Southern Nevada: Golfing with Kids in the Las Vegas Valley

Summer Cool: Get Golfing with Kids

Golfing for all generations: Jill Paige and granddaughter at Angel Park Golf Course.

Get Golfing with Kids

Look to golf as a way to develop family time and fun time for your children this summer. The National Golf Foundation reports that 10 million children and teens (ages 5-17) are either interested in learning how to play golf or are already playing the game at some. Besides physical activity, golf teaches social skills and achievement, so get golfing! Visit the Family Fun Guide: Las Vegas Valley Kid's Golf Guide for more ideas.

Get Golfing with Kids at the Driving Range

Begin with rules and practice swings at a driving range. Desert Pines Golf Club (3415 E Bonanza Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89101 at N. Pecos Road (702) 450-8170) offers a two-tiered climate controlled facility. The Practice Center is a place to keep cool and teach the basic skills about golf. 

1.      Set safety rules: No one can be behind you or close to you when you swing!

2.      Start swinging: The Practice Center will provide balls. Show children a simple baseball grip, how to place the ball on the tee, and then swing away.

3.      Smile and enjoy: Whiffs should not bother children or you. It is an exciting feeling when children connect with the ball. Keep the experience a short one and leave as soon as your young players lose interest.

Get Golfing with Kids: First Tee of Southern Nevada

The First Tee teaches nine core values through golf play: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment. Learn more about The First Tee of Southern Nevada at http://www.thefirstteesouthernnevada.org/club/scripts/public/public.asp

Get Golfing with Kids:  A Summer Fun Experience in Las Vegas and Henderson, NV

July 8-14, 2013 is the annual "Take Your Daughter to the Course Week" (sons are welcome, too) sponsored by the National Golf Course Owners Association (www.ngcoa.org or www.playgolfamerica.com). The PGA of America recently designated July as "Family Golf Month," so look for more special programs for kids and juniors across the Las Vegas Valley including East Las Vegas at Desert Rose Golf Course, Stallion Mountain Golf,  and Royal Links Golf Club.

Real Estate News: The Numbers; 22.2% Increase in Seller's Market Summer 2013

Summer is Hot in Southern Nevada; Not Just the Weather

Seller's Real Estate Market 

22.2%

 Seller's Real Estate Markets

The seller's real estate market is hot in Southern Nevada. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR) announced, "Strong demand and a tight housing supply continue to push up home prices in Southern Nevada, showing existing home prices are now 30 percent higher than one year ago" (GLVAR, April 9, 2013).  Las Vegas, Henderson, and North Las Vegas have more buyers than available houses to buy. Dave Tina, the GLVAR president shared information about the real estate market and said that housing prices have risen and there's about a five-week supply of homes available to sell each month.  The GLVAR reported there are  more "traditional" sellers - compared to lenders, who are responsible for the short sales and foreclosures which have dominated the real estate market in recent years. Tina said "traditional" sales "account for more than half of all local home sales so far in 2013."

JUST SOLD!

Get Ready to Sell Your Home

Realty Executives has a five-step checklist to follow if you need to get ready to sell your home.
The Las Vegas Valley hot real estate market means serious buyers are often willing to pay more than list price. Forbes Magazine published "Check out the Hottest Seller's Markets: Prices Are Rising by Double Digits, Competition Is Keen and Houses Sell Fast"  March 1, 2013. The article stated, "The three key criteria to qualify as a hot seller’s market? Median list prices must have risen by double-digit rates between January 2012 and January 2013; inventory levels of homes available for sale must have dropped significantly during the same period; and houses must be selling faster than the national median. Nationally, according to Realtor.com, median list prices were slightly up for that time, increasing 0.80 percent; inventories dropped by a median 16.47 percent, and the median time from listing to sale was 108 days."  If you are a seller, here are key points to spot in a seller's market:

Take The Real Estate Temperature

• Inventory is very low as compared to previous months / years.
• Less than six months of inventory is on the market.
• Comparable sale prices are lower than active listing prices.
• More buyers are purchasing, resulting in higher closed sale numbers.
• Follow the monthly median housing sales prices.  Median house prices increase,
• Look for "For Sale signs". Few signs are posted or the signs have been up for only a few days before a pending or sold sign is posted.

(Elizabeth Weintraub, "Hot, Cold and Neutral Real Estate Markets"

The Nevada Business Magazine's George McCabe published "GLVAR reports rising home prices in Southern Nevada" May 10, 2013.  He wrote, "Statistics released today by the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS (GLVAR) show existing home prices in Southern Nevada continue to increase and are now nearly 31 percent higher than they were one year ago". The median list price for a single family home in May 2013 was $164,990, an increase of 3.2% from March, and +22.2% from May 2012.

 If you feel the heat and you want to take your real estate temperature, contact Jill Paige at Jill Paige Homes (jillpaige@realtyexecutives.com and (702) 595-2922).