Real Estate
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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...
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It’s difficult, but not impossible, to end a three-year contract earlyDec 19, 2023 1:19 am - Q. I have been renting office space from a guy that owns a house that was converted to offices a few years ago. I signed a three-year lease with two three-year option...
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Requiring outdoor garage lights within scope of boardDec 19, 2023 1:17 am - Q. Can the board of directors of a homeowners’ association adopt a rule that requires, for security and safety reasons, that owners leave their outdoor garage lights ...
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Can association prevent re-enactment of a Chevy Chase movie scene?Dec 19, 2023 1:14 am - Editor’s note: This column has been updated to correct the answer to the third question about insurance and clubhouse rental. Q. We are an association of high-e...
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Home inspector provided no reportDec 18, 2023 10:57 pm - Q: I recently purchased a brand new home, and the home inspector I hired never gave me a written report. He just reviewed his findings verbally by phone and then sent...
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Flooding drives millions to move as climate-driven migration patterns emergeDec 18, 2023 7:47 am - ST. LOUIS — Flooding is driving millions of people to move out of their homes, limiting growth in some prospering communities and accelerating the decline of others, acco...
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Pappas adds more online tools to boost property tax transparencyDec 18, 2023 5:00 am - Cook County property owners can now track how much more money they are sending each government agency that gets a cut of their annual property tax bill. A new online port...
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Airbnb agrees to pay $621 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy
Dec 15, 2023 6:58 am - ROME (AP) — Short-term rental platform Airbnb has agreed to pay 576 million euros ($621 million) to settle a years-long dispute over unpaid taxes in Italy but said it won...
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Brown Commercial Group negotiates industrial lease in BensenvilleDec 13, 2023 8:18 am - Brown Commercial Group has negotiated a lease for a 14,503-square-foot industrial space in Bensenville that will allow a gutter supply company to expand its business. Br...
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Fieldstone subdivision breaks ground in Huntley