Real estate - The Durango Herald

How to buy a home with limited funds

In my 35 years as a mortgage originator and exclusive buyer’s representative, many prospective homebuyers have told me they are delaying their purchase because of money or their credit histo...

DATE: Sep 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Landing a good investment on land

“Don’t wait to buy land, buy land and wait.” This quote by William Penn Adair “Will” Rogers has been an investment strategy by many, and others have followed the advice of “Buy land; they’re...

DATE: Sep 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Pay not keeping up with housing costs

Student loans, other debts making it harder to buy

DATE: Sep 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Discarded objects reborn as light fixtures

Upcycled items offer modern feel with a ‘wow factor’

DATE: Sep 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Shedding light on homeowners' solar options

Despite its benefits, switching to solar power can be a daunting prospect for the average homeowner. From the cost of purchasing or leasing your own solar panel system to uncertainties about...

DATE: Sep 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Landing a good investment on land

DATE: Sep 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Local builders and suppliers covet beetle-kill

Cheap, insect-damaged wood hard to get locally

DATE: Sep 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

HUD report is flawed, housing group says

A leading group that represents housing authorities across the country is balking at the federal government’s new campaign to boot high-earning tenants from subsidized apartments. And it’s u...

DATE: Sep 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Preliminary plans for Southfork headed to city council for review

Mixed-use development project depends on Bridge to Nowhere leading to somewhere

DATE: Sep 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

It's a seller's market, but getting a good deal can still take some work

The housing market is hot, especially for sellers. Many people trying to sell homes find that an increase in home prices, combined with a limited inventory of homes for sale in pa...

DATE: Sep 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

It's a seller's market, but getting a good deal can still take some work

The housing market is hot, especially for sellers. Many people trying to sell homes find that an increase in home prices, combined with a limited inventory of homes for sale in pa...

DATE: Sep 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Living Smart Digital technology helping homeowners live better, easier

Steve Lee knows when his mother gets up in the morning, walks into the living room, opens the front door to get the paper and takes her medications in the kitchen. Nothing unusual about that...

DATE: Sep 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

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