Real Estate
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When board meetings should be openJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - Q. The board of our condominium association meets from time to time with the association's attorney. Does this meeting have to take place in a portion of our board meeti...
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Helping underwater homeowners move onJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Could a little-noticed policy change by giant mortgage investor Fannie Mae help homeowners who'd like to move but can't because they're underwater - they ow...
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Aerobic floor vibrations?Jul 28, 2015 1:00 am - Q. Our house does not have a foundation problem, but the living room furniture used to shake when we would do our morning aerobic exercises. So we installed some steel p...
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Dawrin signs three leases for Elgin business centerJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - ELMHURST — Darwin Realty recently signed long-term leases within the 1 million-square-foot DCT Business Center Elgin. The companies signing leases are Printpack, Inc., f...
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Outdoor rooms with not-so-secret gardensJul 27, 2015 6:00 am - Christopher D. Ritzert's quarter-acre garden behind his 1930s stone Colonial in Washington started out as an unremarkable backyard with a jumble of weeds and neighboring...
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Bad idea before is still a bad idea nowJul 27, 2015 5:00 am - In checking the July 6th agenda for the meeting of the Wheeling Village Board, I was dismayed to see "Discussion of Village-Owned South Milwaukee Avenue Parcels" listed....
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New building planned where fire gutted downtown Mt. Prospect landmarkJul 27, 2015 1:00 am - The site of the former Sakura restaurant in Mount Prospect, gutted by a 2014 fire that destroyed a downtown landmark, could be home to a new building by next summer, a v...
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A decade of growth for housingJul 26, 2015 6:00 am - The housing market continues to grow and expand, according to most economists. At this rate, market activity this year may be the best in the past 10 years. “The residen...
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A little drama and splash of color are called for in a powder roomJul 26, 2015 1:01 am - Got a tiny powder room? I've been in powder bathrooms that are too small to turn around in. One that sticks out in my memory was in a client's town home; I'd swear that ...
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Mariano's developers to come to Des Plaines meetingJul 26, 2015 1:00 am - Representatives from the proposed Mariano's in Des Plaines will speak at Alderman Dick Sayad's upcoming 4th Ward meeting on Aug. 6. Officials involved in the project, as...