{"id":1906,"date":"2026-07-08T21:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2026-07-08T21:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:42:29","slug":"prospective-california-homebuyers-fuel-demand-for-las-vegas-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1906","title":{"rendered":"Prospective California homebuyers fuel demand for Las Vegas houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F07%2Fnewspress-collage-nw5lajdtj-1783525882033.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261783511548\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>California house hunters are still fueling demand for Las Vegas homes \u2014\u00a0and Los Angeles is leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro accounted for 23.7% of Realtor.com views of Las Vegas Valley homes from outside the region in the first quarter of 2026, according to a new report cited by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/business\/housing\/southern-california-continues-to-drive-demand-for-las-vegas-valley-homes-3847447\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That made Southern California the biggest outside source of online interest in homes in the Las Vegas Valley by a wide margin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>California house hunters are fueling demand for Las Vegas homes. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Realtor.com data tracks online home views \u2014\u00a0not completed sales or confirm \u2014\u00a0but it offers another snapshot of the Golden State-to-Nevada pipeline. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro ranked second at 8.5%, meaning Los Angeles and Silicon Valley together generated nearly one-third of all out-of-market views.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Smith, a senior economist for Realtor.com, told the Review-Journal that the two California metros combined produced more Las Vegas housing demand than the next eight metros combined.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the top 10 included Phoenix, Riverside, Chicago, Seattle, New York, Denver, Tucson and Dallas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Cali - Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Realtor.com data tracks online home views \u2014\u00a0not completed sales or confirmed offers \u2014\u00a0but it reveals another snapshot of the Golden State-to-Nevada pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, 57.8% of views for Las Vegas Valley homes came from people searching in other states, while 38.3% came from within the Las Vegas metro itself, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Another 2.9% came from international searchers, and 1% came from elsewhere in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>The California-heavy search interest comes as the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/02\/us-news\/californias-population-plummets-for-first-time-since-the-pandemic-as-la-sees-extraordinary-exodus\/\">Golden State suffers a renewed population slide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>California lost a net 54,000 residents last year, marking its first population decline since the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s population fell 0.14% to 39.593,000 residents as of January 1.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County posted the largest countywide decline in California, losing 64,000 in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Los Angeles also had the steepest drop among the state\u2019s 10 largest cities, falling 0.9%. Long Beach dipped 0.2%, while Anaheim lost 0.1%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Los Angeles-Long Beach\u2014Anaheim metro accounted for 23.7% of Realtor.com views of Las Vegas Valley homes. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro ranked second at 8.5%. <span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Affordability has been a major driver in the flight.<\/p>\n<p>A previous California Post story on a California Policy Lab report found <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/24\/real-estate\/the-state-benefiting-most-from-californias-stunning-exodus\/\">Nevada was benefiting from California\u2019s exodus<\/a> at a higher rate than any other state.<\/p>\n<p>From 2016 to 2025, Nevada gained a net 81 Californian\u2019s per 10,000 residents each year, outpacing Texas on a per-capita basis.<\/p>\n<p>The report found Californians who left the state moved to neighborhoods where monthly housing costs were $672 lower on average than the communities they left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Home prices in their new neighborhoods were also 48% lower on average.<\/p>\n<p>That gap has helped make Las Vegas an obvious landing spot for Californians looking for cheaper homes, no state income tax and a lower overall cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>The new Realtor.com report also showed where Las Vegas-area home searchers are looking after browsing their own market.<\/p>\n<p>Smith told the Review-Journal that outbound searches from Las Vegas are more spread out than the concentrated interest coming in from Southern California and the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>For Las Vegas, California\u2019s housing pain has helped power demand.<\/p>\n<p>But it has also fed complaints from locals who blame Golden State transplants for pushing up prices and reshaping the 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