Real Estate
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Using data to supercharge your real estate experienceJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - Thanks to the Internet and technology, consumers have real-time access to real estate data. Information that was once under lock and key of real estate agents is now fre...
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Des Plaines wants to tear down building near 1st McDonald's; owners push backJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - Des Plaines officials are trying to condemn and demolish a dilapidated motel next to the site of the original McDonald's, but the property owners are pushing back becaus...
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New apartments coming to downtown MundeleinJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - Developers plan to turn a vacant one-story building in downtown Mundelein into rental affordable housing. The project, led by a Chicago company called VeriGreen Developm...
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What about a handicap unit?Jul 28, 2015 1:00 am - Q. Our bathroom needs a new bathtub/shower. We are retired and may sell in the near future due to health concerns. What are the consequences of putting in a handicapped-...
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Truck parking lot proposed in Prospect HeightsJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - Prospect Heights-based Stery Trucking hopes to purchase 10.5 acres of vacant land owned by the city and create a new business, Quality Trucking, that will provide a park...
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When board meetings should be openJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - Q. The board of our condominium association meets from time to time with the association's attorney. Does this meeting have to take place in a portion of our board meeti...
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Helping underwater homeowners move onJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Could a little-noticed policy change by giant mortgage investor Fannie Mae help homeowners who'd like to move but can't because they're underwater - they ow...
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Aerobic floor vibrations?Jul 28, 2015 1:00 am - Q. Our house does not have a foundation problem, but the living room furniture used to shake when we would do our morning aerobic exercises. So we installed some steel p...
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Dawrin signs three leases for Elgin business centerJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - ELMHURST — Darwin Realty recently signed long-term leases within the 1 million-square-foot DCT Business Center Elgin. The companies signing leases are Printpack, Inc., f...
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Outdoor rooms with not-so-secret gardensJul 27, 2015 6:00 am - Christopher D. Ritzert's quarter-acre garden behind his 1930s stone Colonial in Washington started out as an unremarkable backyard with a jumble of weeds and neighboring...