Home and Garden
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A home's tax valuation differs from the market valueJun 04, 2016 2:00 am - Q. We are getting ready to sell our house. We bought it in 1967. Our tax bill says it's worth $260,000. Is that how much we should ask for it? Should we hire an appraise...
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Bring out your inner wildflowerJun 04, 2016 2:00 am - Sherry and John Petersik are a Richmond, Virginia-based couple who have chronicled their home improvement adventures on the DIY blog Young House Love. The blog led to tw...
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Making sense of the mortgage document delugeJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: This is Part One in a series of articles that will continue next week in HomesSaturday. The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule, in development by the C...
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It is possible to garden without using weed killerJun 03, 2016 6:00 am - It's the moment of truth. In the 1980s I was a casual user of Roundup, a popular herbicide that I applied mostly to poison ivy. By spraying or painting the foliage, I co...
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Want your garden to blossom? Follow experts from big suburban gardensJun 03, 2016 5:30 am - So your trips to the garden center are getting a tad stale. You find yourself reaching for the petunias, the marigolds, the ferns. Sure, those are all fine, but why not ...
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5 more gardening tips from Cantigny's head horticulturistJun 03, 2016 5:30 am - Here are a few pointers for the home gardener from Joy Kaminsky, director of horticulture at Cantigny Park, where more than 250,000 annuals are grown a year: Prepare the...
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Home inspector missed window defectsJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - Q. We bought our home about six months ago, and our home inspector found no problems with the windows. He said he opened and closed all of them, and they were all workin...
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Medicare won't pay for grab bars, but will pay for injuriesJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - It seems absurd, but Medicare won't reimburse the cost of making an older person's home safe from a fall, but will pay lots of money to help that person recover from an ...
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New bill seeks credit reporting and scoring reformsJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Erroneous or outdated negative items on your credit report can be deal killers - or at least deal delayers - when you're trying to purchase a house and get ...
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Arlington Heights Garden Walk & Unique Boutique June 12May 31, 2016 11:00 pm - The Arlington Heights Garden Club will hold its annual Garden Walk & Unique Boutique from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 12. Five outstanding gardens will be showcase...