Real Estate
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Custom home on a smaller scaleAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - We often think of custom homes in prestigious suburbs as being enormous in size, with perhaps 5,000 to 12,000 square feet of space. Yet, some buyers want the appointment...
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Timber Trails leads the way to luxury homesAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Timber Trails of Western Springs features estate homes on rolling, wooded land that was formerly a golf course. Dartmoor Homes is building 80 Augusta series homes from $...
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Condo units available in Park RidgeAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - For many empty-nesters, the decision to downsize to a more manageable home means not only a change of address, but also a change in lifestyle. Such is the case for buyer...
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Models coming to Easton ParkAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Lakewood Homes announced that decorated and furnished townhouse models will open in mid-September at Easton Park, a community of row-style townhouses in West suburban Ca...
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Awash in ideasAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The search for the hottest new home materials heats up when remodeling a bath or building a new house. But it doesn't take long to realize that good design isn't just ab...
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'Unfamiliar terms' definedAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - A great source of questions from readers centers around the use of unfamiliar terms. Let's revisit some of the more useful and some of the off-the-beaten-path definition...
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Enter your property in annual paint contestAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Entries for the 21st annual "Chicago's Finest Painted Ladies" competition, the "beauty contest" for homes, will be accepted through Labor Day, Sept. 3. Homes and commerc...
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Recovery in sales expected in 2008Aug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Home prices are expected to recover in 2008 with existing-home sales picking up late this year and new-home sales rising early next year, according to the latest forecas...
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Oasis in flat real estate marketAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Though real estate sales and prices are flat or down in dozens of metropolitan areas, micro-markets within them are performing very differently: Prices and...
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Water meters help in gardeningAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Over the years, I have been watering my gardens and yard a lot and my water bills are getting high. Two years ago, there were water restrictions. What types of sprink...