Home and Garden
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Live/work lofts appealing to both professionals and businessesApr 16, 2015 6:00 am - Artists have always sought out unusual and unexpected places to live, prioritizing cheap rents where they could sell or barter for their works of art. Up until the 1950s...
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Garden plots available in AntiochApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Plots in the Antioch Community Garden are available to village and Antioch Township residents. Participants work together to grow food for themselves and to share with o...
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Mortgage referral fees and the public interest: 40 years of bunglesApr 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Part 1 of 3 Markets don't work well when one party to transactions has much more information than the other party, especially when the party with better information also...
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Mortgage rates down, availability upApr 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Surprisingly, historically low mortgage rates recently dropped a bit lower. At the same time, mortgages are becoming more available to consumers. Mortgage availability i...
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Reverse mortgage paperwork on the riseApr 12, 2015 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Interested in a reverse mortgage without a lot of hassles? Better get your application in fast. As of April 27, the federal government is imposing a series ...
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Little details make all the difference for guestsApr 12, 2015 11:00 pm - The tiniest details often are the things that matter the most. Once I attended a wedding reception where there was no toilet paper in the bathroom, but I think running o...
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Buyers afraid to cancel bad dealApr 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. While on leave from the military, we bought a home that was totally misrepresented. According to the listing, it was a 2,300-square-foot, four-bedroom, lakeview house...
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Homeowners need 'landlord insurance' before rentingApr 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Many people buy a new house and convert their old one into a rental. The strategy raises key insurance issues. Q. We are buying a new home, but we plan to keep our curre...
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Sell or rent it outApr 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. My husband and I are moving out of state and are debating selling or renting out the house. We live near a military base that has many foreign trainees. Our real esta...
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Watch out for spring fever when ordering plantsApr 12, 2015 7:00 am - After a long Chicago winter, it is easy to let spring fever take over when ordering plants from catalogs and buying plants from garden centers. Take the time to select p...