California metros driving Las Vegas housing boom revealed as Golden State exodus rumbles on

California house hunters are still fueling demand for Las Vegas homes — and Los Angeles is leading the charge.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 the Las Vegas Review-Journal.That made Southern California the biggest outside source of online interest in homes in the Las Vegas Valley by a wide margin.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.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.The rest of the top 10 included Phoenix, Riverside, Chicago, Seattle, New York, Denver, Tucson and Dallas.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story The Realtor.com data tracks online home views — not completed sales or confirmed offers — but it reveals another snapshot of the Golden State-to-Nevada pipeline.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.Another 2.9% came from international searchers, and 1% came from elsewhere in Nevada.The California-heavy search interest comes as the Golden State suffers a renewed population slide.California lost a net 54,000 residents last year, marking its first population decline since the pandemic.The state’s population fell 0.14% to 39.593,000 residents as of January 1.Los Angeles County posted the largest countywide decline in California, losing 64,000 in 2025.The city of Lo...