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Texas, California sending many new residents to Colorado

Census data shows Coloradans are top migrants to county

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Residents explore solutions to housing shortage

City considering changing parking, height and density regulations

DATE: Dec 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

US construction spending up 0.5 percent in October

WASHINGTON – U.S. builders boosted spending on construction projects by a modest amount in October, helped by big gains in spending on home construction and the biggest increase in governmen...

DATE: Dec 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Chinese on worldwide buying spree

If they were anywhere else in Beijing, the five young women in cowboy hats and matching red, white, and blue costumes would look wildly out of place. But here at the city’s bigges...

DATE: Nov 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Walkable, rideable neighborhoods are here to stay

Why is there the hubbub about “walkable and rideable” neighborhoods? It is elementary, my friends. The convenience of shopping, restaurants, art and music activities, river trai...

DATE: Nov 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Sales of new homes slipped in October

WASHINGTON – Fewer Americans purchased new homes in October, but sales are still much stronger this year than in 2015 – a positive sign for the housing market. The Commerce Depart...

DATE: Nov 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

New standards make today’s home fireplace units much more efficient

A crackling fireplace during the cold season is an aesthetically pleasing heat source and a desirable one in Durango’s vacation homes, and it’s an asset the How often the unit will b...

DATE: Nov 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Trump presidency holds unknowns for housing market

High-end sales could get boost, some say

DATE: Nov 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Higher mortgage rates rocking housing market

The spike in borrowing costs in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s pro-growth agenda is causing some heartburn in America’s housing industry. San Diego mortgage broker Sha...

DATE: Nov 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Looking for edgy decor? Try new traditional

In decor, “traditional” tends to conjure up images of matched furniture sets, prim patterns and buttoned-up formality. But there’s been a revamp, and what’s now being called “new ...

DATE: Nov 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Home builders confident about sales

U.S. homebuilders’ confidence held steady this month, though their expectations for sales into next year dimmed slightly. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo bui...

DATE: Nov 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

US home construction jumps by largest amount in 34 years

WASHINGTON – Builders broke ground on the most new homes in nine years last month, a response to strong demand that should lift the economy. Home construction soared 25.5 percent ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business