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Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year loan ticked up to 3.34 percent, above last week's rate of 3.32 percent. (File photo)

Rate on US 30-year mortgage ticks up to 3.34 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages ticked up this week just slightly above their record lows, keeping home-buying and refinancing attractive to consumers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac...

news / nation Thu, Dec 06, 2012 - 12:01pm

Letter: The origins of the recession

We all cherry-pick the facts from time to time, but Vincent Melquist takes this practice to new heights in his criticism of Earl Pederson's letter. When criticizing Bush, he neglects...

opinion / letters Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

This new home is under construction on 12th Street Southeast in Willmar. Local home builders have weathered some weak years recently, they expect 2012 to at least be a stable year and maybe even slightly better. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

West central Minn. home builders look forward to a stronger year

WILLMAR -- The recession led to some bleak years for local home builders but there are signs they may have weathered the worst of it. Tim Carlson, owner of Carlson...

business / local Tue, Jan 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Central MN agencies receive grants to reduce home health hazards

Pope County and the Meeker, McLeod, Sibley Community Health Board are among seven agencies to be awarded state grants to help build local capacity for addressing health hazards in homes...

news / region Wed, Nov 30, 2011 - 2:32pm

Homeowners in greater Minnesota encouraged to apply for mortgage assistance

ST. PAUL - The deadline for homeowners to qualify for up to $50,000 in mortgage assistance from the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program is Friday. Vacant slots remain for homeowners from...

news / region Wed, Jul 20, 2011 - 11:43am

Letter: No help for the little people

There are many people in the process of foreclosure or who have already lost their homes to a sheriff's sale. It has become an epidemic and caused several families a...

opinion / letters Sat, Mar 19, 2011 - 12:00am

EDC to ask county to support on-farm worker housing

WILLMAR -- Saying that zoning policies should support and not hamstring local farmers, the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission will ask the Kandiyohi County Board to...

news / local Fri, Jan 14, 2011 - 12:00am

A home in southeast Willmar waits for a buyer. Home sales, battered by the recession, remain sluggish. (Tribune photo by Anne Polta)

Foreclosures rise, housing market remains lackluster

WILLMAR -- Among the recent new listings of Willmar homes for sale is one with a swimming pool and a location in what Realtor Mary Peterson describes as "a beautiful...

business / local Tue, Nov 09, 2010 - 12:00am

The exterior of the new Bethesda Wellness Center in Willmar. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Bethesda to unveil new digs

WILLMAR - Clustered in a bay lit by tall southeast-facing windows, the tables and chairs in the mini-café at the new Bethesda Wellness Center are waiting to become a favorite...

news / local Fri, Oct 22, 2010 - 12:00am

When the bedbugs bite

WILLMAR -- Tempted to pick up that free couch left on the curb by college students departing for the summer? Think again. Bedbugs are here, and one of the main...

news / local Sat, May 29, 2010 - 12:00am

Aged housing stock and poverty among the challenges

MONTEVIDEO -- Housing issues in the Upper Minnesota River Valley are many and complex, but demographics offer some insight into the situation. Data collected from 2006-2008 and updated this spring...

business Tue, May 04, 2010 - 12:00am

The small towns comprising the five counties of the Upper Minnesota River Valley offer many examples of affordable and well kept houses that match our idyllic expectations for small town living. This home is among those currently on the market in Clara City. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Small towns, but big housing needs

MONTEVIDEO -- So far, the five counties comprising the Upper Minnesota River Valley have escaped the big rise in housing foreclosures that trouble urban areas of the state. Yet the...

business Tue, May 04, 2010 - 12:00am

No vacancy is opportunity lost

MONTEVIDEO -- Anyone who doubts how important a diverse housing stock can be to a community need only speak to Gene Bies, mayor of Canby in western Yellow Medicine County...

business Tue, May 04, 2010 - 12:00am

Workers pour concrete from a pump truck Monday to make foundation walls at the Westwind development on Willmar's southwest side. The low-income housing development will consist of 14-unit rental twinhomes, with two homes to each unit. Work should be finished by December at the site, according to Kue Contractors Inc. of Waktins, the project's general contractor. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Westwinds work progressing

news / local Tue, May 04, 2010 - 12:00am

U.S. manufacturing growth revs up, construction down

NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in March at its strongest pace in 5 1/2 years, leading the rebound from the recession on growth in exports and...

news / nation / business Thu, Apr 01, 2010 - 11:30am

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