Real Estate
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What if Amazon based it HQ2 choice just on housing costs?
Jan 20, 2018 12:00 am - If Amazon wants to locate its HQ2 in the most-affordable spot for housing, there's an obvious choice: Pittsburgh. The tech giant's list of 20 potential sites for its sec...
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The best way to make the most out of small storage spaceJan 19, 2018 7:00 am - Organizing and decluttering expert Julie Morgenstern, who has run her namesake New York City-based business for more than 25 years, joined staff writer Jura Koncius on T...
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Don't think of antiques as investmentsJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - The antiques business has been going through a bit of a rough patch, what with the continuing vogue for midcentury modern and IKEA-addicted millennials' dislike for brow...
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Subway tile rises to the height of farmhouse chicJan 19, 2018 5:00 am - It's Season 4, Episode 11 of HGTV's smash hit, “Fixer Upper,” and Joanna Gaines is walking her husband, Chip, through her vision to transform a vacant turn-of-the-centur...
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Old trees will tell you when their time is upJan 19, 2018 5:00 am - Old magnolias never die, they just fade away. That seems to be the fate of the most historic tree at the White House, a Southern magnolia planted by Andrew Jackson and n...
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Remove hair dye - or worse - on tileJan 19, 2018 5:00 am - Q. Our shower floor has discolored, probably from rinsing out hair color. We've tried everything - bleach, vinegar, Soft Scrub - and nothing makes a difference. The floo...
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Don't worry: HELOCs will survive despite new tax lawJan 19, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's a big and confusing question for many homeowners in the wake of the December tax law changes: Are new interest-deductible home equity credit lines (HEL...
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Buyers seek best material for home exteriorJan 19, 2018 5:00 am - Q. In the desert town where we are moving, some houses have stucco exteriors, and others have either vinyl or aluminum siding. We asked our home inspector which is best,...
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'Escape room' adventure coming to Barrington's Northwest Highway corridorJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - A portion of a mostly long-vacant building previously occupied by a car dealership on Northwest Highway in Barrington will be converted into an "escape room" business. X...
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Naperville developer plans new subdivision, memorial to early Will County settlerJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - A memorial to one of Will County's earliest settlers is part of the plan for a subdivision on land that long had remained with descendants of the Clow family. Two stone...