Real Estate
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Quinn pitches flat $500 property tax credit, not income tax dropMar 26, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday asked lawmakers who face tough re-election campaigns months from now to pick higher income taxes and a property tax break over ste...
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Sealing a driveway will extend its lifeMar 25, 2014 5:45 am - Installing an asphalt or a concrete driveway can be an expensive undertaking. To preserve the fresh, new look of the driveway, have the driveway sealed and then routinel...
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Shodeen buys Mill Race Inn in GenevaMar 25, 2014 1:00 am - The iconic Mill Race Inn in Geneva has been bought by real estate developer Shodeen Inc. The Geneva-based firm announced the purchase Tuesday afternoon. According to a n...
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Color combinations raise the roof on styleMar 24, 2014 12:00 am - When a 2011 storm destroyed their black shingle roof, Carol and Ray Knoff of Vinton, Iowa, opted to replace it with a roof in vintage Victorian colors: a clay-like red a...
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Monitor: Big banks satisfy mortgage settlementMar 23, 2014 6:12 am - WASHINGTON - The nation's four biggest banks slashed billions of dollars from mortgages and other debts, enough to satisfy their obligations under a national mortgage se...
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Paint without the painMar 23, 2014 5:45 am - We've all been there. You decide to paint a room, and weeks later, your walls are a crazy quilt of paint swatches. You've flipped through rooms on Houzz and Pinterest an...
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Proportion, finishes key to balancing imaginative traditional roomsMar 23, 2014 1:01 am - Traditional interior design can mean a lot of different things depending on your audience. For some purists, this may mean decorating with antiques or reproductions of ...
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Historic Wheeling restaurant demolishedMar 23, 2014 1:01 am - Demolition of the iconic Don Roth's Blackhawk restaurant in Wheeling, which closed five years ago, began Friday. The restaurant, one of the original features on Wheeling...
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Bathroom fans are creating a soggy mess in the atticMar 23, 2014 12:01 am - Q. I have a two-story colonial built in the late 1970s in Shelburne, Vt. The two full baths upstairs have fans that just vent into the attic, which has blown-in insulati...
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Alter the proportions in a small kitchenMar 22, 2014 6:00 am - Q. We're planning to renovate the smallest kitchen in the city — new cabinets, flooring and lighting. Without knocking down walls, are there ways to make the kitchen loo...