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Why Realtors are reluctant to suggest 'good' neighborhoodsMar 17, 2018 7:00 am - Q. Our family is moving out of state, and we will buy a new home in a new city. We have a Realtor, but she is not much help when we try to pick a neighborhood. I read ad...
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Will blockchains upend the home mortgage market?Mar 17, 2018 7:00 am - Will blockchains upend the home mortgage market? The answer to that question is “yes,” because blockchains will reduce the costs and risks of originating mortgages, serv...
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Sale of condominium buildings heats upMar 17, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I own a unit in a large condominium association in Illinois. The board is attempting to sell all the units pursuant to Section 15 of the Condominium Property Act. I b...
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Rozner: Cubs have no reason to rush on Maddon contractMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - No manager can go into the final season of a contract. It's one of those new baseball absolutes, etched in stone and carried down from the mountaintop. But it's more fal...
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Grammar Moses: If the copy desk trims this column, will it be adding or taking away?Mar 17, 2018 1:00 am - I've mentioned before that I take no joy from parsing sentences. It was a source of night sweats in high school. I find parts of speech and cases more difficult to remem...
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Constable: Dave Carlson's film work as Palatine boy leads to Joe Frank docMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - As a kid in Palatine, Dave Carlson used money from his Daily Herald paper route to finance his 8 mm movies such as "The Palatine Murders," "The Creep" and his Vietnam Wa...
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Middleby CEO gives backMar 16, 2018 8:00 am - Selim Bassoul is a hands-on CEO of a rapidly growing Elgin-based kitchen-supply maker with about 8,500 global employees, has two young children at home, yet finds it...
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Using a whole-house surge suppressorMar 16, 2018 6:00 am - Q. With all the electronic items I have, I thought about installing a whole-house electric surge suppressor. What are the various types? How can I compare the various mo...
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Cutbacks in high debt ratio loans will limit buyersMar 16, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - A key policy change by mortgage giant Fannie Mae that offered homeownership to thousands of new buyers - many of them minorities - could face significant cu...
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Comparative ways to seal an asphalt drivewayMar 16, 2018 6:00 am - Q. When we bought our house, our home inspector reported that the asphalt driveway was cracked and worn. He said the pavement would last longer if we would have it seale...