Real Estate
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Itasca facility sold for $6.25 millionAug 15, 2016 1:00 am - ITASCA - SVN|Chicago Commercial said it has completed the $6.25 million sale of a 40,150-square-foot industrial building at 150 Spring Lake Drive in Itasca. The name of ...
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San Francisco tech surge boosts costs in high-end building boom
Aug 14, 2016 7:14 am - For real estate developers such as Jeff Peterson, losing construction workers who can hang drywall, install plumbing and pour concrete in the San Francisco Bay Area has ...
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Create your own private spaceAug 14, 2016 6:01 am - We are smack in the middle of summer, and everyone enjoys having some outdoor respite at the end of a warm day. For those living in tiny places, the space challenge can ...
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Garage makeover winner enjoys his own inner sanctumAug 14, 2016 6:00 am - Rob Ruisz is a garage guy. His Schaumburg garage is his man cave. He works on his motorcycle, cars and pickup truck there. This is also where he completes house maintena...
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Home's basement water issues may already have been solvedAug 14, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I read your column regularly in the Daily Herald newspaper and have found it to be very helpful. Our house is lower than the next two houses on our street. The landsc...
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Break away from bland hallwaysAug 13, 2016 6:00 am - Hallways are the most underappreciated, overlooked design opportunity in your house. Think about how many times you pass through them each day. What if they were somethi...
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Outstanding home-buying benefits offered to veteransAug 13, 2016 5:01 am - No one has better home-buying advantages than veterans of U.S. military services. When combined with historically low-rate benefits of current mortgages, today's veteran...
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Rant about living in a staged houseAug 13, 2016 5:00 am - Q. As a faithful reader of your column and previous real estate agent, I thought I understood how the process would go when we put our house on the market this June. Lit...
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Board vote, not approval of minutes, authorize actionAug 13, 2016 5:00 am - Q. The board of our association approved a very significant roof project at a board meeting, and the project is to begin in just a few weeks. However, the board meets qu...
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How to pay off a 30-year mortgage in 15 years - without being scammedAug 13, 2016 5:00 am - The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is far and away the best option for homeowners because of the low interest rate. All other things the same, including originations fees, ...