Real Estate
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Credit unions offer members flexibility that sometimes banks can't matchDec 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Credit unions vs banks: What's the difference? They look the same with rows of teller windows, drive-through lanes and attractive lobbies. They're both financial institu...
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Inland sells Beecher golf course communityDec 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Business Wire OAK BROOK - Inland Real Estate Brokerage & Consulting said it has sold 281 platted lots for 371 approved residential single-family homes and duplexes at Th...
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An influential woman: Weatherspoon strives ahead, leads by exampleDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - Shauna L. Weatherspoon, president and CEO of financial services firm Weatherspoon & Associates LLC in Naperville, faced tragedy as a young woman, but that fueled her det...
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Fitness center won't open in vacant Dominick's store in Carol StreamDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - A gym with around-the-clock access has dropped plans to open in an empty Dominick's store that used to anchor a Carol Stream shopping center. California-based 24 Hour Fi...
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How to fool the eye with creative designsDec 11, 2016 5:00 am - Depending on where you live — whether it be in a city like Chicago, San Francisco or Seattle — the demand for housing and the selection of housing stock may not always b...
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Palatine council to vote on new subdivisionDec 11, 2016 12:00 am - The Palatine village council on Monday will consider a subdivision proposed for the south side of the village. The development, called Arcadia West, would have 12 single...
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Pantone's 2017 Color of the Year is a 'bright and powerful' greenDec 10, 2016 5:00 am - For a world weary of so much red and blue, green may be just the right tone for the 2017 Pantone Color of the Year. The 2017 anointed color, Greenery, a “zesty yellow-gr...
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What about tipping your real estate agent?Dec 10, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We are buying our first house, and we're both so pleased with the extra help our real estate agent has been giving us. She will be paid by the sellers, and we won't h...
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A view of housing in 2017 shows 'surban' trendDec 10, 2016 5:00 am - Year 2016 was marked by low interest rates and a surge of millennials entering the housing market, so what can real estate professionals expect to see in 2017? I checked...
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Two ways to improve our standard mortgage systemDec 10, 2016 5:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first column in a two-part series that will conclude next week in HomesSaturday. The standard mortgage in the U.S. has two major weaknesses. B...