Real Estate
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Code compliance vs. common senseAug 23, 2020 6:00 am - Q: We were ready to close escrow on our home when the buyers' home inspector stirred up trouble over the roof repairs. The house is about 45 years old and has two layers...
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Man renovates historic house built by Frederick DouglassAug 22, 2020 7:00 am - After weeks of unrest in 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, many residents fled Baltimore. While distraught about the injustices taking pl...
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Board members may not waive portion of their assessmentsAug 22, 2020 7:00 am - Q: We have difficulty in recruiting candidates for the board of our condominium association. To attract candidates, the board would like to either waive some portion of ...
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Climate change keeps changing the game for home gardenersAug 22, 2020 6:00 am - Every year now, gardeners should be rethinking what they grow and where because of climate change, experts say. The growing season has become longer, delivering bigger h...
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Nephew's aunt requires home sale to pay expensesAug 21, 2020 7:01 am - Q. My aunt has been admitted to a nursing home and it is unlikely she will ever be leaving. She has no children, brothers or sisters and my uncle died years ago. I am he...
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Low rates and heavy buyer demand send US home sales surging
Aug 21, 2020 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Spurred by ultra-low mortgage rates, home buyers rushed last month to snap up a limited supply of existing houses, causing the pace of purchase...
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Lord & Taylor closing Woodfield, Northbrook Court storesAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg will face the first vacancy among its anchoring department stores in its 49-year history when the Lord & Taylor there becomes one of the cha...
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Bartlett retirement community settling contentious bankruptcyAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - Updated Aug. 21 to add comment from bondholders The previously warring parties in bankruptcy proceedings for Clare Oaks Senior Living in Bartlett have negotiated a ...
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Mount Prospect approves $1.5 million incentive deal for downtown grocery storeAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - Mount Prospect village trustees welcomed the upcoming construction of a downtown grocery store by approving a $1.5 million incentive agreement Tuesday to help with build...
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Avison Young brokers industrial building leaseAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - FRANKLIN PARK - Avison Young has negotiated a 113,747-square-foot full-building industrial lease at 3311 Charles St. in Franklin Park. Terms of the lease were not announ...