Programs available for first-time homebuyers amid high valley housing prices [Video]

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — As home prices continue to rise across our valley, so do the worries of hopeful homeowners.

Just how high are the prices and what’s being done to help our community? I dug into local and state programs, as well as Clark County housing information, and found out.

“It was a little bit tougher to get our offer accepted and try to look competitive,” said Patryk Igras, who just moved to Las Vegas three months ago.

Igras and Nicole Cioca moved from Pennsylvania and just purchased their first home.

“It’s been a little discouraging to see how much the house prices have risen in that time,” Cioca said.

Cioca has been interested in the valley since her family moved here in the early 2000s, but she saw a big change after her aunt and uncle bought a home in 2015.

“As it is right now, they’ve seen …