Home and Garden
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Sale of your mortgage shouldn't change balanceJan 21, 2017 5:00 am - Q. In a recent column, someone asked about escrow. You educated them, but it made me think particularly about mortgages being sold. I bought my house in 2014. My lender ...
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How to deal with lots of guestsJan 21, 2017 5:00 am - Washingtonians started getting inundated with texts months ago as family, friends and friends of friends began inquiring about places to crash the weekend of Jan. 20. Wh...
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New York exhibit showcases ChareauJan 21, 2017 5:00 am - NEW YORK - More than a decade before Philip Johnson designed his iconic Glass House, French designer and architect Pierre Chareau designed the Maison de Verre in 1932 in...
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How retired homeowners can avoid running out of moneyJan 21, 2017 5:00 am - The combination of increased longevity and declines in the coverage of defined benefit pension plans means that, increasingly, retirees risk running out of money because...
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Premium reduction is good news -- but might be fleetingJan 20, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Here's some potentially good news for anyone seeking a low down payment mortgage without high credit scores: The Federal Housing Administration is cutting i...
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Why we love to hate McMansions, but still buy themJan 20, 2017 5:00 am - There's an ongoing gag in the TV show "Arrested Development" about the home of the Bluths, the family around which the screwball comedy revolves. The Bluth patriarch, Ge...
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The Bidens pack up, share memories of the 1893 vice president's residenceJan 20, 2017 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Jill Biden's house is bursting with boxes, packing tape and crates. Like five vice-presidential families before them, Joe and Jill Biden are moving out of t...
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St. Charles Public Library's Seed Library begins third yearJan 19, 2017 10:00 pm - On Saturday, Jan. 28, National Seed Swap Day, the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., is kicking off its third annual Seed Swap and Seed Library Exchange. Fro...
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Open house for garden resource center in West ChicagoJan 19, 2017 4:34 am - Just because it's cold outside doesn't mean it's too early to start thinking about gardening. Healthy West Chicago, People Made Visible and The GardenWorks Project a...
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Good painted cottage furniture is hard to findJan 15, 2017 5:01 am - Q. This is a photo of an antique dry sink that has been in our family for years. It has the original yellow paint, which shows some wear, and is decorated with hand-pain...