Real Estate
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Plant buttonbush in wet landscape areasApr 08, 2018 6:00 am - Not all shrubs flaunt flamboyant blooms or brightly-colored foliage. Instead, they are content to bloom modestly and offer attractive foliage while coming to the rescue ...
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Greek key: Thousands of years old and still in styleApr 08, 2018 6:00 am - On a recent trip to London, I spent a morning wandering the antiquity galleries of the British Museum and was reminded — as I always am — that so many patterns and desig...
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Water begins to seep into basement floor ventsApr 08, 2018 6:00 am - Q. My house has a separate basement furnace that sits above a pit with gravel in it because the duct work is in the cement floor. All air vents are in the floor. There i...
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Surprise! Homes are more affordable now than in the past
Apr 08, 2018 1:07 am - Anyone looking at rising housing prices - especially people who would like to buy their first home now - would assume that houses are less affordable than ever before. H...
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Unit owner can be charged for damage to common elementApr 07, 2018 7:00 am - Q. I live in a condominium. I received a letter from the property manager saying I must pay the association for the repair of a wood fence located between my unit and th...
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First impressions are important in lifeApr 07, 2018 6:00 am - Many people liken the front door and accompanying side panels as a home's "face." It gives both visitors and passers-by their first impression of the house and gives one...
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The new trend is not being trendyApr 07, 2018 6:00 am - It's spring, a fine time to talk about fresh design ideas. We are in a period that embraces just about anything; there is acceptance for every genre, from vintage to cri...
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How much can you lose if you don't find the best HECM deal?Apr 07, 2018 6:00 am - The best deal on a mortgage is usually defined in terms of the interest rate and origination fee charged the borrower. That was my approach in a previous article on the ...
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Mount Prospect deal with tollway clears way for annexationApr 07, 2018 1:00 am - Mount Prospect trustees last week approved an agreement with the Illinois Tollway Authority that gives the village the opportunity to annex property along I-90 in the fu...
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Developer wants to build 242-unit apartment building in WarrenvilleApr 07, 2018 1:00 am - A little-used section of a parking lot in Warrenville's Cantera development could become the site of a new 242-unit apartment building. The Warrenville plan commission o...