In The News: Lee Business School
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is joining a growing list of disruptively priced online MBA programs. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Lee Business School will launch its first online, asynchronous MBA program in spring 2025 with a total program price tag of under $19,000 for in-state students. Out-of-state students will pay about $26,000.
Moving to a new state comes with unique challenges, such as navigating regulations across state lines and securing your belongings for safe long-distance transport. This makes it crucial to find a mover you trust who understands these logistics and has experience navigating different terrains.
If you’re on a budget and trying to find a moving company that won’t break the bank, it can be tough to sort through all the options. To make your search easier, we’ve ranked the best cheap moving companies by price, starting with the most budget-friendly. Whether you’re planning a local move or a long-distance relocation, our top picks offer low-cost solutions without sacrificing quality.
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have burned more than 30,000 acres and destroyed thousands of homes since starting on January 7th. With tens of thousands residents displaced, could Las Vegas see even more Californians moving here? Co-host Dayvid Figler asks 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ economist Nicholas Irwin how much pressure this could put on our strained housing market and what Las Vegas could do to prepare.
Investors received a big boost on January 15 with a December, 2024 Consumer Price Index report showing core inflation rose less than expected. This reassured Wall Street the Federal Reserve could continue to lower interest rates in 2025. The Fed had curbed its benchmark Federal Funds rate three consecutive times in the second half of 2024 but had signaled a halt – or even rate hikes – for 2025 as the US economy kept growing.
A 2023 study by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Lied Center for Real Estate Director Shawn McCoy estimates that investors (anyone who has bought more than five homes in the past 10 years) own approximately 15 percent of all of the single-family homes in Clark County and upwards of 25 percent in North Las Vegas, a number that has been rising steadily since the Great Recession.
Nevada ranks first for new homes built in natural landscapes prone to wildfires according to the Lied Center for Real Estate at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. A map of the United States shows the growth percentage in residential housing units located in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) between 1990 and 2020. Nevada is marked in red and shows a growth rate of 208 percent.
A looming ban on TikTok the social media app is creating a panic in the Las Vegas valley’s small business community.
People are increasingly moving into the wildland-urban interface areas, where human development meets wild vegetation, like forests, according to a University of Nevada-Las Vegas expert. Such landscapes are also notorious for wildfires.
A looming ban on TikTok the social media app is creating a panic in the Las Vegas valley’s small business community. Congress passed the ban due to security concerns over the Chinese government’s app ownership. TikTok played a key part in the success of Guiliano Raso’s business, a food truck named 303 in the Cut.
Places in the west that are especially at risk to wildfire destruction are Urban Wildland Interfaces (UWI) — transition zones between unoccupied and urban land.
The wildfires that torched thousands of homes around Los Angeles will send refugees across the desert to Las Vegas, putting pressure on its tight housing market.