Real Estate
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Short sale can be terminated if deadline not metFeb 02, 2014 12:00 am - Q. I got way behind on my mortgage and my mortgage company filed a foreclosure complaint against me. I decided to try and short sale the property. I got a buyer in Octob...
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Building a sunroom is not an inexpensive projectFeb 01, 2014 11:28 pm - Q. I want to add a solar sunroom for inexpensive extra living space and so it will help heat our house. I would like to build a kit myself or to make one from scratch. W...
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Old concrete may have been attempt to trap air bubblesFeb 01, 2014 11:25 pm - Q. I have a friend who purchased a house that had been built in the 1940s or ’50s. She is now having the bathroom completely “gutted” and in this process, the contractor...
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Murphy beds are making the bedroom superfluousFeb 01, 2014 12:00 am - PARIS — The long-established trend toward loft-like living means having a bed in the middle of your living space is now considered a lifestyle choice, like an open kitch...
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Housing affordability window starting to closeFeb 01, 2014 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — The allure of Silicon Valley never grabbed Steve Brain. While well-paying jobs sometimes tempted the Seattle-based engineer, the Bay Area’s sky-high home pr...
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Teacher crafts a design-and-building camp for girlsFeb 01, 2014 12:00 am - Emily Pilloton first discovered the rewards of teaching kids to design and build things while co-founding Studio H, an innovative high school shop class in Bertie County...
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Home sales, prices experience double-digit growth in 2013Feb 01, 2014 12:00 am - The suburban Chicago housing market continued to make impressive gains in 2013, with sales of single-family, detached homes climbing 24.7 percent compared with 2012, acc...
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Breaking the logjam on HECM reverse mortgagesJan 31, 2014 11:48 pm - Editor’s note: This is the final column in a two-part series publishing in HomesSaturday. The first article of this series discussed some modest initiatives my colleague...
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Kitchens, baths are always evolvingJan 31, 2014 11:33 pm - Ask Mark Mazza of DreamMaker Kitchen and Bath in Schaumburg about industry trends and he can quickly tick them off for you. ŸQuartz countertops that look like granite bu...
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Unmarried buyers should discuss common pitfallsJan 31, 2014 11:30 pm - Q. My boyfriend and I would like to buy a house together but we don’t expect to get married until next year. Will we have any problem getting a mortgage? We’ve been rent...