Real Estate
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Why carpet is cool againFeb 06, 2016 6:00 am - The biggest renovation you can make to your home this spring may just be right under your nose — or, rather, your feet. Although carpet often gets a bad rap for being ol...
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Student loan debt weighs down housing marketFeb 06, 2016 12:01 am - Young families are just as motivated to own homes as were their parents and grandparents - perhaps more so. But one problem is blocking their capabilities to become home...
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Recent case clarifies foreclosures and assessmentsFeb 06, 2016 12:00 am - Q. Can you discuss the 1010 Lake Shore Association v. Deutsche Bank National Trust case, and its impact on assessment collections? A. The Illinois Supreme Court recently...
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Home seller's tax break on duplex is more complicatedFeb 06, 2016 12:00 am - Q. I have owned a two-family duplex since 1990 and have it on a 27.5-year depreciation schedule. I lived in it from 2000 to 2002 (over two years.) It is listed in my nam...
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Taylor Morrison hits its stride quickly after acquisitionFeb 06, 2016 12:00 am - Taylor Morrison, a New York Stock Exchange-traded homebuilder based in Scottsdale, Arizona, entered the Chicago market last July by purchasing Orleans Homes' holdings he...
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Down payment on a home determines need for mortgage insuranceFeb 06, 2016 12:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first article in a two-part series that will conclude next week in HomesSaturday. I set out recently to write about a new program of down paym...
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Gay groups seek to buy NYC church known for hateful messages
Feb 05, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The end may be nigh for a Harlem church known for hateful public messages condemning gays and President Barack Obama to eternal damnation, and two groups...
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Stone Fence Farms in neighborhood profileFeb 05, 2016 5:00 am - Connie and John Hirth purchased a home in the Stone Fence Farms subdivision in Vernon Hills 25 years ago when the builder was selling out of a trailer and the home wasn'...
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Goal of 'opening credit box' still elusiveFeb 05, 2016 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal housing policymakers and mortgage lending groups have been talking about expanding access to home loans for greater numbers of creditworthy buyers f...
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Local sales of $1 million homes rose 8 percent in 2015Feb 05, 2016 12:00 am - Sales of homes priced at $1 million or more in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market accelerated in 2015, while their median sales price declined slightly, accordi...