Real Estate
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Schaumburg sees Zurich office becoming 'icon for the area'Jun 24, 2014 1:00 am - Zurich North America kicked off construction Tuesday on what Schaumburg officials say will become an iconic building on the Motorola Solutions campus. The insurance comp...
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Sales of U.S. existing homes up 4.9 percent in MayJun 23, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes posted the best monthly gain in nearly three years in May, providing hope that housing is beginning to regain momentum ...
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Prospect Heights family wins garage makeoverJun 22, 2014 6:00 am - Heidi Eglund of Prospect Heights is a self-proclaimed “neat freak.” Her home is always neat and tidy. But until recently, when it came to her family's garage, she threw ...
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Years of varnish can be removed like paintJun 22, 2014 12:01 am - Q. Can you tell what is wrong with the finish on this woodwork (photo attached) and how we can repair or improve its appearance? Much of the woodwork in our 1929 house h...
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Ways to make an older home work for todayJun 22, 2014 12:01 am - Remodels present more challenges per square foot than new construction. Is this based on statistics? No way. But I have experienced myriad oddities over the course of ye...
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Italy aims to reintroduce its goods to world marketJun 21, 2014 6:00 am - I just got back from Italy with some great new resources. I was invited by ITA-ICE, the marketing and promotion office of the Italian government, and CNA, the associatio...
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A home move with less stress, bigger upsideJun 21, 2014 6:00 am - After buying one of the professionally decorated models at Lexington Park in Des Plaines for himself, Bill McPartlin, a real estate broker from Park Ridge, is singing th...
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Housing market shifts to a quicker paceJun 21, 2014 12:01 am - We are in the midst of an "interesting" real estate market, as described by Mark Munro, a real estate broker with Baird and Warner in Barrington. "There is a lot of good...
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How to combine two condominiumsJun 21, 2014 12:01 am - Q. I own a condominium unit. I am considering buying the unit next door and combining them into a single unit. This would not just be combining them physically; I want t...
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Too many homebuyers are fearful of adjustable rate mortgagesJun 21, 2014 12:00 am - The Mortgage Bankers Association reports that only about one of every 10 home mortgages being written today carries an adjustable interest rate. A combination of negativ...