Author – The Durango Herald

Home price growth slowing

WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices rose in October at a slightly slower pace, as real estate sales have fallen and affordability increasingly has become a challenge for potential buyers. ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Stocks, jobs shine in ’14

Resilience defines the year

DATE: Dec 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. home sales dropped sharply in November

WASHINGTON – Fewer Americans bought homes in November as buying slid to its slowest pace in six months. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of existing hom...

DATE: Dec 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tough choice: Affordable housing or job

WASHINGTON – It’s the new career trade-off. Around the country, areas with the strongest job markets increasingly have some of the costliest homes. And areas with the most afford...

DATE: Dec 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Home prices in U.S. up faster in October

WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices rose at a faster year-over-year pace in October than in September, snapping a seven-month slowdown. Real estate data provider CoreLogic said prices i...

DATE: Dec 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. homebuilders grow more confident

WASHINGTON – U.S. homebuilders’ confidence rebounded in November as both sales expectations and buyer traffic improved. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo inde...

DATE: Nov 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Prepaid-card users may get new protections

WASHINGTON – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is extending many of the financial protections of bank accounts to prepaid cards. New rules proposed Thursday by the federal...

DATE: Nov 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Home-price growth slows

WASHINGTON – The U.S. housing market cooled off in September, as home prices rose at an ever slowing pace. Prices increased 5.6 percent in September compared with a year ago, rea...

DATE: Nov 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Americans angry that wages mean less

Since ’09, inflation-adjusted earnings have dropped

DATE: Nov 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Midterm elections carry high stakes for economy

Debt-fight truce may come to an end

DATE: Nov 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Pending home sales up slightly in September

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes ticked up slightly in September, as it remained difficult to qualify for mortgage financing. The National Assoc...

DATE: Nov 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

New-home sales up slightly in September

WASHINGTON – U.S. sales of new homes were nearly flat in September, after the government sharply revised downward what was initially an August surge in buying. New-home sales edg...

DATE: Oct 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business