Real Estate
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Buyer's inspection contingency beats out seller's 'as is' clauseSep 26, 2014 12:01 am - Offering a home "as is" doesn't automatically let the seller keep a buyer's deposit if an inspection turns up unexpected problems. Q. I am a longtime reader of your colu...
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Flexible rules could extend mortgages to millionsSep 26, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Are the two biggest players in the American mortgage arena - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - needlessly preventing millions of African-Americans, Latinos and y...
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Cary affordable housing project moves ahead despite oppositionSep 25, 2014 1:01 am - An $18 million affordable housing project in Cary is moving forward despite growing resident opposition. The village board recently approved Pedcor Investments' planned ...
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13-year lawsuit of Sears vs. Barrington Hills, South Barrington settledSep 25, 2014 1:00 am - A lawsuit filed in 2001 by Sears Holding Corp. against Barrington Hills and South Barrington has been settled with no money changing hands. Sears claimed the two village...
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Elgin council favors 45 apartments for Tower BuildingSep 25, 2014 1:00 am - The city of Elgin is planning to contribute $4.7 million to the redevelopment of the iconic downtown Elgin Tower Building into 45 market-rate apartments. The city counci...
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Video game-themed restaurant to open at Woodfield in JanuarySep 24, 2014 1:01 am - A video game-themed restaurant and entertainment center is on track to open in January next to the Sears store at Schaumburg's Woodfield Mall. Level 257 is a prototype c...
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Developer to sell The Arboretum of South BarringtonSep 24, 2014 1:00 am - The owners of The Arboretum of South Barrington are in the process of selling the shopping center, according to Michael Jaffe, whose company managed operations there sin...
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Monopoly, deeds and automobilesSep 23, 2014 1:01 am - Q. My grandfather left his cabin to me years ago, and I was given a deed to the property from my aunt, who was executor of the estate. I have it safely put away. Now my ...
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Tycoon's $85M Beverly Hills home targets ultra-richSep 22, 2014 1:01 am - The eight-bedroom, 15-bath Beverly Hills, California, mansion has $5,600 toilets, a wall of caramel onyx and an 18-seat screening room with doors clad in Italian lizard ...
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Existing home sales fall in August, ending 4-month streak of gainsSep 22, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans bought homes in August, as investors retreated from real estate and first-time buyers remained scarce. Sales of existing homes fell 1.8 perc...