Real Estate
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Few parents need to worry about federal gift taxMay 16, 2014 12:01 am - Most parents don't have to fret about the tax consequences of helping a grown child with the purchase of a home, but there are some exceptions. Q. My husband and I would...
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Neighborhood spotlight focuses on Wheaton's StonehedgeMay 16, 2014 12:01 am - Christine O'Donnell recalls the warm welcome she and her husband Mike received when they moved into Wheaton's Stonehedge subdivision on a cold November day 21 years ago....
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Elk Grove Village mayor discusses plans for TIF moneyMay 15, 2014 1:01 am - Elk Grove Village has recovered from the Great Recession, but village officials want to do more to help the business community - concentrating most of those efforts on t...
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Elk Grove Village buys 1.2-acre vacant Devon Avenue propertyMay 15, 2014 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village is buying a vacant, 1.2-acre property on Devon Avenue with no immediate plans for the land, but with an eye toward future redevelopment. The property a...
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Neat and clean condo won't sellMay 14, 2014 11:00 pm - Q. My daughter bought a condo. She was there two years, and then her company moved her to Houston. Her condo has been on sale for a year now and has not sold. It is expe...
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Preparing yourself for the mortgage closingMay 14, 2014 11:00 pm - Q. I recently read that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is going to make the mortgage loan closing process more consumer friendly. Do you think it can? A....
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Owner plans new look for landmark Rolling Meadows towersMay 13, 2014 1:01 am - New owners are sprucing up one of Rolling Meadows' most iconic landmarks, the three 12-story office buildings along Golf Road and the Jane Addams Tollway known as Contin...
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Wheaton hopes to sell Main Street building to developerMay 13, 2014 1:01 am - For roughly two decades, the two-story brick building at 111-113 N. Main St. in Wheaton has sat vacant. City officials hope that will change this year when they sell th...
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House prices climbed in fewer U.S. cities as recovery coolsMay 12, 2014 1:01 am - House prices stall as economic recovery cools Prices for single-family homes climbed in 74 percent of U.S. cities in the first quarter, fewer than a year earlier, a...
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New Wheeling eatery highlights burgers, bourbon and beerMay 12, 2014 1:00 am - Spears Bourbon-Burgers-Beer will open Tuesday