Real Estate
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Promontory in neighborhood profileAug 05, 2016 6:00 am - In the 1980s, the Promontory subdivision in Long Grove was the site of the Parade of Homes, a showcase where visitors toured builders' model homes to view the newest bui...
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New York experiments with 'micro' apartmentsAug 05, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - New York City's first "micro" apartment complex is open for business, challenging the limits of minimalist living. What the tiny dwellings lack in square foot...
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Septic tank lid broken by home inspectorAug 05, 2016 5:00 am - Q. The people who are buying our home hired a home inspector. He was here yesterday and broke the lid on our septic tank. When we got home, one piece of it was on the gr...
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New programs open options for borrowersAug 05, 2016 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Are you or someone you know needlessly missing-in-action this summer, leaving near historically low mortgage money at 3½ percent to 3¾ percent on the table?...
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More cities ease rules on home-based businessesAug 05, 2016 5:00 am - Home-based businesses are being welcomed and sometimes even encouraged in many areas, as long as the owner avoids certain no-nos. Q. My wife and I own a four-bedroom hom...
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Schaumburg man takes down treehouse, ash treeAug 05, 2016 1:00 am - A Schaumburg man who had planned to challenge two sets of village regulations by finishing building a partially completed 150-square-foot treehouse in a dead ash tree ha...
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Darwin brokers sale of Elk Grove Village warehouseAug 05, 2016 1:00 am - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - Darwin Realty recently completed the sale of a 70,796 square foot warehouse at 925-1065 Chase Ave. in Elk Grove Village. Terms of the sale were not a...
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Des Plaines aldermen to vote on plan for townhouses againAug 04, 2016 1:00 am - Des Plaines officials have scheduled a special city council meeting for next Monday to consider final approval of a controversial plan for 58 townhouses in downtown Des ...
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Several new restaurants opening in Rolling Meadows soonAug 04, 2016 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows officials who have been fielding complaints from residents that they want more restaurants and retail in their town say several new businesses are openin...
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Makerspace Fox. Build opens in St. CharlesAug 04, 2016 1:00 am - ST. CHARLES - A new collaborative makerspace, Fox. Build, has opened in Downtown St. Charles. Tim Allen and Rick Carlino started Fox. Build after seeing a need for a spa...