Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Right time to buy Las Vegas Condominiums

By R. Kim

Las Vega Nevada is known for its gambling, shopping, and other entertainments like shows and celebrities. Las Vegas is one of the most visited city in the United States. With the growth of the entertainment industry, Las Vegas have attracted many people to live in this metropolis.

Also recent constructions of high rise luxury condominiums have spurred the growth of Las Vegas condominiums. Condominiums have been very popular among the second home owners, who travel many times a year to enjoy and have fun.

But the once sizzling Las Vegas condo market has seen a drop in prices and slowing down of new development. Like the rest of the country the downturn has hit Las Vegas condominiums even harder. Prices of some condos have declined as much as to 40 to 50 percent, which makes cash buyers be in total control.

Many foreclosure and short sales are happening in Las Vegas as owners sell Las Vegas condominiums because lack of equity. This has created tremendous buying opportunities for investors who were previously priced out of the market. One of the market that dried up is Condo-Hotels, which were very popular with visitors to Vegas. These were condos that were rented out like a hotel when the owners were not using the property.

Many luxury Las Vegas condominiums that were priced above a million are selling for about half that price. Those who wanted to flip and make a quick buck have seen prices declined, where they are either dumping the properties in the market or are holding on to valuable real estate.

But some constructions are having some transaction occur, developments like MGM is still desired by many buyer, although foreclosure and short sales have the market prices down. With every downturn comes an opportunities, for those who have longer time mindset, this certainly is good time to buy before the market rebounds.

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