Las Vegas real estate, explained plainly.
What it costs, where to look and what to ask, from an agent who works the whole valley.
- Summerlin, Henderson or the Northwest: choosing your side of the Las Vegas valley
The three areas most Las Vegas buyers end up choosing between, what each one is actually like, and the questions that settle it.
New-construction articles, by area.
I keep a separate new-home guide for each side of the valley. These are the latest articles from all three.
- Providence and Skye Hills: two foothill neighbors, one finished, one still growing
They share a ZIP code and the same view of the mountains, but buying in Providence and buying in Skye Hills are different searches. Here is how I explain the pair to buyers who love the upper northwest.
- Summerlin New Construction Property Taxes: The Year-Two Bill
Property taxes on a new Summerlin home: why the first bill is low, why the 3% cap skips year one, and how to budget for the escrow jump after closing.
- Lot premiums in Henderson: which ones hold their value
Every Henderson community has a homesite map with a second set of prices on it. Some of those premiums are the best money you will spend on the house. Others evaporate the day the street fills in. Here is how I tell them apart before a buyer picks a lot.
- Same price, different house: how to compare Northwest builders beyond the floor plan
Two new homes can carry similar ‘from’ prices and still be very different purchases. Here is how I compare builders across the northwest — what comes standard, how they sell, and who you are really dealing with.
- Builder Preferred Lender in Summerlin: Worth the Incentive?
Should you use a Summerlin builder's in-house lender? How the incentive works, what federal rules allow, and how to compare Loan Estimates before you sign.
- Leaving California for a Henderson new build: what to get right first
California buyers arrive in Henderson with real equity and a strong sense of what a house should cost. That is a good starting position. The mistakes I see are almost never about the house itself — they are about timing the sale, reading the fees and choosing the lot.
- Tule Springs and Kyle Canyon: the city line matters more than the ZIP code
The far northwest is where a lot of new building is happening, and it is also where three different local governments meet. Here is why that matters to a buyer, and how I check which side of the line a home is really on.
- New Home Builder Warranty in Summerlin: What 1-2-10 Covers
What a Summerlin builder warranty actually covers — the 1-2-10 tiers, what year one excludes, the dates to calendar, and what Nevada law adds.
- Lake Las Vegas new construction: what the water actually changes
Lake Las Vegas is the Henderson address buyers either fall for on the first drive or never seriously consider. Both reactions skip the useful part. Here is how I walk buyers through the builders, the fees and the trade‑offs before they decide it is or is not for them.
- Pre-drywall, final walk, eleven months: the three inspections that protect a new build
A brand-new house still needs checking — three times, at three very different moments. Here is what each walkthrough is for, what I look at, and how to use the builder’s warranty before the clock runs out.
- Summerlin New Home Build Timeline: How Long It Takes
How long a new home really takes to build in Summerlin — contract to keys, phase by phase, the Census numbers, and what actually causes delays.
- The design center: what to lock in and what to leave alone
Some of the choices you make in a Henderson builder’s design studio can be undone with a weekend and a contractor. Others are poured in concrete. Here is how I help buyers tell the two apart before the appointment clock starts running.