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Owning a home still affordable in some big cities

ST. LOUIS – Until recently, Christina Brouk was living with her parents. Now, still in her early 20s, she’s living the American dream of home ownership – the same dream that’s grown elusive ...

Tips to help you find a rental in Durango

Openings dictated by Fort Lewis College schedule

Student loan debt is hurting housing sales

Nearly three-quarters of people who are repaying student loans say their debt is hindering them from buying a home, according to a survey. Although a college degree significantly ...

Why so many millennials are living at home

A recent Pew Research Center report grabbed a lot of attention for saying that, for the first time since 1880, young adults ages 18 to 34 are more likely to live with a parent than in any ot...

Are you feeling a bit of real estate déjà vu?

Does it feel like déjà vu with the real estate market? Do you have the feeling that you have experienced this before? If so, you are right. The overall real estate market is hardly differe...

Goal of owning home still strong, and 8 other housing trends

WASHINGTON – Americans still want to own homes – if they can afford to. That’s the finding of a report released recently by the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies. ...

Another Main Avenue icon set to close

Stuart’s of Durango to close after nearly 60 years

U.S. construction spending fell again in May

WASHINGTON – U.S. construction spending fell for a second month in May, with weakness hitting all areas of building. Construction spending declined 0.8 percent in May following...

Pending U.S. home sales slumped in May amid supply shortage

WASHINGTON – Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in May, with the year-over-year pace of pending sales sliding for the first time in nearly two years. The National Asso...

U.S. new-home sales tumbled in May after a surge in April

WASHINGTON – Americans pulled back from buying new homes in May, reversing strong gains made in April as sales fell sharply in the Northeast and West. New-home sales declined 6 pe...

Existing home sales soaring

WASHINGTON – Americans snapped up houses in May almost as soon as properties were listed, fueling the strongest sales rate in nearly a decade. Sales of existing homes rose 1.8 per...

Here’s some changes you can really believe in

Durango, Bayfield, Ignacio and all the areas in between make up La Plata County. These communities started in the 1880s as a hot bed for mining because of the discovery of silver...