Real Estate
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Arlington Heights gets three offers for vacant cornerApr 04, 2017 1:00 am - Arlington Heights has received three proposals from firms interested in developing a vacant 1.4-acre property on the northeast corner of Golf and Arlington Heights roads...
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No resolution in disagreement on Hoffman Estates tax incentiveApr 03, 2017 1:00 am - An informal two-hour meeting between Hoffman Estates Trustee Gary Pilafas and several Barrington Unit District 220 officials and residents Monday failed to resolve two v...
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Is your house an investment or a lottery ticket?Apr 02, 2017 7:15 am - The same week legendary investor Warren Buffett put his California vacation house on the market, a friend told me her widowed mother had sold the family home in Clevelan...
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Finesse your floors with carpet tiles or area rugsApr 02, 2017 6:01 am - How much time do we spend looking down? People look down in search of lost coins, but do we focus much on what lies beneath our feet in our homes? If you find your floor...
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Add a little Santa Fe style to your roomApr 02, 2017 6:01 am - Yee-Haw! During the 1990s, there was a fascination with the architecture, interiors and designs inspired in the Southwest. The decor came in waves by travel and a redisc...
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Non-flower gardens offer 50 shades of greenApr 02, 2017 6:00 am - While beds tumbling with flowers are lovely, there's an emerging trend in landscape design: the flowerless garden. Nontraditional gardens are no less green. In fact, the...
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Fairy gardens captivate imaginations of both kids and adultsApr 02, 2017 6:00 am - A set of little wings. Ceramic fountains. Tiny versions of ornate cottages and brick walkways fit for the English countryside. These are just some of the whimsical decor...
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There are more choices than pansies for spring containersApr 02, 2017 6:00 am - It's that time again - time to plant our spring containers. Most exciting of all our seasonal plantings, they deliver badly needed color even if we can't plant in the ga...
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Some young homebuyers are still willing to renovateApr 02, 2017 6:00 am - Talk to almost any real estate agent and they will tell you "sweat equity" is dead when it comes to millennials. "Fixer-upper houses" now seem to be the exclusive purvie...
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Rolling shutters can protect windows and glass doorsApr 02, 2017 6:00 am - Q. I want a strong window shutter for security and storms, but I don't want it to block my outdoor view. Is a rolling shutter strong enough and will it improve the effic...