Coldwell Banker Tomlinson and Coldwell Banker Northwest Group, both prominent Spokane-area real estate companies that formerly operated separately, have combined forces within a newly created company and have consolidated their operations in two of

Spokane-based Mines Management Inc., which is involved in acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties containing precious and base metals, says it has signed a letter of intent with Estrella Gold Corp. for an option to acquire a

A downtown parking lot, where Spokane developer Rob Brewster Jr. once had planned to erect the city's tallest building, likely will be put up for auction, says a Seattle lawyer acting as a lender's trustee.The attorney, Patrick Moran, of Russell

Trusts established to try to recoup some of the huge amount of money that investors had tied up in Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. and Summit Securities Inc. before those affiliated companies here shut down eight years ago have made a fourth

Foreclosures on deeds of trust in Spokane County rose for the fifth consecutive year in 2011, climbing 7 percent to within 40 of the peak 1,152 foreclosures recorded in 2002, auditor's office data show.The rate of increase has slowed, though, 12