The previous high was in 2006, reaching $335,000 for all residential real estate in La Plata County, and the new high is $336,200. The median price is up 9.15 percent…
Builders in Phoenix and areas from Sacramento, California, to Orlando, Florida, are sweetening offers as sales slow in some of the country’s most volatile housing markets.Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News Beben,…
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald – DURANGO, CO- 08/04/14 – Mike and Judy Malone If Bernanke can’t refinance and President Barack Obama may not qualify for a mortgage … where does that…
A sale pending sign is posted in front of a home for sale in Quincy, Mass. The National Association of Realtors said the number of contracts being signed for home…
However, the line between what is a fixture and what is personal property is sometimes unclear and open to interpretation. The standard Colorado purchase contract lists specific items that are…
Developer Michael Capponi, left, talks with real estate broker Massimo Nicastro, right, of South Beach Estates, at a waterfront property he renovated in Miami Beach, Fla.Lynn Sladky/Associated Press The S&P/Case-Shiller…
But when your house is on the market, every room has a role to play to make the sale. Next to fixing whatever’s broken, staging – decorating rooms in an…
It will host a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., according to an Alliance news release. In 2004 when the alliance was…
With median home prices around $340,000, the down payment required by many loan programs keeps most prospective first-time homebuyers from entering the housing market. As rents increase, saving for a…
Interior designer Betsy Burnham. balanced a subtle palette of neutral colors with a mix of rich textures and unique shapes to create this living room.Burnham Design/Associated Press Understated style “rides…
Construction is underway at a housing development in Zelienople, Pa. New home sales surged 18 percent in August but are still below where many economists expected them to be at…
Many local shops, commercial buildings operate from converted houses
Sales of existing homes fell 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.05 million, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. That snaps a four-month streak of gains.…
The three-day event highlights 15 homes constructed by local builders, and gives local buyers an opportunity to tour newly built homes to see the latest trends in home construction. The…
These 1031 exchanges are very popular when there is significant equity in the property to be sold and with large gains that can be deferred. The ramifications of this are…
Toward that end, Britain’s largest online brokerage firm, House Network, has teamed up with a leading body-language analyst to create a 10-step guide to help sellers decipher the unspoken intentions…
The brighter outlook reflects growing optimism that sales will rise over the next six months, spurring growth in home construction. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index…
It’s a great place to give growing adolescents some creative freedom. But will they reject at age 12 the color palette and furniture they begged for when they were 10?…
Here are a few options: Fraud alerts The main step credit-protection programs take is to activate a fraud alert on your credit profile at all three major credit bureaus: Equifax,…
$81,000 annual income needed for a median-priced house
Many state and local officials are looking at new laws that will make it illegal for New York City apartment buildings to ban some tenants receiving government incentives from using…
