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The nation’s most expensive housing market is in Silicon Valley
Even doctors and lawyers are finding themselves priced out of market
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Setting up a new home is now just a click away
Swatch Box matches its members with a stylist who will curate a quarterly collection of items for their home based on their responses to a style-preference survey.Swatchbox.com via Associated Press…
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Construction spending up in December
A welder works on a construction project adjacent to a subway station in New York. Government projects helped spur a rise in constructioni spending in the U.S. in December.Mark Lennihan/Associated…
Business
New credit can help some save for future
The U.S. Department of the Treasury says the myRA “is designed to remove common barriers to saving and give people who want to save an easy way to get started.”Jae…
Business
Up to 2,000 new wells are predicted for Southwest Colorado in the next 30 years
BLM looks at plan to mitigate impact of gas wells
Local News
Mercury takes on parent company’s name, Vantiv
One of final steps after purchase of credit card processor
Local News
Durango Chamber of Commerce to expand building
Organization launching capital campaign for a remodel, expansion
Business
Consumer spending cools as Americans pad savings
Consumer purchases were little changed after a 0.5 percent advance in November that was bigger than previously estimated, according to a report on consumer spending issued by the Commerce Department.…
Business
Pesky software updates now for your car
Carmakers led by Tesla are pushing over-the-air Wi-Fi and 3G or 4G wireless downloads to add functions such as self-parking and to upgrade performances of their vehicles. It’s prompting suppliers…
Business
Battle over $200-a-vial bull semen may rock dairy farms
One reason for the high price of artificial breeding in the dairy industry is that a single company, Sexing Technologies, controls more than 90 percent of the sexed-semen market. Sexing…
A Take on Tourism
Tourism prospers from Denver to Main Ave.
Looking down from 30,000 feet, the bigger picture is equally positive. Colorado has enjoyed a soaring tourism industry the last few years. Let’s look at results from several perspectives and…
Business
Residential designs unveiled for Calkins Building
Alex Carter, superintendent for the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District, said the developers who purchased the Calkins Building are planning to renovate the former schoolhouse into an 18-unit residential complex.Sam Green/Cortez…
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U.S. new-home sales soar in final month of 2015
A new home is shown for sale Tuesday in Riverview, Fla.Chris O’Meara/Associated Press The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new-home sales surged 10.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted…
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NYC may be good fit for ‘micro apartments’
Tiny units won’t make city more affordable, critics argue
On Real Estate
Home buying advice is available
In this day and age of the Internet with resources such as Zillow and Trulia, is there a right answer or business model? For most people, buying a home will…
Local News
La Plata County considers sales tax ballot question
Some think road, bridge funding should come from mill levy
Business
Business Briefs
Durango Fire Protection District has developed a Life Safety Self-Inspection program for businesses identified at ‘low-risk’ for fire and life-safety hazards. The program provides an opportunity for the DFPD and…
Business
Ute Mountain Utes host ranching symposium
Experts from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Ute Mountain Utes, Jicarilla, Navajo and Hopi tribes gave presentations on livestock management. Topics ranged from rangeland science, ranch business, appropriate herd stocking,…
Business
Can cheaper gas bring back shopping worldwide?
With oil prices plummeting, consumers around the world have more money
What's Up Downtown
Durango economic numbers telling good story
BID tracks six statistics monthly: Durango Transit ridership; enplanements and deplanements at the Durango-La Plata County Airport; door counts at the Durango Welcome Center in downtown and at the Visitors…
Business
Durango’s Velorution Cycles and Bedrock Bags merge
Velorution Cycles moves into new location with Bedrock Bags
Business
U.S. home prices rise in November; all-time highs in 4 cities
Home prices nationwide have have nearly recovered from the 2006 peak prices. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices rose 5.8 percent in November.Lynne Sladky/Associated Press file photo The Standard &…
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Houston energy company to close Durango office
Some employees laid off, others to transfer to Texas
Business
Economists see more growth for U.S. economy, housing in ‘16
The chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders is predicting that single-family home construction will rise to 840,000 this year, still far below the 1.3 million peak hit…
Business
Home sales rebound to wrap up 2015
Nearly 5.5 million existing homes were sold in the U.S. in 2015, the highest total since 2006, the National Association of Realtors reported Friday.John Bazemore/Associated Press The National Association of…
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Home construction stumbles as year begins
U.S. home construction ended 2015 at its highest level in eight years even though construction dropped 2.5 percent in December.John Bazemore/Associated Press file photo Housing starts dipped 2.5 percent last…
On Real Estate
Renovation loans can put you in that fixer-upper
Renovation financing will give you the money to buy the home and pay for those updates or repairs in one 30-year fixed mortgage. Most buyers do not have the cash…