Real Estate
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No buyers for Mundelein's former village hallDec 29, 2017 12:00 am - Mundelein officials have received no offers for the old village hall building since putting the Hawley Street property on the market in September. Trustees and admin...
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Decade since recession: Thriving cities leave others behind
Dec 28, 2017 6:00 am - As the nation's economy was still reeling from the body blow of the Great Recession, Seattle's was about to take off. In 2010, Amazon opened a headquarters in the little...
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Last part of Mill Race Inn: Make it a landmark or raze it?Dec 28, 2017 12:00 am - The owner of the last remaining part of the former Mill Race Inn - a small limestone building dating to 1846 - wants to demolish it. A Geneva resident, however, wants it...
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Average mortgage rates climbed this weekDec 28, 2017 12:00 am - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates increased this week, although they're lower than a year ago. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgag...
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Construction begins on Vetter headquarters in Des PlainesDec 28, 2017 12:00 am - German pharmaceutical company Vetter Pharma has started construction on its $350 million U.S. headquarters in Des Plaines. The first phase of construction at the 17-acr...
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6 essential questions and answers about prepaying your property taxes
Dec 28, 2017 12:00 am - People around the country are rushing to prepay their property taxes ahead of Jan. 1, when the tax overhaul enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Donald T...
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Schaumburg REI store closing Jan. 11Dec 27, 2017 12:00 am - Schaumburg's REI outdoor sporting goods store just west of Woodfield Mall has seen its last Christmas shopping season and is now in the midst of its last post-Christmas....
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Long Grove getting 26 homes on south end of villageDec 26, 2017 4:13 am - Long Grove will be getting 26 new homes as the village expands south toward Lake-Cook Road. Final approval recently was granted to Lake Forest-based Swanson Development,...
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'Best-kept secret' no more, Villa Park makes top places to live listsDec 26, 2017 12:00 am - Villa Park Village President Al Bulthuis calls his town "one of the best-kept secrets in Illinois." But with a ranking as No. 8 on Money magazine's 2017 list of the 10 ...
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Home prices in 20 U.S. cities increase by most since 2014
Dec 26, 2017 12:00 am - Housing prices in 20 U.S. cities accelerated more than forecast in October, rising by the most since mid-2014 as lean inventories continued to prop up values amid steady...