Real Estate
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The difficulty of color-driven landscapesMar 31, 2018 6:00 am - The most eye-catching part of a garden plant is its flower, and the most captivating element of a bloom is its color. You might think then that designing a garden should...
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There are still mortgages offered with little down paymentMar 31, 2018 6:00 am - Q. We have a pretty good credit rating but not much cash. My father-in-law says there are ways to buy real estate with little or no money down. Is that just in the past,...
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Do mortgage lenders still discriminate against minorities?Mar 31, 2018 6:00 am - A recent editorial in The New York Times, citing a study by the Center for Investigative Reporting (Reveal), suggests that mortgage lenders still discriminate - that the...
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Solar panels put savings on the horizonMar 30, 2018 6:00 am - Solar panels are no longer just for hippies. If you're just as interested in saving money as you are in saving the planet, solar panels can help. Their price has come do...
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Sellers' wall repairs were soft and shrinkingMar 30, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Before we bought our home, we asked the seller to patch several holes, about 3 inches wide, in the bedroom walls. Two days before escrow closed, we did a final walk-t...
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Why wannabe sellers are looking but not listing their homesMar 30, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Call them the frustrated wannabe sellers - eager to list their homes for sale this spring, but feeling locked out of their markets by severe inventory short...
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Arlington Heights Teen Center building's fate uncertainMar 29, 2018 5:35 am - This story has been corrected to say the Teen Center building is 8,000 square feet. The fate of the former Arlington Heights Teen Center building remains uncertain ...
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Italian restaurant Napoli Per Tutti coming to west side of SchaumburgMar 29, 2018 1:00 am - Schaumburg trustees' approval of a special-use permit and parking variance this week has set the table for the expected summer opening of a new Italian restaurant on the...
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Should last Mill Race Inn building be a landmark?Mar 29, 2018 1:00 am - Geneva historic-preservation advocates are gearing up for the next round of a fight to save the last remaining piece of the former Mill Race Inn, a limestone building at...
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US pending home sales rise 3.1 percent in February
Mar 28, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The pace of Americans signing contracts to buy homes picked up last month, rebounding from a drop in January. But a shortage of homes on the market con...