Las Vegas Home Sales for 1st Quarter 2006.
Monday, April 24th, 2006Las Vegas real estate market broke just about every available record in the first quarter of 2006. March continued the record trends found in January and February of this year.
Brief Las Vegas Home Sales Overview:
Las Vegas new home sales are a fast paced 19.3% ahead of last year’s first quarter. March was the fifth highest new Las Vegas home sales month in history. Last year’s record could be broken by the new Las Vegas home sales totals.
Existing Las Vegas home sales are just about 1% ahead of last year. March figures are down slightly in total from last year. Resales in 2005 were just 2.2% under the record set in 2004. Las Vegas could still see a record in resales this year.
Forbes magazine said resale prices of Las Vegas home sales would drop by 8.5% this year. Currently, Las Vegas home sales are at a record $284,900. A 8.3% increase over last March for Las Vegas real estate.
New home prices are at an all-time record high of $320,379. That is 12.5% ahead of last March Las Vegas home sales figures. March figures include 629 conversion sales, too. (more…)
