Real Estate
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5 tips for selling your home for the best priceJul 27, 2014 7:27 am - LOS ANGELES - The rebound in U.S. home values over the past couple of years has placed many homeowners in a better position to sell their home for a profit. Still, getti...
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Brave new gardening for brave new climatesJul 27, 2014 1:01 am - Ripping out the front lawn and its bordering rhododendrons and replacing them with a landscape of native grasses, ground covers, succulents and rocks once seemed an unfa...
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Agency to issue housing report on Hanover ParkJul 27, 2014 1:01 am - Hanover Park will help steer a regional housing study expected to kick off in September or October. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and the Metropolitan May...
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Powerful odor is intermittent, difficult to pinpointJul 27, 2014 12:01 am - Q. Both my wife and myself, and I suspect even our border collie, read your column in the Daily Herald. We find your advice to be interesting and informative. Consequent...
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Issues arise when sellers possess home after closingJul 27, 2014 12:01 am - Q. We have someone very interested in purchasing our home. For various reasons, they need to close within the next month or so. Although my husband and I were planning o...
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Cabinets are no longer contained to the kitchenJul 27, 2014 12:01 am - Homeowners expect a lot of cabinets - not just in the kitchen but all throughout the home. Cabinet makers are responding to the consumer demand for design flexibility an...
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Proposal for Libertyville park envisions Craftsman-style townhomesJul 26, 2014 7:00 am - The long-awaited sale of Bolander Park draws closer
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The best backyard lighting schemes start with a planJul 26, 2014 6:15 am - Outdoor living spaces require lighting for functionality and safety. Most homeowners, though, arrive at a lighting showroom with a longer shopping list and bigger dreams...
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Too much space? Divide to conquerJul 26, 2014 6:00 am - Q. Our great room really lives up to the name — it's nearly 30 feet long and 20 feet wide. There's a large fireplace on one long wall; the other is all windows. How shou...
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How to buy brother's share of parents former homeJul 26, 2014 12:01 am - Q. My mother passed away in December. I am the executor of the estate. She owned her house outright. I want to buy my brother's share (there are only two of us), and he ...