,
is seeing redevelopment take root.

Sandoval's presence in response to the
city's invitation to tour the area, was
a sign that …

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Jan. 13, 2012

30 YEAR FIXED AT 3.89 PERCENT SETS NEW RECORD LOW

A RECORD LOW ON MORTGAGE RATES
EARLY IN 2012 - 3.89 PERCENT FOR
A 30 YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE

That's below the previous record of
3.91 per cent reached 3 weeks ago.

Records on mortgage rates date back
to the 1950s.

The average on a 15 year mortgage
ticked …

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