Real Estate
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Decorating 'rules' have gone out the windowSep 13, 2014 6:30 am - Q. We have a lot of space in our new loft. A lot! What are the rules about arranging furniture? And what about colors? Everything we have is slick, modern, beige-ish (an...
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Is your interior design depressing you?Sep 13, 2014 6:00 am - From time to time, at a cocktail party or when visiting a friend, someone will corner me and confess to me that they are depressed. As if I were a member of the clergy, ...
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Three-day visit is long enough to find houseSep 13, 2014 12:01 am - Q. We are moving out of state for new jobs and we're ready to buy our first house. The problem is we need to stay at our jobs until the last minute and don't have much t...
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Condo board should act on abandoned unitSep 13, 2014 12:01 am - Q. One of our owners abandoned his unit three years ago. The board felt it would just be a matter of time before the owner's mortgage company would foreclose, but so far...
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Rising prices fuel higher expectationsSep 13, 2014 12:01 am - Media reports about rising home prices, strangely enough, are starting to have a dampening effect on the local housing market, said Royal Hartwig, a member of the Royal ...
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The easy way and the hard way to get a mortgage: the hard way is betterSep 13, 2014 12:00 am - Most homebuyers who need a mortgage place themselves in the hands of a loan officer or mortgage broker referred to them by their real estate agent, or by a friend, relat...
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Hanover Township tax appeal seminar set for Sept. 24Sep 12, 2014 1:01 am - Hanover Township and Cook County officials will hold a seminar on property tax appeals in Bartlett Wednesday, Sept. 24. "We often get questions about the appeal process,...
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Mt. Prospect won't hold public hearings over pot dispensariesSep 12, 2014 1:01 am - Mount Prospect will consider the approval of marijuana dispensaries much like it does pharmacies, and not require public hearings. Community Development Director Bill Co...
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Constructing air ducts underground was a bad ideaSep 12, 2014 12:01 am - Q. The forced air vents in our floor fill with water whenever it rains. This has caused the metal ducts to rust out and expose the dirt. I have no idea who I should call...
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Underwater homeowners, lenders await decision in CongressSep 12, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Congress is back from its summer vacation, so the burning financial question on thousands of homeowners' minds right now is this: Are you guys finally going...