Real Estate

Washoe County treasurer reminds citizens property taxes due on March 5

RENO -- Your Washoe County Treasurer would like to remind property owners that Monday, March 5th is the due date for the fourth installment of 2011/12 property taxes. Payment can be made by mail, online, in person at the Treasurer’s Office or you can take your payment stub to any ...

• 9:53 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012

If Congress doesn’t act, distressed homeowners could take another hit

Take note, Nevadans: If you own one of the estimated 100,000 homes that experts predict will be lost to foreclosure before the protracted housing crisis comes to an end, you may see a massive tax hike this time next year. A law that has waived homeowners’ tax liability for any ...

• 10:52 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
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Committee: Homeowners facing foreclosure should know what banks paid for mortgages

CARSON CITY —  Hoping to place Nevadans facing foreclosure in a better negotiating position with their lenders, a state panel recommended Thursday that banks be required to disclose how much they paid for homeowners’ mortgages. Banks have purchased many mortgages for far less than the original loan amount — sometimes ...

• 9:56 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24, 2012
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Silver Legacy fails in refinancing attempt

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Silver Legacy Resort Casino, one of northern Nevada's largest resorts, has failed in an attempt to restructure its debt. According to filings made Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Reno property failed in an attempt to restructure $142.8 million in mortgage notes due ...

• 4:11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
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Owners of shopping centers challenged by e-commerce

The growth of Internet retailing — up 15 percent to more than $161 billion nationwide in 2011 — is stifling many of the companies that typically locate in mid-sized retail spaces, northern Nevada retail specialists say. Mid-sized retailers, or junior-anchor tenants, usually occupy spaces ranging from roughly 20,000 to 60,000 ...

• 12:29 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Nationwide foreclosure settlement hits delay

Nevada’s Attorney General is looking for a better deal for the state’s struggling homeowners. Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is refusing to sign onto a multi-state settlement over foreclosure abuses It would require the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for borrowers in other states. Masto says her staff ...

• 4:28 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2012

Over $16 Mil in insurance claims submitted as a result of Caughlin Fire

CARSON CITY -- Nevada’s insurance carriers have reported to the Nevada Division of Insurance that they have received around 600 claims as a result of the Caughlin Ranch Fire.   The dollar amount of these claims, mostly due to fire, wind or smoke damage is estimated to exceed $16 million. ...

• 9:50 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, 2011

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Tour historic $20 Million home in San Francisco

Designed by Julius Kraft and built in 1902 by Wells Fargo Bank President Isaias Hellman as a wedding gift for his daughter, 2020 Jackson Street served as the makeshift headquarters of Wells Fargo following San Francisco's great quake and fire in 1906.

• 10:50 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011

Local sandwich shop donates to NV Foodbank

RENO--  Spicy Pickle® Sandwich Company will support the Food Bank of Northern Nevada as it kicks off its 2011 holiday “food-raiser,” called “Buy a Brooklyn Panini, Donate $1 to the Food Bank.”   Each Nevada Spicy Pickle restaurant will donate $1.00 directly to the Food Bank of Northern Nevada for every ...

• 10:52 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011

Exploration successes, better efficiencies further boost mining

Continued high prices for gold and silver are only part of the good news for the mining industry in Nevada these days, finds a study of the industry’s economics. A sharp increase in exploration means that gold reserves grew nearly twice as fast as miners removed gold from the earth ...

• 10:08 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011