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U.S. home price gains slow for 6th straight month

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index increased 9.3 percent in May from 12 months earlier. That’s down from 10.8 percent in the previous month and the smallest annual g...

Building industry picks up

Construction industry sees busy summer

Millennials buying homes later in life

Data show they buy at same rate as in 1990s

Zillow buying Trulia to make real estate titan

NEW YORK – Real estate website operator Zillow is buying rival Trulia in a $3.5 billion deal that would make the biggest player in the online real estate market. Zillow would also...

Hail damage? Check your policy before a disaster

On Sept. 22, 2013, a large hail storm wreaked havoc in the La Plata County area. Most of us remember that storm vividly. Although hail is not a new sight in our area, the severity and intens...

Downside of low mortgage rates is fewer sales

WASHINGTON – Would-be home sellers across the country are grappling with a once-in-a-lifetime problem: They have mortgage rates so absurdly low it would hurt them financially to sell. ...

The art of landscaping

Creating an enjoyable outdoor living space adds more than just equity

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...

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...

Growth in the million-dollar market

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

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 ...

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...