Real Estate
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The science and art of paying off your mortgage earlyJan 26, 2019 5:00 am - Most of my work on paying off a mortgage early has focused on the science of the subject, which is nothing more than the math needed to trace the process through which a...
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No action on sale of brother's homeJan 26, 2019 5:00 am - Q. My brother passed away suddenly in September, and I have been named executor of his estate. His estate includes a two-bedroom, two-bathroom, adobe-style home in Apach...
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Serious decor with a fun, playful edgeJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - Dorothy Draper once said of her decorating projects, "I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk." The influential Manhattan interior decorator was kno...
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Housing market shows signs of hopeJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - If you've been distracted by the federal shutdown, political dysfunction, stock-market volatility and reports of rising mortgage rates, it wouldn't be surpr...
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Quality roofers install double flashing on tile roofsJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - Q. My tile roof is leaking in an unusual way. No moisture is getting into the house, but I've seen water running from beneath the tiles at the edges of the roof. When I ...
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'Golden Girls' roommate trend could be a golden opportunity for retirees facing isolation
Jan 25, 2019 12:00 am - Jane Callahan-Moore was living with her daughter and granddaughter in a Chicago suburb, but she felt something missing. "While I loved being with them and seeing them ev...
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New 'Chez' Arlington Heights hotel to come with rooftop barJan 24, 2019 12:00 am - The latest iteration of a proposed boutique hotel on the south side of Arlington Heights calls for a sixth-floor rooftop bar, but for now, it won't be open to the public...
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Video gambling cafes could become neighbors in WheelingJan 24, 2019 12:00 am - Wheeling has approved plans for a video gambling cafe to open on Dundee Road, three doors down from a similar operation. The village board voted 4-1 Monday to allow Kell...
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400+ turn out for hearing on Sugar Grove business park planJan 24, 2019 12:00 am - Opposition to a proposal to turn most of 760 acres of farmland and woods into a business park near I-88 and Route 47 in Sugar Grove remains strong, judging by the roughl...
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Total revamp for Fox Valley Mall area? Public discussions to beginJan 23, 2019 4:28 am - Could an Aurora agenda item sound any drier: a public hearing "to consider the revisions to Aurora's Comprehensive Plan to change the land use designation for the proper...