Real Estate
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Four meetings per year required for associationsDec 29, 2023 6:30 am - Q. Our association is just five units. In the past, the board has taken care of the business of the association in just two meetings a year. One of the new owners, wh...
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Contractors overlook asbestos ceilingsDec 29, 2023 6:30 am - Q: I am a general contractor and recently encountered a situation of interest. While bidding on the remodeling of an older home, I noticed acoustic ceilings in severa...
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Barrington pins high hopes on Golden Triangle developmentDec 27, 2023 6:34 am - Barrington’s downtown Golden Triangle area is about to burst with long-awaited redevelopment. A four-story, mixed-use building will spring up on the area bounded by Hough...
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Reverse mortgages and FHA approval for seniorsDec 22, 2023 7:00 am - Q. We are senior citizens who own a condominium with no mortgage. We want to stay in our condominium, however, our savings are dwindling, and our fixed income is not keep...
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Trying to ‘make it happen’: How Arlington Heights is working to resolve tax dispute between Bears, schoolsDec 22, 2023 6:33 am - Though they’ve mostly been quiet publicly, Arlington Heights and Bears officials have been working for months to resolve a property tax dispute over the NFL franchise’s 326-acre Arlington Park property, according to records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
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Home inspector explains comments against ‘needless litigations’Dec 21, 2023 6:00 am - Q: I look forward to your column as a weekly voice of common sense and reason. So I was surprised and offended by a statement you made in a recent article. Your main ...
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‘Catalyst’ to redevelopment: Apartments, retail coming to Arlington Heights south gatewayDec 20, 2023 9:58 am - Five years after creation of a South Arlington Heights Road corridor plan, Arlington Heights trustees have approved one major piece to that vision - an eight-story, 301-u...
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Once towering Rolling Meadows office building reduced to rubbleDec 19, 2023 3:08 pm - For nearly 45 years the 10-story office tower stood high above Interstate 90 in Rolling Meadows, a testament to the Northwest suburbs’ growing presence as a center of com...
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Decisions delayed on updated Contour Place plans in Des PlainesDec 19, 2023 2:27 pm - At the developer’s request, the Des Plaines City Council has delayed a pair of key decisions concerning a plan to construct townhouses and apartments southwest of the dow...
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How a family-owned Mundelein home inspection company navigates housing market roller coaster
Dec 19, 2023 11:13 am - The housing market is like a never-ending roller coaster, going up and down at various speeds, often with little to no warning of what’s ahead. But the wild ride doesn’t...