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Evaluating renting versus buying a home

There are a number of factors you need to consider to determine whether buying or renting is your best option. Renting is usually the best option when relocating is a possibility ...

Home price gains slow for 3rd consecutive month

WASHINGTON – U.S. home price gains cooled in February from the previous year for the third month in a row, as harsh winter weather and high buying costs have slowed sales. The Sta...

Do you like your landlord?

Experiences vary for Durango renters

New-home sales dip 14.5 percent in March in U.S.

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans buying new homes plummeted in March to the slowest pace in seven months, a sign that real estate’s spring buying season is off to a weak start. ...

Sales of existing homes slip to a 20-month low

WASHINGTON – Sales of existing U.S. homes slipped in March to their lowest level since July 2012 as rising prices and a tight supply of available homes discouraged many would-be buyers. ...

Tips, serious and not, for keeping squirrels away

They’re vermin to some. Cunning adversaries to others. Squirrels have long been a source of fascination and frustration for gardeners and bird enthusiasts engaged in a near-constant battle t...

Tamarron Lodge plans face-lift

Condo owners move ahead with improvements

LED technology being used in ceilings, carpets

LEDs no longer are just light bulbs. They’re now starting to appear as a built-in feature for ceilings – an advance predicted 50 years ago by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. ...

The ABCs of mortgage lending

The mortgage process can be intimidating. The mortgage world uses an alphabet soup of acronyms – FTHB, USDA, FHA, FNMA, FMCC, FHLB, LPHF, LTV, FICO, DTI, MI. Let’s break this down...

District 9-R looks at land, road deals

Animas Valley, Escalante schools involved

How is La Plata doing for home sales this quarter?

Improvement in the forecast after slow January and February

Inventory impacting local housing market

Last week, the Colorado Association of Realtors and the Durango Area Association of Realtors released their first-quarter real estate statistics. In a nutshell, the number of prop...