Las Vegas Homes Watch

Monday, August 08, 2005

Handling The Growth - The Las Vegas Way

Las Vegas real estate market has seen a healthy appreciation in the past 7 years. More and more people are thinking of retiring in Las Vegas. Limited resources have put a brake on the growth pattern. Water, power and pollution are the main concern over here. Limited supply and increasing demand are increasing the value of the property. The ever growing population and increasing tourist are putting a great pressure on the transport system which in turn has to construct more and more new through fares or widen the existing one

To handle the additional 30 million passengers every year a second airport is coming up near Jean in south Las Vegas on 6,500 acre of land. One of the factors responsible for the real estate price rise is the job market. The city saw 47,500 new jobs while housing permits for the same period was 32,156.