Real Estate
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About Real Estate: Tips for buying a ‘fixer-upper’Aug 12, 2011 12:00 am - Homes that need repairs typically are offered at a deep discount, but buyers must be careful. Q. I would like to buy a fixer-upper because there are a ...
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Far fewer foreclosures in suburbs, but it's false hopeAug 11, 2011 10:30 am - DuPage County as well as the state overall saw record decreases in foreclosures during July compared to a year ago, according to a report expected to be released today b...
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French mogul survives slump after deal almost sank himAug 07, 2011 6:11 am - Alain Taravella recalls how in late 2008, as France’s real-estate market slumped, he began doubting his biggest corporate acquisition. A year earlier, he’d bought apartm...
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Alwaleed hires Saudi Binladin to build world’s tallest towerAug 07, 2011 6:07 am - Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has chosen Saudi Binladin Group to construct the world’s tallest building in Jeddah, Alaweed’s investing company said Tuesday...
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Ask the plumber: Call in the heavy hitters for old tubAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Hi, Ed. I love your column and read it weekly. I’m an experienced do-it-yourselfer and would like to replace my 30-year-old cast-iron tub with a new multipiece li...
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Realtors aid veterans in need with housing helpAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Kathleen Ricketts Hager was sitting with her late husband, Ken Hager, at the National Association of Realtors convention in 2004. Together, they watched other real estat...
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Cottage gets storybook makeoverAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - For 12 years, Mark and Nancy Morris pined for the “mushroom cottage” on Lake Minnetonka, just west of Minneapolis-St. Paul. They often drove by the ivy-covered ea...
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Factors determine whether broken AC warrants immediate fixAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I am a new landlord and recently faced a situation that frustrates me. I have a tenant in a moderate-climate area who said his air conditioning unit stopped worki...
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Ask the broker: Any good sides to a short sale?Aug 06, 2011 1:00 am - Q. I have a Las Vegas property that I currently rent. The house is about $160K upside down, and I lose about $500 every month. I’d like to get it off my back with a ...
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Mortgage Professor: Comparable loan data would aid borrowersAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on truth in mortgage disclosure. One of the most vexing and perplexing problems faced by mortgage borrowers has lon...