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More reader comments on home stagingSep 10, 2016 6:00 am - Readers are still sending in comments about the rant from a seller who resented trying to live in her professionally staged home while it was on the market. Some sellers...
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How do you know whether mortgage refinancing pays?Sep 10, 2016 5:00 am - If you took out a 7.5 percent mortgage in 1994 and still have it, refinancing it in a 3.5 percent market is a no-brainer; you don't need much analysis to know that refin...
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Board can vote even if no owners in attendanceSep 10, 2016 5:00 am - Q. The board of our condominium frequently meets in executive session as part of its regular board meetings. Unit owners are excused from the meeting at that time. After...
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Rozner: Bears season about search for playmakersSep 10, 2016 1:00 am - You don't have to search very long to figure out what to make of the 2016 Bears. It began when they sent Brandon Marshall packing and continued when they got rid of Matt...
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North: Can Cutler handle Houston's defensive pressure?Sep 09, 2016 5:19 am - The Chicago Bears season seems like it has sneaked up on us, maybe because the buzz has been tempered by the Cubs taking center stage. The team's NFL opener is in Housto...
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Cops & Crime: Ex-attorney says man killed by Round Lake police was turning life aroundSep 09, 2016 5:00 am - The Grayslake man shot to death last week in a fight with a Round Lake police officer was on probation for a conviction that stemmed from another violent altercation wit...
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Surprising gender gaps found in home-buying costsSep 09, 2016 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Gender and marital status and how they relate to mortgages has not gotten a lot of research attention in real estate. However, two new reports examine the e...
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Builder not honoring one-year warrantySep 09, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We bought our home nearly a year ago, while the subdivision was still being built. The superintendent and the Realtor kept telling us the company motto, which is "cus...
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The post-9/11 war that we can winSep 09, 2016 1:00 am - Fifteen years after one of the most vivid and violent days in American history, there is still a debate over what the events of Sept. 11, 2001, actually mean. For some ...
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American intervention has been one disaster after anotherSep 09, 2016 1:00 am - When Americans get together, they sometimes focus on historic memories and ask one another questions such as: "Where were you when the World Trade towers were bombed?" M...