Oil slump weighing on housing markets in Texas, North Dakota
More than 30 oil drilling rigs are idle in a Helmerich & Payne, Inc. yard along Groening Street in Odessa, Texas, as rig counts drop in the Permian Basin. The…
More than 30 oil drilling rigs are idle in a Helmerich & Payne, Inc. yard along Groening Street in Odessa, Texas, as rig counts drop in the Permian Basin. The…
Interior designer Jackson the extra expense of wallpaper when redesigning your home can be a great investment and elevate the look of a room. It can also be a great…
home furnishing stores report darker wood is in
The National Association of Realtors said that its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index fell 0.9 percent to 106.9 last month. It was the lowest reading in 10 months. Still,…
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.5 percent in the 12 months ending in October, up from a 5.4 percent pace in September, according to a report…
Height limits, parking requirements and zoning requirements all add to the cost of building new apartments, making it more difficult for developers to make money building apartment units that are…
Prices increased 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September, according to a report from Washington. That matched the median estimate of 16 economists, according to data compiled by…
builders share trends
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new-home sales rose 4.3 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 490,000. But that increase was made possible mainly because the…
Some real estate experts speculate November’s 10.5 percent drop in existing home sales could be partially due to new sales contract regulations that took effect in October. The new disclosure…
Many of the people who are now renting are baby boomers who lost their homes during the Great Recession, according to a new report.David Zalubowski/Associated Press This finding in a…
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that total housing starts – both houses and apartments – climbed 10.5 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.17 million homes.…
The rate increase is indicative of an improving economy, Sonora said. “Markets were looking for a positive sign from the Fed, and that’s all I think they’re trying to do,”…
U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly less confident about their sales prospects in coming months, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Tuesday.John Bazemore/Associated Press…
A comparison of Archuleta County to the east and La Plata County residential sales for this year and the same period last year shows home sales in August and September…
Buffett reported a passive holding of 2 million shares, representing an 8 percent stake, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. Seritage began trading this year after Sears created the…
Steven and Nola Olsen are moving back to Missouri with their children Aubrielle, left, 1, and Marcus, 3, because they can no longer afford rental prices in Portland, Ore.Don Ryan/Associated…
Registration of accessory dwelling units ends Dec. 31
an economic driver that changed the community
plans to change use of 120-lot site
Analysts say the growth in home sales has “slowed significantly,” although it is too soon to say whether the slowdown will continue.Lynne Sladky/Associated Press file photo The National Association of…
result in additional lodgers tax revenue
Real estate experts are expecting home sales to rebound later this year because of the economy. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales were down 3.4 percent in October…
Technology companies have brought much wealth to San Francisco, with its expensive historical Victorian homes. But that wealth has also made its housing too expensive for the police officers, teachers…
New home sales dropped in the West in October, although they jumped 135.5 percent in the Northeast.Steve Helber/Associated Press file photo The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new-home sales climbed…