Real Estate
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Fewer homes being purchased in Chicago area, but sales prices still going upJun 01, 2025 9:00 pm - While the Chicago area had more homes for sale in April 2025 than a year ago, sales were down year-to-year while sales prices went up.
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West Dundee begins exterior demolition of shuttered Spring Hill MallMay 29, 2025 6:56 pm - Workers hired by the village of West Dundee have started exterior demolition of the shuttered Spring Hill Mall. The village is clearing the site, which straddles West Dundee and Carpentersville, so it eventually can become a mixed-use development with retail, residential and restaurants.
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How to handle owners using guest parking spacesMay 29, 2025 3:04 pm - Condo owners are using guest parking spaces and it’s causing problems for the board. How can the board address this, short of having the cars towed?
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Naperville commission gives thumbs-up to townhouse, row house developmentMay 28, 2025 6:25 pm - Naperville planning and zoning commissioners have backed a developer's proposal to build both townhouses and row houses within walking distance of the Growing Place garden center. The developer also is asking the city of Naperville to annex the properties — more than eight acres — into its boundaries.
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When are home inspectors liableMay 28, 2025 4:10 pm - A common saying in the home inspection business holds that there are two kinds of home inspectors: those who have been sued and those who will be. The fact is, most home inspectors will be sued at some time during their careers. There are, however, specific circumstances that determine whether a home inspector is truly liable.
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DuPage County setting up land bank as part of affordable housing pushMay 27, 2025 6:29 pm - DuPage officials are taking more steps to help expand affordable housing in the county.
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Apartments, townhouses proposed for vacant land in Des PlainesMay 26, 2025 12:02 pm - A five-story apartment building and townhouses have been proposed for vacant land on Des Plaines’ east side.
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‘A real sense of enthusiasm and excitement’: Lake Villa to pursue development for Pleviak School propertyMay 26, 2025 11:41 am - The former Pleviak Elementary School, a Lake Villa landmark for more than a century, will be going to market with the intention of snaring a “transformational redevelopment.”
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What’s left of Sears? Stores and HQ are nearly gone, but successor still owns and leases many propertiesMay 24, 2025 2:09 pm - Many goodbyes already have been said in Sears’ native Illinois, with its last great headquarters rapidly fading from the landscape of Hoffman Estates. But the one-time retail giant’s 139-year-long story continues at eight remaining stores elsewhere in the country and as a landlord of commercial properties both near and far.
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Mount Prospect seeking developers for former Chase Bank propertyMay 23, 2025 6:20 pm - Mount Prospect is moving forward with plans to redevelopment of the former Chase Bank property at 111 E. Busse Ave.