Real Estate
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Leave 'professional installations' to the professionalsAug 17, 2014 12:01 am - Q. I wanted to let you know I installed 10 Magnetite windows - several were cut wrong and they sent me a YouTube installation video after my installation. I was looking ...
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Listing of the weekAug 16, 2014 6:01 am - Aficionados of Frank Lloyd Wright and the architectural styles he fostered will instantly fall in love with this Barrington home, built in 1978 by Don Erickson, one of W...
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Listing of the weekAug 16, 2014 5:45 am - Old World charm oozes from this Dutch Colonial brick home, built in 1929 in the historic district of Arlington Heights. While the home is full of historic finishes and h...
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Matching? A decorating idea that died of boredomAug 16, 2014 5:45 am - Q. When we remodel our kitchen, is it OK to mix cabinet woods and colors? I want white- or cream-painted cabinets and an eat-on island. Can I choose a different wood or ...
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Pros and cons of power washingAug 16, 2014 5:45 am - It's not just national monuments like Mount Rushmore than could benefit from a good power wash every now and then. Is there grime on your siding that good old-fashioned ...
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Association board is legally obligated to enforce rulesAug 16, 2014 12:01 am - Q. Our single-family homeowners association receives complaints from homeowners about rules violations by their neighbors. Is the board required to act on these complain...
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Door is open to affordable homesAug 16, 2014 12:01 am - During his more than 30 years in real estate, George Seaverns of RE/MAX Experts in Buffalo Grove has seen many different types of markets. And right now he is pleased an...
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Housing bubble differed from buildup in subprime car loansAug 16, 2014 12:00 am - Is a crisis brewing in the market for subprime loans on used cars? In a long front-page article in The New York Times last month, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Michael Co...
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No bidders for possibly booby-trapped landAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - CONCORD, N.H. - No one bid for the compound of a tax-evading couple convicted of amassing an arsenal of weapons and holding federal law enforcement officials at bay for ...
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Handyman scams elderly homeownerAug 15, 2014 12:01 am - Q. I'm distressed about an unethical handyman who has been taking advantage of my elderly mother. She first called him because the nails in her roof were sticking up. He...