Real Estate
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The friends and family planApr 27, 2018 7:00 am - Not sure where to find a worthy agent? Ask comrades and kin for referrals, say the experts. "Word-of-mouth is far more powerful than a handful of Zillow reviews," says R...
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Why your real estate agent is the MVP of your home-buying teamApr 27, 2018 7:00 am - In basketball, every position on your starting five plays a major role. Your point guard sets up the offense. Your center serves as a pivot and low post threat. And your...
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'iBuyer' internet model expanding for quicker sale of homesApr 27, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's the oldest fix-and-flip pitch in American real estate: "We'll buy your home, guaranteed, no matter what its condition, and we'll pay you quick cash wit...
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Maintaining smoke detectors in rental unitsApr 27, 2018 6:00 am - Q. As the owner of a twelve-unit apartment building, I encourage my tenants to maintain the batteries in their smoke alarms. But when apartments become vacant, I often f...
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How to succeed as a first-time buyer in a seller's marketApr 27, 2018 6:00 am - You've been saving like a diligent squirrel gathering nuts for the winter. You're fairly confident your financials will land you a low fixed interest rate on a mortgage....
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Mortgage rates haven't been this high since 2013
Apr 26, 2018 1:00 am - Mortgage rates surged to their highest level in almost five years this week. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate averag...
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Old Nichols Library, Mill Race Inn, Waldorf Tabernacle on endangered listApr 25, 2018 11:01 am - If there's one theme in a new list of the state's most endangered places, it's the nostalgia for old gathering places that face an uncertain future in the suburbs. Naper...
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How a developer plans to turn old AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates into self-contained 'city'Apr 25, 2018 1:00 am - A New Jersey developer has spelled out its plan to convert a vacant suburban corporate campus into a self-contained “city” of stores, restaurants, homes, entertainment, ...
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Skokie firm acquires medical facility for $7.2MApr 25, 2018 1:00 am - Stage Equity Partners LLC, a Skokie-based private real estate investment firm focused on health care assets, acquired St. Mary's Medical Office Building in Green Bay...
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Work under way on Schaumburg City Works restaurantApr 24, 2018 11:00 pm - With spring finally here, work has begun in earnest to transform the long vacant Living Room building just in front of the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg into a new location o...