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Why Americans waiting longer than ever to buy first homes

WASHINGTON – Short of cash and unsettled in their careers, young Americans are waiting longer than ever to buy their first homes. The typical first-timer now rents for six years b...

Single-family housing starts soar in July

WASHINGTON – U.S. builders started work on single-family houses last month at the fastest pace since the Great Recession began in late 2007. Housing starts in July rose 0.2 perce...

High school could spur new growth in Cortez

The addition of a state-of-the-art high school campus to any city is generally considered to be a boon, especially for real estate. With the new Montezuma-Cortez High School campu...

Trump empire had less luxurious beginning

Trump Village, unlike every other property that famously bears that brand, was not named by – or for – the presidential candidate currently upending the Republican Party. The Cone...

Local housing market shows strong numbers

La Plata County’s housing market was in full recovery mode in July, and not even rising interest rates or an environmental accident are expected to put much of a damper on it. “T...

U.S. homebuilder sentiment improves in August

WASHINGTON – U.S. homebuilders grew slightly more optimistic about the housing market in August, putting their confidence at levels last seen a decade ago during the debt-fueled housing boom...

Bank plans to sell delinquent home loans

Bank of America Corp. is offering $1.2 billion of mostly delinquent home loans, extending a series of sales by lenders seeking to pare holdings and meet demand by investment firms for soured...

Throw blankets are inexpensive way to give home cozy feel

Throw blankets ideal for fall makeovers

Building-code changes will encourage efficiency

Durango, La Plata County looking to adopt 2009 energy standards

Welcome to the far-out exurbs

Erica Luna’s commute eats almost four hours out of her workday and means no messing around with the snooze button at 4 a.m. She’s a San Francisco Bay area exurbanite, one of the legions trad...

Leveraging can help real estate investors boost their profits

Do you wish to increase your profits on real estate investments? Perhaps you will want to consider utilizing leverage to maximize your return. Leverage is simply using less of your money and...

As America has grown, so have our homes

WASHINGTON – The single-family home in America has evolved in one particularly remarkable way: It has gotten bigger and bigger and bigger. New homes built today are about a thousand square f...