Real Estate
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Things to consider with a HVAC maintenance contractFeb 02, 2018 5:00 am - Q. The main floors of my three-story townhouse get heat and air conditioning from a Trane natural gas furnace with an outside air conditioner unit. The basement apartmen...
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Why a textured ceiling shouldn't be covered with drywallFeb 02, 2018 5:00 am - Q. When we remodeled our home, we wanted to get rid of the "cottage cheese" ceilings, but we didn't want the mess of scraping them off. Instead, we covered the ceilings ...
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New real estate survey offers helpful insightsFeb 02, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — They are gnawing questions that many homebuyers inevitably ponder: What are my chances of getting the house I've fallen in love with at a price I can afford...
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Schaumburg seeking ways to reduce costs of performing arts centerFeb 02, 2018 4:33 am - Though Schaumburg's proposed 2,800-seat performing arts center hasn't been before the village board in nearly nine months, work continues on trying to reduce its potenti...
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Developer drops controversial Campana apartment planFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - A controversial plan to put 80 apartments into the former Campana factory building in Batavia has ended. The developer, Evergreen Real Estate Group, withdrew its applica...
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Prospect Heights condo association accuses residents of defamationFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - A condo association in Prospect Heights is suing outspoken residents who oppose converting the condominiums into apartments, claiming recitations of Bible verses referri...
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Barrington neighborhood rallies behind elderly couple, daughter after evictionFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Many residents in a Barrington neighborhood have rallied behind an elderly couple and their daughter since they were evicted from their house this week. Fox Point subdiv...
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German drug firm pushes back timeline for parts of Des Plaines headquartersFeb 01, 2018 4:35 am - Although some construction is underway on German pharmaceutical company Vetter Pharma's future U.S. headquarters in Des Plaines, the largest parts of the potentially $35...
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Longtime owner of Elk Grove Village's Busse Farm dies at 65Feb 01, 2018 12:00 am - Timothy Allen "Tim" Busse, the longtime owner of Busse Farm in Elk Grove Village and a scion of a family instrumental in founding the suburbs, died Wednesday. He was 65....
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Long Grove takes in more land, ready to grow by 60 housesFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - Long Grove is expected to approve the second of two development proposals that'll result in a combined 60 new homes on the village's southern boundary. Village board mem...