Kirk Sanford News

Casino companies such as Sightline Payments LLC with Kirk Sanford were certainly pleased that Las Vegas had 3.4% more visitors over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend this year. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said the 270,000 tourists spent around $150 million through Sunday, and that figure excludes casino revenues.

AAA predicted the 3 million people who flocked to the Mountain West region, which includes Nevada and Utah over the holiday. This shows an increase of 10.7% compared to last year.

Casino lovers and companies such as Sightline Payments LLC with Kirk Sanford would most probably be relieved to hear that the casino industry in Las Vegas seems to be recovering from its two-year collapse. In September, gambling revenue on the Strip rose by 2.8%; last year revenue was at $506.4 million, and this year it climbed to $520.6 million. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said casino income increased 4.3% in the first nine months of the year.

Steve Wynn, the CEO of Wynn Resorts explained last week that “We’ve seen the bottom in Las Vegas. I don’t know how fast it’s going to get better, but I don’t think it’s going to get any worse.” This was indeed apparent in quarterly results which were posted by Wynn Resort, Las Vegas Sands Corp and MGM Resorts International, three of the top gambling groups in Las Vegas.

If you’re interested in finding vacant land in Las Vegas and building your own home, there are many things you should know.  While the desert looks to be open and inviting, there is surprisingly little room for building at this point.  Almost 80% of the land in the Las Vegas Valley is owned by the Federal Bureau of Land Management. This leaves 20% for private owners.

Most of this land has been divided into half acre parcels, with the largest area of land available being about two and half acre parcels.  If you’re hoping to enjoy horses, you should also know that three horses are allowed for every acre of land.

Certainly, not everyone in Vegas wants to build.  Some companies, like Sightline Acquisition, LLC with Kirk Sanford specialize in the acquisition of distressed commercial and residential real estate.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, things are not looking up for the Nevada housing market.  Nevada ranks first across America in residential foreclosures and second in delinquencies for the second quarter of 2010.

As Stephen Brown, the economist who just became the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said, “The Las Vegas housing market is pretty close to a bottom.” He doesn’t expect to see residential real estate begin to recover for another three years or so.

Unfortunately, Nevada is in good company with their foreclosure rates.  RealtyTrac, a foreclosure listing service, reports that more than 2.3 million homes have been repossessed by lenders since the recession began in December, 2007.

Many banks have tightened their lending standards as a result of these real estate issues.  Certainly, some companies are able to help with these real estate issues. Sightline Acquisition, Inc. with Kirk Sanford, for instance, is a privately held Las Vegas-based investment fund specializing in the acquisition of distressed commercial and residential real estate. While benefiting from a depressed market, companies like this one with Kirk Sanford can, hopefully, help to breathe life into the real estate market and boost sales.

Certainly, the real estate market is one that has been hard hit by the economic downturns. One interesting option for developers and for condo owners is to turn to the rental market in Las Vegas. A number of luxury condo projects have begun renting portions of their units. Several developers are also looking into the idea of time shares.

Housing analyst in Las Vegas, Steve Bottfeld, sees this rental trend as one that will continue. This can become a way to generate revenue for developers.

This information mostly affects developers, but is also of interest to companies such as Sightline Acquisition with Kirk Sanford and others who are interested in real estate in Las Vegas.

There is some promising news for the real estate prices in Las Vegas, but they still seem to have a ways to go. In April, Las Vegas home prices edged up slightly as measured by the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. However, Vegas still trails behind other big cities in the recovery or residential real estate prices.

S&P did indicate that Las Vegas prices increased .2% from March to April, a positive sign that is certainly encouraging for businesses like Sightline Acquisition with Kirk Sanford and others.

However, looking at a year-over-year basis, Las Vegas prices were down 8.5% in April, in comparison to a 3.8% average increase for 20 other markets that were included in the report.

Carla L. Davis, the author of a recent post on RealtyTimes.com helps homeowners to think about when it is time to move up. If you’ve had another baby, accepted a retired parent to live with you, welcomed a divorced child back into the house, and more, then you may be considering purchasing a larger home. How do you know when the time is right to do so?

First, you need to consider the interest rates at the time when you are considering moving. You need to look at your budget and at your income. You need to consider if you have enough equity in your current home to put more money into your future purchase. You should also be educated about current market conditions, and you should think clearly about where you want your new home to be based on schools, commuting times and more.

These considerations could have you when thinking about purchasing a larger home. Certainly, in the Las Vegas area, home owners and real estate investors like Kirk Sanford, take these questions into consideration with their purchases.

Certainly, many real estate collections today advertise that they are “Green” properties. Others, who already own their property, are considering turning their home into a more green home. This blog helps you to see, in dollars and cents, exactly how much going green is worth for your resale value. It’s a very practical blog post for anyone who is considering this real estate option.

Although there is no denying the fact that the Las Vegas housing market is not faring all that well, this does not necessarily spell bad news for people like Kirk Sanford and companies such as Sightline Acquisition Corp.  A recent report actually suggested that there was some slight improvement anyway in the market.  In April for example, the cost of homes was on average $126,000 which is an increase of $6,000 from the previous month.  So there is reason for people like Kirk Sanford to be optimistic.

Kirk Sanford and Sightline Acquisition Corp.

CEO of Sightline Acquisition Corp, Kirk Sanford has been only too aware of what has been occurring – for better and worse – in the Las Vegas real estate market.  His company was established to “specialize in acquiring distressed property and other assets,” so when something goes wrong in Las Vegas property, Sanford and Sightline are on it.  Hopefully, what has been occurring recently in the Vegas real estate market will take the direction of the most recent month and things will really start to look up in this area.

Kirk Sanford, CEO of Sightline Real Estate, is probably quite up to date on the Las Vegas real estate market.  Apparently, research has shown that “over 1/3 of second homes are being bought in urban areas, and Las Vegas is one of the top cities to buy in.”  As well, what has traditionally been downtown and Strip areas are now becoming “urban high rise lifestyle centers.”  This is definitely good news for a business real estate man like Sanford.

Las Vegas Land and Kirk Sanford

But what a guy like Kirk Sanford should also be aware of is that there actually is not as much vacant land in Las Vegas available as one might originally think.  When you go into Las Vegas, you imagine that there is indeed much vacant land, as you drive through the city’s stunning, wide landscapes.  This is probably because the federal Bureau of Land Management is the proprietor of the bulk of land in Las Vegas Valley, thus there is only a minimal amount (20%) that is split between the hands of private owners.