Rob Elmer says he recently bought out James W. Elmer Construction Co., a company his father, Jim Elmer, founded in Spokane in 1991.The younger Elmer says he grew up working in the company during the summers and was hired on full time in 2002 as
The city of Spokane Valley has issued a building permit for Scafco Grain Systems to construct a $3 million building addition at its facility at 5400 E. Broadway.The project includes constructing a two-story, 5,300-square-foot office addition and
A Washington state legislative budgetary decision earlier this year to divert funds from an account used to provide low-interest loans to local government entities and taxing districts has brought at least a temporary halt to millions of dollars of
Coeur d'Alene-based Peak Health & Wellness Center has broken ground on a $4.2 million indoor tennis center next to its Hayden facility, says Gary Retter, manager and part owner of the fitness club.The site for the 44,000-square-foot tennis is at
The Selah School District, near Yakima, Wash., has awarded to Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. a $26.9 million contract to build a new middle school, says Crystal West, a spokeswoman for the district.Lydig started work on the project this a
Trindera Engineering Inc., a Coeur d'Alene-based provider of electrical and control system engineering and consulting services, has opened an office in downtown Spokane.On Aug. 1, Trindera Engineering began operating its Spokane office in a at a
Just as the new-home construction sector appears to be strengthening, some homebuilders here worry that they'll face a shortage of land to build on in coming years, when a recession-related bottleneck in lot development could constrict market each
Once troubled waters surrounding the Inland Northwest waterfront real estate market have calmed, and current sales data suggests consistency has returned to that high-profile niche market.Realtors who market property say they're witnessing an in
Since the mid-1980s, unrestrained household spending has damaged American family finances, despite the fact that globalization and technological change have caused consumer prices to fall widely, asserts a sociologist at Queens College in New York
Early summer increase is typical, though more pronounced this year
August 15, 2013
The June Mortgage Monitor report released earlier this month by Jacksonville, Fla.-based Lender Processing Services found a nearly 10 percent spike in the national delinquency rate in a month-to-month comparison. The company's mortgage report in