Las Vegas 2 bedrooms won't sell at 25k

Discussion in 'Economics' started by wilburbear, Sep 6, 2011.

  1. dhpar

    dhpar

    #51     Sep 18, 2011
  2. luisHK

    luisHK

    Quote from peilthetraveler:

    "Did some digging...found about 11 of them in the same complex for sale. Forget the one that costs $25k. Buy this one that was listed a week ago for $720."

    http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2.../7028296_zpid/#{scid=hdp-site-map-bubble-address}



    "nice. if you take 30Y mortgage at 3.96 you end up paying $3 (three) dollars a month, i.e. about one 2-pound coin..."


    Than how serious are the price tags on this website ? is the 25K house a genuine offer ?
     
    #52     Sep 18, 2011
  3. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    Second cheapest listed house in Toronto just went for $221k. One bedroom ( 950 sq feet ), one bathroom in the basement, big hydro tower in the backyard, train station near by.

    Location is everything in real estate.
     
    #53     Sep 18, 2011
  4. zdreg

    zdreg

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    not wierd. ever hear of supply and demand? when the UN showed up in Kabul the demand for secure western style housing put some rents at above $10000/month.
     
    #54     Sep 18, 2011
  5. luisHK

    luisHK

    Yes, I heard about supply and demand. Kabul's example is not really relevant, the price of a house in Vegas appears lower than those of flats with local standards in secondary cities in the developping world, where there is no particular safety issue. Certainly *much* lower than in Macau, where I hang out regulary, which shares quite a few similarities with Vegas - among them belonging to the first world, or so I thought for Vegas

    I'm surprised if the owner really needs 25K that he doesn't sell the house in seperate elements and holds on the land, or just holds on all of it until better days. Besides the 250 or so usd house sale advertisement has me wonder how serious this all is.

    Weird
     
    #55     Sep 18, 2011
  6. zdreg

    zdreg

    kabul is an example of what happens when there is an outlandish shortage of supply. it was not meant to show that the two cities are polar opposites or are parallel in anyway. my recollection is that there were additional costs of $150,000 to connect water or electicity. this cost was a total fixed cost whether you were connecting 1 apt. or 10 apt.
     
    #56     Sep 18, 2011
  7. LV is a dump. All the money goes into the strip and never leaves the strip. The moment you step out of sincity it is all a dump.
     
    #57     Sep 18, 2011
  8. KMAX

    KMAX

    Thanks for the useful advice Edward!
     
    #58     Sep 18, 2011