Who are these people moving to N. Nevada?

By Kim Burrows, KRNV-TV

Shane Roskie just moved to Reno from Parker, Colo., to be closer to his girlfriend. The two quickly realized that the housing market was tight.

He purchased a new home in Double Diamond with his girlfriend because he couldn’t find one in an already established neighborhood.

“There’s not much available so we decided to go with a new house,” Roskie said.

He’s one of many people who are quickly realizing that there’s a shortage of homes in the Reno/Sparks area. And the ones on the market are expensive, and the prices keep going up. So who’s buying these homes and where are they from?

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