Real Estate
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Arlington Heights likes 16-apartment plan for people with disabilitiesMar 07, 2016 12:00 am - It may be the same piece of land as the doomed Boeger Place project, but the plan and the initial response from the Arlington Heights village board on Monday night were ...
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Klismos chairs are as chic today as in ancient GreeceMar 06, 2016 12:01 am - Chairs have been the most basic of interior furnishings. The earliest chairs were merely cubes carved from blocks of wood or marble. Certainly every chic interior design...
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Birdhouse wallpaper makes a 'grown up' nurseryMar 06, 2016 12:01 am - In these cost-conscious days, first-time parents may not be able to buy a larger house upon the birth of a little one. And a nursery might have to accommodate a home off...
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Assessor extends deadline for veterans' exemptionsMar 06, 2016 12:00 am - Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios has extended the exemption application deadline for the Disabled Veterans Homeowner Exemption and the Returning Veterans Homeowner Ex...
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Water-saving toilets can reduce bill by $120 a yearMar 06, 2016 12:00 am - Q. We are remodeling both bathrooms and will need new toilets. One old toilet leaks and the other does not flush well. What is the best type of new water-saving toilet t...
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Scandinavian design: Lean, clean beautyMar 05, 2016 6:21 am - Kivik. Hemnes. Ektorp. Even if you aren't sure what these funny-sounding words mean, they're probably familiar to you. That's because they're the names of sofas and book...
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New projects in the works at ShodeenMar 05, 2016 12:00 am - The Shodeen name has been almost synonymous with Geneva for decades. Kent Shodeen founded his real estate development firm in 1961 and his son, Craig, joined the busines...
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For sale by owner adviceMar 05, 2016 12:00 am - Q. I am in the process of buying a foreclosed property, but still have to sell my house. How can I sell my house without going through a broker? Can I use a multiple lis...
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Not all board members are officersMar 05, 2016 12:00 am - Q. The declaration for our association discusses removal of officers and removal of board members. There are different procedures for both. Isn't an officer a board memb...
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Extra payment routine pays off mortgage earlyMar 04, 2016 11:00 pm - For many borrowers, it is easier to accelerate the pay-down of a mortgage balance if the process of making extra payments is routinized. Then the extra payments become a...