In The News: Lee Business School

Nevada’s Economic Forum adjusted the tax revenue forecast down $191 million for the upcoming biennium, representing a further dimming of& an already dreary outlook of how the economy will fare under the Trump administration.

Nevada and the Bureau of Land Management have agreed to share data on public lands that could be released for future development as part of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s larger effort to fix the state’s housing crisis.

At just 19 years old, UNLV Junior Sehaj Singh enjoys trading stocks as his fascination has now become a hobby. When the opportunity came along to participate in UNLV’s first-ever President’s Investment Challenge, he and several other students jumped on board to get a first-hand look at the campus-wide investment competition.

Students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) embarked on a new educational venture this semester, testing their financial instincts through a virtual stock market challenge.

The economic impact of the Vegas sports boom has been a fast-moving phenomenon, so specific and intriguing that the UNLV Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER)and Sports Innovation Institute have created a tracking tool, the Southern Nevada Sports Economy Data Dashboard, to serve as an evolving research document.

Looking at the average level of residential permits filed between 1995 and 2003 (omitting a period of economic downturn in 2004-09), beginning in 2010 there was a 64 percent drop in permits, nearly three times as large of a drop than the national average (23 percent) during that same time period, according to a new report from UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate.

After weeks of tariff changes, and the resulting market dips, Americans are terrified of looking at their 401ks, prices are fluctuating for just about everything and consumer confidence hasn't been this low since the pandemic.

The construction of Allegiant Stadium, a $2 billion project partially funded by $750 million in public bonds, has ignited a debate over the use of taxpayer money for sports arenas.

Five years of COVID-era relief for federally-insured mortgages has helped millions of American homeowners retain their properties, while artificially inflating home prices and leading to the potential for Bubble 2.0, insist some experts who are hailing a decision from President Donald Trump’s administration, announced Tuesday, to end one program in September.

As home prices in Nevada continue to go up, state lawmakers are looking at limiting the number of homes corporations can buy.

Southern Nevada's economy depends on tourism, but rising tariffs could squeeze the industry that fuels our region. Now, a local economic expert warns the biggest impact could fall on the workers and families who call Southern Nevada home.

The Lied Center for Real Estate at the University of Nevada Las Vegas has estimated that investors own roughly 15% of homes in the City of Las Vegas. That percentage is expected to grow both in Nevada and across the country.