Real Estate
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Preview sales under way at Mayfair in NapervilleAug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayfair, a community of 172 townhouses located near the northeast corner of Route 59 and Audrey Lane in Naperville, is now open for preview sales. "Naperville is exactly...
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Duct booster fans increase air flowJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. We have a problem keeping several rooms comfortable. These rooms are either chilly during winter or hot during summer. What are some efficient methods to balance ...
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A few simple solutions to repair your leaky bathtub drainJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - After a long day's work, settling into a nice, hot bath doesn't sound too bad. But what if you fill up the tub up and the water won't stay inside? The drain leaks, and y...
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Sale of second home could trigger big tax billJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Most people who sell their full-time residence can keep all of their profit tax free, but the Internal Revenue Service does not extend the same tax privileges to those w...
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Tax credit will act as interest-free loan to entice home buyingJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Anybody who's been sitting on the sidelines hesitant to jump into real estate until conditions settle down should know these dates: April 9, 2008, through J...
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Husband-wife team constructs ideal working relationshipJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Oftentimes when a couple is building a custom home or putting on an addition, it is the woman who ends up handling the day-to-day decisions. Especially when that woman ...
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Drainage problem needs to be addressed before restoring crawl spaceJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I recently discovered about 3 to 4 inches of standing water under my house. I pumped out the water and removed the plastic sheets that covered the ground so the ...
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Struggling borrowers get fresh start under MPI plan New mortgage insurance can fix the housing finance systemJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the final column in a five-part series that has appeared in the Sunday Home Plus section. This series of articles introduced a new type of mo...
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Seal up openings to keep mice, and cats, out of the atticJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Our problem is mice! They invade our attic. We set up two traps a day and get two mice daily. Recently, we didn't check the traps for four days and discovered tha...
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Pool technology comes in waves
Jul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Taking a dip in a backyard pool has never looked so refreshing. Today's pools aren't all the energy guzzlers or chemical soups of the past - like cars, new technologies ...