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Prospective buyer: Animas mobile home park will stay as is

‘We are not planning to redevelop it’

DATE: Nov 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Is Animas mobile home park changing hands?

Tenants worry as owners keep quiet

DATE: Nov 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

New reports show divided housing market

WASHINGTON – It’s the most profitable time to sell a house since the Great Recession started in late 2007. But first-time buyers are increasingly scarce. More Americans are qualif...

DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Tiny house, with kids: Families find rewards in living small

Last year, William and Laura Baird got rid of half of their kids’ toys, half of their kitchen’s contents and a third of the family’s clothes. It wasn’t just de-cluttering – they also ditched...

DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Mixed views on Gold King/real estate correlation

Some brokers think the spill may be at least part of the puzzle

DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Make your living room fit your way of living

Iantha Carley and her husband raised her two kids, now grown, in a small house. This meant that the living room was also the home theater, game room, library and meeting space. “W...

DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

San Francisco election fails to end affordable housing angst

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved a $310 million bond for affordable housing last week, acknowledging all is not well in the city marked by skyrocketing rents driv...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Limited service, less expensive

Foregoing full-service brokers can equal savings for the right customers

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. construction spending rises

WASHINGTON – U.S. construction spending rose 0.6 percent in September to the highest level since March 2008, pushed up by a surge in apartment building. The Commerce Department sa...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Did the Gold King spill impact October home sales?

The local real estate market was on pace through the first nine months to be the best year since 2006, and then came October. October real estate sales in La Plata County are way ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

U.S. home values, rents defying global slowdown

WASHINGTON – U.S. housing appears to be insulated so far from the cooling global economy. Home values and rental prices are steadily rising, fueled by strong demand and a tight su...

DATE: Oct 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business