Real estate - The Durango Herald

Solid new-home sales lift hopes for strengthening housing market

WASHINGTON – A surprisingly strong pace of new-home sales to start the year has boosted hopes that the spring buying season will be solid enough to lift the overall economy. Sales...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Downtown’s iconic Day House resurrected

Developer Mark Williamson renovates 1884 home

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Energy efficiency doesn’t always add value

More comprehensive appraisals needed, advocates say

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Contracts to buy U.S. homes barely budged in January

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes was essentially flat in January, a possible sign of a softening real estate market. The National Association...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Are vacation rentals good for Durango?

Durango already has a tight housing market, and the rising popularity of vacation rental homes isn’t helping simplify matters. Conflicts between property owners have popped up over parking, ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hillcrest complex sells for $14.5M

California company buys 112 apartments near FLC

DATE: Feb 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

A seller’s market

85 percent of county homes sold for less than $500K

DATE: Feb 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Average Durango rent approaching $1,000

Low vacancy rate, high demand driving up price

DATE: Feb 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

County home sales jump in 2013

Realtor says market healthiest it has been in 7 years

DATE: Jan 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Purgatory wins subdivision approval

Townhomes, lodge planned at resort

DATE: Jan 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fewer homes repossessed by lenders in October

LOS ANGELES – Fewer U.S. homes are completing the foreclosure process and ending up repossessed by banks because investors increasingly are buying up properties when they go on sale at publi...

DATE: Nov 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business