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Survey says several different land surveys available

Robert Frost coined the phrase, “Good fences make good neighbors,” and Arthur Baer suggests, “A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence but doesn’t climb over it.” ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Small pests, big problems

Home inspectors talk termite prevention as weather gets cooler

DATE: Oct 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Blackstone to acquire BioMed Realty Trust

Blackstone Group agreed to buy landlord BioMed Realty Trust Inc. for $4.8 billion, betting on growth in real estate demand from the life sciences and biotechnology industries. The...

DATE: Oct 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

More grown children are moving back home and paying rent

It’s a question more parents of millennials are having to face

DATE: Oct 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Trump defends his vocal support for eminent domain: 'I think it's a wonderful thing'

Even though it’s a stance not especially popular with some Republicans, Donald Trump continued to support eminent domain in a recent interview, calling it “a wonderful thing” that has unfair...

DATE: Oct 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Buying your first home doesn’t have to be daunting

Local first-time home buyers share some insider tips

DATE: Oct 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

When you’re a college student in Durango, what’s affordable?

College students tend to live on a shoestring budget, and Fort Lewis College students are no different, with many of them, wishing there were more affordable housing options both on campus a...

DATE: Oct 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Grateful tenants attend Lumien grand opening

Affordable housing complex opens

DATE: Oct 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

New rules help clear up loan confusion

New government requlations that went into effect last week implemented what the president of the Mortgage Bankers Association called “the single largest implementation challenge that the bro...

DATE: Oct 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. home prices rise steadily in July, lifted by higher sales

WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices rose at a solid pace in July, as would-be buyers competed for a diminished supply of available housing. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city ho...

DATE: Sep 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. pending home sales fall in August

WASHINGTON – Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in August, as pending sales slumped amid broader concerns about the U.S. stock market and global economy. The National A...

DATE: Sep 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Why Americans are spending more and more on rent

WASHINGTON – The affordable housing crisis many renters face today in the U.S. feels like a product of this particular moment. The homeownership rate has tumbled since the housing bubble, pu...

DATE: Sep 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday