Real Estate
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Help for those heavy duty cleanupsMay 24, 2014 12:01 am - If you are determined to use the nice weather to clean out your garage, basement, parents' house or any other cluttered location, Nick DeGiulio and Corey Heidkamp of Lak...
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Make sure you get the mortgage promised to youMay 24, 2014 12:00 am - Editor's note: This is the final installment in a three-part series on mortgage documents that has appeared in HomesSaturday. The first two parts of this article dealt w...
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Historic Wheaton home hits the market for first time in 40 yearsMay 23, 2014 1:00 am - Central air conditioning hadn't been invented in 1904, but butler's pantries and box-beam ceilings were all the rage. Happily for would-be homeowners, a house that recen...
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22 rooms of decorating splendor on display a prestigious show houseMay 23, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Designer Tony Ingrao had four weeks. His job was to create an arresting look for the room with 16-foot ceilings and a view of St. Patrick's Cathedral he'd bee...
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Let the family room's purpose drive its designMay 23, 2014 12:01 am - Raji Radhakrishnan, founding and principal designer at Raji RM & Associates, was the guest recently on Post staff writer Jura Koncius' Home Front online chat. Here is an...
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Don't find yourself in real hot water - maintain your water heaterMay 23, 2014 12:01 am - The most common type of water heater still is the tank, even though tankless water heaters are becoming more and more common, especially in new homes. The tank-type wate...
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Neighborhood spotlight focuses on Greenwood PlaceMay 23, 2014 12:01 am - When Martha and Mark Germano relocated from Michigan to the Chicago area, they knew they wanted to live in Arlington Heights. At one time they had lived in town near Rec...
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More homebuyers using real estate 'escalators'May 23, 2014 12:01 am - Q. Home sales in our area are very strong, and many buyers are getting in bidding wars for the property they want to purchase. We already have lost out on two homes that...
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Leaky basement was masked by fresh paintMay 23, 2014 12:01 am - Q. We bought our home about a year ago, and no one disclosed the water seepage in the basement. The concrete walls were freshly painted when we were in escrow, but now t...
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Condos becoming FHA no-lending zonesMay 23, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - For young first-time buyers, people with modest down payment cash, or seniors who want to tap their equity using a reverse mortgage, it's a growing problem:...