Real Estate
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Main carpet's high pile creates problem for smaller rugsJul 31, 2016 6:00 am - Q. I have wall-to-wall carpet with scatter rugs on top. My problem is even though I have tried carpet tape and pads to keep them from moving, the rugs do not stay in pla...
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Selecting professional help to sell your homeJul 30, 2016 7:01 am - Selecting a capable Realtor to assist you in purchasing or selling a home is the key to a successful transaction. And the best indication of a Realtor's capability is hi...
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Flawed voting procedure on condo boardJul 30, 2016 7:00 am - Q. We belong to a Common Interest Community Association. The board of directors of our association consists of three employees of the developer; we are still under devel...
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Should home-sellers pay the settlement costs of buyers?Jul 30, 2016 7:00 am - Q. In an effort to sell my house I agreed to pay up to $8,000 of the buyer's closing costs. Is there anything I can do to keep the amount as far below $8,000 as possible...
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New Butera grocery store in Des Plaines to open in JanuaryJul 30, 2016 7:00 am - Owner couldn't keep Caputo & Sons open nearby until market's January opening
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Geneva Home Works has the variety homeowners wantJul 30, 2016 1:00 am - Real people don't usually want to live in a model home. They don't want their rooms to look as if they bought an entire set of furniture that matches. They want their h...
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Home flipping on the rise despite rising prices for housesJul 29, 2016 7:01 am - Despite rising prices, home flipping is increasing. It has increased 20 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter. It's now at a two-y...
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Special 'spendthrift trust' can keep heirs from squandering homeowner's assetsJul 29, 2016 7:00 am - A spendthrift trust can help folks to prevent their heirs from carelessly wasting the hard-earned assets they accumulated while they were alive. Q. I am a 70-year-old wi...
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Undisclosed asbestos in atticJul 29, 2016 6:00 am - Q. I purchased my home about four years ago. The home inspection report said the attic insulation was fiber glass and vermiculite, but it did not mention that the vermic...
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Nursing home addition takes shape in Des PlainesJul 29, 2016 5:32 am - Construction should be complete by the end of the year on a two-story, 24,000-square-foot nursing home addition at the Asbury Court Retirement Community in Des Plaines, ...