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Solar living

Solar powered homes provide energy efficiency, jobs

DATE: Nov 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Don’t buy it: Homeownership is overrated

Study: Investing in homes isn’t best way to wealth for all

DATE: Nov 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Real-estate fund investors worry about rates

NEW YORK – The threat of rising interest rates is raising real fears about real-estate mutual funds. Investors have pulled money out of real-estate funds for two straight months,...

DATE: Nov 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

More homes being sold at foreclosure auctions

WASHINGTON – Six years after the housing bust, lenders are still offloading homes that have been in foreclosure limbo. And they’re stepping up their efforts. In October alone, nea...

DATE: Nov 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Latest light styles can jazz up holidays

New technology lets families brighten holidays

DATE: Nov 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

With real estate on the Net, why use a broker?

The number of buyers who start their real estate search on the Internet has grown to over 90 percent. Yet, interestingly, the number of transactions involving a real estate agent has actuall...

DATE: Nov 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Selling these homes can just be murder

Murders can kill Hong Kong’s real estate prices

DATE: Nov 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Pool tables and patio furniture

Ultimate Mountain Living opens downtown

DATE: Nov 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Private preservation

Landowners help to fight sprawl, receive tax credits

DATE: Nov 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Stop, drop and roll

Preventative measures to keep your home safe this winter

DATE: Nov 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

What exactly does the seller have to fix?

Buyers usually become concerned when the listing report indicates that a home is being sold “as is.” The term often prompts the buyer to ask – what is wrong with the property? The...

DATE: Nov 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

U.S. construction spending down in September

WASHINGTON – U.S. construction spending fell for a second consecutive month in September as a slight rebound in housing was offset by further declines in nonresidential building and in gover...

DATE: Nov 8, 2014 | 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