Months of government bailouts and stock market volatility have brought Americans' perception of the values of their own homes closer to reality, but surprisingly, half of U.S. home owners still believe their homes are insulated from the nation's a

McGeary Properties Spokane Valley LLC has bought as an investment the Chalet Apartments, a two-story, 16-unit, multifamily residential building at 311 S. Whipple, near Pines Road. Jim Watson, of Kiemle & Hagood Co., handled the MC Northwest LLC, of

ServiceMaster of North Idaho plans to move next spring to a building that's currently under construction in northwest Post Falls.Steel Structures America Inc., of Post Falls, is erecting the $550,000, 12,000-square-foot structure, for Boulder to

The city of Spokane has approved a conditional-use permit for Daniel Garabedian, of Spokane, to develop a six-unit townhouse complex on property he owns at 2306 E. South Riverton, in north Spokane.The property, located at the southeast corner of

The city of Spokane has awarded a $3.7 million contract to MRM Construction Inc., of Ellensburg, Wash., to extend a second water main from Spokane to the Spokane International Airport area on the West Plains. In the project, the contractor will

M.J. Takisaki Inc., of Seattle, has been awarded two contracts totaling about $1.26 million for work to build an addition at a youth center at Fairchild Air Force Base and to replace electrical service and lighting at a separate base Ophus, manager

Ginno Construction Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has started work on a $1.4 million lab at the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife's Eastern Washington regional office in the Mirabeau Point area.Rich Wells, a project manager with Ginno, is

Western States Construction, of Spokane, has teamed up with a Western Washington contractor to win contracts for expansion and remodeling projects worth a combined $4.9 million at two Veterans Administration hospitals.Western States will be with

Kootenai County's transportation planning agency is looking to hire a consultant to help it select a location for a proposed new transit center in the Coeur d'Alene metropolitan area.The agency, the Kootenai Metropolitan Transportation is for a