Foreclosure actions completed in Spokane County swelled to a record level in 2013 following a four-year low in 2012, despite other indicators of improving real estate market trends. Last year, the Spokane County Auditor's Office recorded 1,211 foreclos

Spokane's two largest hospitals, both located on Spokane's lower South Hill, are planning sizable expansion and remodel projects this year with a total value of $13.4 million, records on file with the city of Spokane show. In one project, Providence

Health care, manufacturing, tourism, and real estate are among current growth industries in Kootenai County that are expected to continue to improve in the new year, sources in North Idaho say. Alivia Metts, Post Falls-based regional labor economist for

Following an upswing in building activity here in 2013, some construction industry observers are optimistic that forward momentum will carry through the coming year. Jan Quintrall, director of business and development services for the city of Spokane, sa

In one of the brighter real estate sectors, Spokane-area residential sales improved for the second consecutive year in 2013, and Ken Lewis, owner of Spokane Valley-based Prudential Spokane Real Estate, says he expects the spring of 2014 to be the best spr

The Wolff Co. has sold two of its big multifamily properties, including the Big Trout Lodge apartment complex in Liberty Lake, and a third sale is pending, says Kennedy Wilson, a Beverly Hills, Calif., real estate investment firm involved in the transacti

When Hertz Equipment Rental opened a 25,000-square-foot showroom and service outlet here two months ago to sell and rent out industrial and construction equipment, the global company noted that the new site is located in one of the top 100 U.S. metro mark

Pinkerton Retirement Specialists LLC, a growing Coeur d'Alene-based wealth-management company, has acquired two other financial adviser offices and plans to construct a new building in the Riverstone development that will have three times the office spa