Real Estate
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To adapt to a streaming world, home speakers get sleeker, smarterSep 02, 2017 6:00 am - Home speakers used to be big and blocky, more or less an eyesore. Hanging on the wall or sitting in the corner of a room, they were accompanied by a tethered music playe...
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Desire for outdoor amenities grows among homeownersSep 02, 2017 6:00 am - Home is no longer just about personal retreat and comfort - more and more, we are seeing people place a high value on how well it can serve and entertain family and frie...
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A life of odds, ends and new beginningsSep 02, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Community Forklift's 34,000-square-foot store looks like the treasure chamber of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, if that pharaoh had a penchant for midcentury m...
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Do you know what fairy rings are?Sep 02, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Have you heard of "fairy rings?" Some people respond, "Who hasn't?" while others look at you funny and wonder if it's a trick question or a joke. Well, it's...
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Court case supports collection of unpaid feesSep 02, 2017 6:00 am - My Aug. 26 column "teased" that I would address in a future column the circumstances under which the purchaser of a foreclosure condominium at a judicial sale may be res...
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Public policy should encourage the building of home equitySep 02, 2017 5:00 am - Policies directed toward encouraging homeownership by increasing the affordability of mortgages usually reduce the rate at which borrowers build equity in their homes. T...
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Women-focused fitness chain coming to Long GroveSep 02, 2017 1:00 am - An expanding fitness chain geared toward women plans to open in the Sunset Grove development in Long Grove. Burn Boot Camp, which recently located in Lake Zurich, will o...
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Bathroom fan could blow up sale of townhouseSep 01, 2017 6:00 am - Q. We are currently selling our townhouse, and the homeowners association board is preventing the escrow from closing. Here's what's happening: The association is respon...
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Quiet luxury by the water in the Palmetto StateSep 01, 2017 6:00 am - The castle-like stone house on the waterfront offers a panoramic view of the Colleton River off South Carolina's southern coast, adjacent to Hilton Head. It sits on 9.8 ...
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Appraisal-free home sales draw mixed reviewsSep 01, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Would you welcome the option to buy a house but not have to pay hundreds of dollars for an appraisal? Are you kidding? Sign me up, you might say. Who doesn'...