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The art of landscaping

Creating an enjoyable outdoor living space adds more than just equity

DATE: Jul 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Disorganized remotes? Seven creative answers

Remote controls, designed to make life easier and more convenient, have become so numerous in many homes that keeping track of them is a challenge all its own. There are often sep...

DATE: Jul 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

County inventory suggests it’s a buyer’s market

The Colorado Association of Realtors has just released housing reports for all of the districts in Colorado and a statewide report. These second-quarter reports for 2014 are particularly hel...

DATE: Jul 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Growth in the million-dollar market

Durango-area luxury home sales grow as second-home buyers return to market

DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Designers cooking up color-happy kitchens

Kitchens in traditional and vintage homes often are dressed in conservative garb: neutral hues, stainless steel, white-on-white or beige-on-beige. Historically, however, kitchens ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Foreclosure filings drop as fewer homeowners fall behind

Foreclosure filings plunged in La Plata County during the first half of 2014, providing a strong indicator that fewer homeowners are in financial distress. The low number of forec...

DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Real Estate Contracts 101: The basics

In Colorado, all licensed real estate brokers must use forms approved by the Colorado Real Estate Commission or have an attorney draft a form specific to each transaction. The mos...

DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Home prices up, sales dip

Low inventory blamed for slide in transactions

DATE: Jul 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Iceland’s design industry growing, branching out

Being a small, sparsely populated island nudged up against the edge of the Arctic Circle hasn’t stopped Iceland from nurturing a rich and varied design industry. While Viking rune...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Internet house hunting

Real estate websites have changed how people look for, buy homes

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

FAA says real estate agents’ use of drones is illegal

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Real estate agents are increasingly taking their work to the skies, using remote-controlled aircraft to film bird’s-eye-view video tours of homes, land and commercial...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Crunching numbers for county market

The La Plata County residential real estate market crested in the first half of 2014 compared with last year, but it maintained a high level of home sales compared with previous years. ...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate