Home and Garden
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What to do when your mortgage is paid offJun 18, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I am a senior citizen, and I still live in the house my husband and I bought more than 30 years ago. A few months ago I made the last payment on the mortgage. The ban...
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Board may temporarily close pool for insurance issuesJun 18, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We own a condominium unit in the suburbs that has various amenities, such as tennis courts, a party room, an exercise room and a swimming pool. As the result of a lar...
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New program will reduce mortgage principalJun 18, 2016 4:01 am - A new program, now being finalized, will actually reduce the principal of mortgages for qualified homeowners. A report on the program was carried by the National Associa...
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Sifting through the mortgage document delugeJun 18, 2016 4:00 am - Editor's note: This is the third column in a four-part series appearing in HomesSaturday. In first two parts of this series, I explained how the large number of document...
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Gas pipe flagged by home inspectorJun 17, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We bought our home about 25 years ago. At the time, it was all-electric. After a few years, I installed a propane tank in the yard and ran about 100 feet of buried ga...
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Alternative scoring system gains ground on FICOJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - A growing number of lenders are considering a prospective borrower's "VantageScore" when reviewing an application for a mortgage, auto loan or new credit card. Q. We rec...
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Des Plaines Park District and Lurvey's Staff to Host Herbs Workshop June 22Jun 16, 2016 11:00 pm - The Des Plaines Park District and the experts at Lurvey Garden Center will be holding a gardening seminar titled "All About Herbs" in the park district greenhouse at the...
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Nature program to explore ways to help native pollinatorsJun 16, 2016 11:00 pm - Discover the group of diverse and important organisms known as native pollinators by joining the "Learn from the Experts" nature program from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July ...
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Schaumburg senior works to save natural areaJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - Herb Demmel, 85, works to save a natural area near Friendship Village in Schaumburg
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Energy improvements easier with new mortgageJun 14, 2016 4:00 am - WASHINGTON - Want to put solar panels on your roof - owning them outright rather than having to lease from some third-party company? There's a new home mortgage program ...