Real Estate
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Ask the plumber: Free-standing baths come in many stylesApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My husband and I are now “empty nesters” and we’ve decided to turn one of our unused bedrooms into a big master bathroom. Since we’ll have lots of room, we want a...
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Home repair: Best strategy for musty storage roomApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Q. We would like your advice concerning a small, basement storage room. It’s beneath our fully enclosed, unheated front porch. The storage room has a damp and musty ...
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On homes and real estate: Help available to raise credit scoreApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My husband and I are hoping to buy our first home next year. By that time, we should have a savings of $25,000 to $30,000 to put down. Neither of us has had great...
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Forde earns award for historic high-rise projectApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Northbrook-based Forde Windows and Remodeling Inc. was recently named National Contractor of the Year in the commercial exterior category by the National Association of ...
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Milan Furniture Show evokes smiles, whimsyApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - MILAN — Safehouse furnishings, to be sure, are a niche rarely considered by home decorators. No market is too slim, however, for the folks at Disney and DuPont Corian, w...
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Get a plan in place for all the potential projects and purchasesApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Call it homebuyer’s adrenaline rush. Even after the arduous process of purchasing and moving, new owners are brimming with energy and ideas. “During the first two years ...
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Mortgage Professor: Little-known secret to get payment reducedApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - A mortgage recast is an adjustment in the monthly payment that makes the payment fully amortizing. The recast will be a payment increase when the existing payment is les...
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The nation’s housing: FHA rate increases make private lenders more competitiveApr 22, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Is the Federal Housing Administration losing some of its post-boom, post-bust oomph? Is the Obama administration’s plan to gradually throttle back FHA’s hom...
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Super Handyman: Oh, the many ways to hold a nailApr 22, 2011 12:00 am - Nail guns are great, but there still are a lot of times when you need to hammer a nail in the old-fashioned way, by hand! However, if you are not careful, you can end u...
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Neighborhood profile: Indian Knoll, West ChicagoApr 22, 2011 12:00 am - Moving from a homogeneous community where everyone looked like them, Mary and Russ Roschman like the diversity in the Indian Knoll subdivision in West Chicago. “People h...