Real estate - The Durango Herald

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...

DATE: Jul 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

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. ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Another Main Avenue icon set to close

Stuart’s of Durango to close after nearly 60 years

DATE: Jul 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. construction spending fell again in May

WASHINGTON â€“ 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...

DATE: Jul 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

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...

DATE: Jun 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

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...

DATE: Jun 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

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...

DATE: Jun 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

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...

DATE: Jun 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Number of Durango home buyers 34 and under is declining

Despite market challenges, some young Durangoans have pulled off a home purchase

DATE: Jun 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

A millennial’s long journey to a post-recession loan

Ruth Paloma Rivera just bought her first home, battling her way through the paperwork obstacle course that is the post-crisis American banking system. In her initial attempt at ob...

DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. homebuilders growing more confident about sales

U.S. homebuilders are feeling more optimistic about their sales prospects this month than they have since the beginning of the year. The National Association of Home Builders/Well...

DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business