jeremy aguero with applied analysis has been examining the valley's squatter problem... 1:31 jeremy: which has become a pretty significant challenge for us in southern nevada. 15:08 darcy stand-up (will need to b- rl may be partly to blame for our squatter problem because of something called "shadow inventory." homes that are bank-controlled but maybe were left in a long-gone owners' name or simply languishing in limbo because the bank has failed to foreclose, making the homes easy prey for squatters. 4:23 jeremy: sometimes when you see homes not being transferred in interest, whether it's for a bank or another purpose, it's because folks don't want to have to bear the property taxes or don't want to have to maintain that particular property. sometimes it's just easier to leave it in limbo. exception than it used to be, but homes that get lost in the shuffle are particularly problematic. this home in my neighborhood went into default in 2005, but gmac didn't take action to foreclose until this september--after contact 13 got involved. 3:00 darcy: we're all dealing with it. this is ou

jeremy aguero with applied analysis has been examining the valley's squatter problem... 1:31 jeremy: which has become a pretty significant challenge for us in southern nevada. 15:08 darcy stand-up (will need to b- roll some of this) banks may be partly to blame for our squatter problem because of something called "shadow inventory." homes that are bank-controlled but maybe were left in a long-gone owners' name or simply languishing in limbo because the bank has homes easy prey for squatters. 4:23 jeremy: sometimes when you see homes not being transferred in interest, whether it's for a bank or another purpose, it's because folks don't want to have to bear the property taxes or don't want to have to maintain that particular property. sometimes it's just easier to leave it in limbo. he says that's more the exception than it used to be, but homes that get lost in the shuffle are particularly problematic. this home in my neighborhood went into default in 2005, but gmac didn't take action to foreclose until this involved. 3:00 darcy: we're all dealing with it. this is our home and our nei

..there are more dollars in pockets...which means more money to put in slot machines. 15:30:58 jeremy aguero, applied analysis principal analyst "it appears we've hit the bottom and we are starting to trend back up in combination with more visitors spending more money." gambling's not back to peak pre- recession levels...but a good month is a good month. so what does it mean for you? coming up at six -- a downtown casino owner told us why when up... in downtown las vegas..david schuman..13 action news. our "13 days of giving"..... is blowing up! just look at all the toys..... we're getting. our goal is to make sure...... every child in the valley receives a gift..... this holiday season. and... this is impressive.... today.... capriotti's sandwich shop donated bags and bags of toys... collected by employees. in one email we told the story and we basicially said we can help. we can actually make an impact to children in need across the valley. 13 action news.... the nevada highway patrol...... you to donate..... a new unwrapped toy..... valued between -10- and -20- dollars..... during "the 13

jeremy aguero with applied analysis has been examining the valley's squatter problem... 1:31 jeremy: which has become a pretty significant challenge for us in southern nevada. 15:08 darcy standu to b- roll some of this) banks may be partly to blame for our squatter problem because of something called "shadow inventory." homes that are bank-controlled but maybe were left in a long-gone owners' name or simply languishing in limbo because the bank has failed to foreclose, making the homes easy prey for squatters. 4:23 jeremy: sometimes when you see homes not being transferred in interest, whether it's for a bank or another purpose, it's because folks don't want to have to bear the property taxes or don't want to have to maintain that particular he says that's more the exception than it used to be, but homes that get lost in the shuffle are particularly problematic. this home in my neighborhood went into default in 2005, but gmac didn't take action to foreclose until this september--after contact 13 got involved. 3:00 darcy: we're all dealing with it. this is our home and our neighborhoo

some experts argue our new president couldn't be coming into office at a better time. (( jeremy aguero//applied analysis it doesn't mean we don't have short comings, it doesnt mean far too many people still dont have a job. it doesnt mean from a foreign affairs standpoint that we dont have very real and legitimate challenges. but if you take a look at the us today, there's a reason why foreign capitol continues to flow in to our country its because we've done a lot of things right. i think you could say the same thing about nevada. )) >> aguero also spoke about what we can learn from this year's election. he says the biggest thing... that the polls we see leading up to november aren't always right./// ((christianne klein)) >>> earlier this week.. we reported that one of the men shown in the netflix docu-series "making a murderer" was granted release from prison. well... a federal appeals court has now ruled that brendan dassey will stay behind bars.. even though his murder conviction has been overturned. the judge says that his release will remain blocked.. to be resolved. dassey and h

strip. 15:03:27 "the nightlife, the gambling and being able to have a little freedom." 15:29:10 jeremy aguero, economic analyst "when you're going to attract 43 million people to las vegas, you better have a lot of things for them to do." even with all there is to offer here...gaming remains an economic driver in southern nevada. just look at numbers comparing this october to last october. year. you come down here to fremont street, that numb percent." month-by-month snapshots can be flukey...but casino owner derek stevens sees a larger trend with the data. 15:21:12 stevens "it impacts a lot of things. it impacts future investment, it impacts jobs so to see a good month of october, it's great to see that, really for the whole state." experts see the strong numbers partly as a bounceback from the recession... 15:25:48 aguero "we're actually seeing positive increases where we didn't see any for some continue to go up. bottom line -- 15:10:49 "i do quite a bit of the slot in downtown las vegas..david schuman..13 action news. now... here's a look at the other top local stories.... we're following

of doors, there was a drawer of drug paraphernalia, and boxes labeled with girls' names. 8:00 jeremy aguero/applied analysis: your story is an awful one and i wish it was isolated, but it's not at all. analysis has been examining the valley's squatter problem... 1:31 jeremy: which has become a pretty significant challenge for us in southern nevada. 15:08 darcy stand-up (will need to b- roll some of this) banks may be partly to blame for our squatter problem because of something called "shadow inventory." homes that are bank-controlled but maybe were left in a long-gone owners' name or simply languishing in limbo because the bank has failed to foreclose, making the homes easy prey for squatters. 4:23 jeremy: sometimes when you see homes not being transferred in interest, whether it's for a bank or another purpose, it's be have to bear the property taxes or don't want to have to maintain that particular property. sometimes it's just easier to leave it in limbo. he says that's more the exception than it used to be, but homes that get lost in the shuffle are particularly problematic. this home