Real estate - The Durango Herald

Real estate investments offer advantages

Are you interested in a real estate investment? Many homeowners think of their home as an investment, and it is true that many owners who have owned their home for a long time hav...

DATE: Mar 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Housing shortages to continue

Higher home, rental prices on the horizon locally

DATE: Mar 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

News story hurting flooring store sales

NEW YORK – Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., accused by “60 Minutes” of selling laminate flooring with excessive levels of formaldehyde, projected lower first-quarter sales than analysts est...

DATE: Mar 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Time may no longer be on buyer’s side

Most of us put important things off. Procrastinating homebuyers were rewarded for waiting with decreasing interest rates and lower home prices until last year. However, going forward, you ma...

DATE: Mar 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Strong demand for rentals

Post-recession lending rules push out potential buyers

DATE: Mar 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Construction picks back up, but it’s a different gig now

ORLANDO, Fla. – As Florida’s housing market tanked seven years ago, construction worker David Rager saw jobs dry up. So he left construction, along with 2.3 million others nationwide during...

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

The McMansion is back, and it’s bigger than ever

WASHINGTON – New American homes were bigger than ever last year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. After a few years of shrinkage in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the me...

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

2014 residential real estate ends on high note

Sales, home prices up from same quarter in 2013

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. construction spending drops

WASHINGTON â€“ U.S. construction spending fell in January, reflecting weakness in spending on office buildings and other nonresidential projects and in government activity. Constr...

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Focus falls on north Main

Corridor could see traffic, commercial upgrades

DATE: Feb 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Snowstorms bury Northeast market

New England real estate sales on hold

DATE: Feb 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Housing sales remain flat

WASHINGTON – Sales of new U.S. homes were basically flat in January, evidence that recent job gains and relatively low mortgage rates have yet to spur the real estate market. The ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business