Aubrye's Blog

Have you ever been guilty of falling into the unfortunate predicament where you "Bought High" ... and "Sold Low"?  Yep - me too.  It wasn't what I set out to do ... but my timing was all wrong.  Let's just say, I learned from my experience!Presently, I keep hearing people say that they want to "h...

Okay - slap my hands ... I've been gone AGAIN for a while.  Sorry all.  But geez - it's a "Crazy World" we're living in right now ... isn't it??  Can we say foreclosure spikes, short sales galore, mortgage companies going "kaboom" and a slow down in the real estate market.  So ... what's the mort...

Those "buzz" words of late ... Short Sales and Foreclosures.  With the 100% financing terms, or Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM) that have popped up a bit for people (let's just say there is $1 trillion ARM loans that will need to be refinanced in 2007 alone) ... it seems as if Foreclosure is loom...

Yes ... I know I've been "MIA" for a bit, which I apologize.  But hey ... I now come to you with my "Crystal Ball" - or should I say that of Housing Intelligence.  Just this last month, they put out a report of various Real Estate Market Statistics taking us to 2010.  So "What do they say??" you ...

I'm sure we've all wondered what the numbers really say on how our Real Estate Market is doing in Summerlin and in Las Vegas in general.  Here's the latest and greatest according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors for the period ending May 2007.In Las Vegas, we have 23,042 Single Fa...

After two years of construction, the 180-acre Springs Preserve opened this weekend!!  It all began June 8th at 10am and the hours this weekend will be 10am - 10pm.  During the Grand Opening weekend of Springs Preserve - there will be a full festival of entertainment ... including a concert tonigh...

Today's market seems to be full of short sales!  For those of you who haven't run into this yet - brace yourself ... you will.  Some people look at this as a bad thing - but in all honesty, it's not.  So how do you handle a short sale??  Here's some basics for you... A Short Sale is when a home i...

Buildings ... buildings ... everywhere!  If you ever have any questions on how "hot" our real estate market still is - just take a look at the value of the land on the Las Vegas Strip.  Elad, the owner of the renowned Plaza Hotel in New York, spent $1.2 billion to acquire a 34.5 acre parcel on th...

I know that most of the information I provide to you is focused on the Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate market ... but there are certain causes that are extremely important to me, one of which is the growing problem of addiction we have with our youth and our community in general.In Las Vegas,...

Here's the latest and greatest happenings in Summerlin ... okay it's not Summerlin ... but close enough!  ManhattanWest had its groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, May 22nd - and yours truly was there.  Despite the 5 mile trek, in heels no less, to get to the red carpet for the ceremony ... it wa...