Closings

Las Vegas home sales slip in September as prices stay stable 

The post-tax credit slump kept Las Vegas home sales down in September, though median prices remained relatively flat from a year ago, Home Builders Research reported Tuesday. The Las Vegas-based research firm sorted through 438 new-home closings during the month, compared with 452 in September 2009. The median new-home price rose 2.2 percent to $212,870. ?Existing-home sales fell to 3,540 in September, a 14.1 percent decline from 4,121 a year ago, while the median price dipped 1.8 percent to $123,000.