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Federal programs to help homeowners extended
At a speech in Los Angeles on Friday, Mel Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, announced that the deadline has been pushed forward to the end of 2016.…
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Business Briefs
The Durango Chamber of Commerce’s May Business After Hours will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. May 15 at Caliber Home Loans, 835 East Second Ave., Suite 310. There…
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Ballantine Communications rolls out high-gloss Southwest magazine
Lifestyle magazine – ‘Dorado’ – is company’s newest venture
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Super-rich set new threshold with $100M homes
Rather than settle for garages of antique cars or a museum’s worth of paintings, billionaires are increasingly willing to pay $100 million for homes that can serve as showcases for…
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Home prices in 20 cities increase at faster pace
The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values increased 5 percent from February 2014, the biggest year-to-year gain since August, after rising 4.5 percent in the year that ended in January, the…
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Is it time to draw line on parental largesse?
Helping adult kids may put your retirement at risk
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Bayfield’s mill levy taxes town’s businesses
Commercial properties more expensive to operate than in Durango, Ignacio
Money Savvy
Don’t let your car become an emergency
When it’s raining or cold, I do appreciate driving, but I hate how cars can incite feelings of dread and, in me, shame. Because cars are expensive and essential transportation…
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The Tile & Carpet Store of Durango has gone through some changes recently. After 20 years of business in Durango on Bodo Drive, the store is under new ownership and…
A Take on Tourism
Don’t call them tourists anymore; they’re ‘explorers’ now
Kunkel What might come to mind is the family station wagon packed to the gills and headed for Jellystone Park with the kid’s hoping Yogi Bear and Boo Boo will…
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Living small
Montezuma County resident builds Earth-friendly and affordable homes for people on the move
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Sorry, but your apartment rent is going up again this year
Even though builders are building more apartment units, rents are continuing to rise rapidly across the country because many of the new units are luxury apartments targeted at higher-income tenants,…
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Stronger rules proposed for retirement advisers
Retired architect Steve Meadows of Los Angeles supports a new proposal that would toughen rules to ensure that financial advisers put their clients’ interests ahead of their own when making…
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‘No room for labor costs’ south of the border, automakers thrive on low wages
In the past two years, eight automakers have opened or announced new plants or expansions in Mexico. Just last week, Toyota announced a new plant in Guanajuato to build the…
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There’s a new farming revolution, but it’s small
Shipping containers make local produce a reality
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Prepare for … ‘mobilegeddon’
Google’s prioritization for mobile use and websites has big implications