Real Estate
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Thimbles offer limitless world of geometric patternsJun 21, 2015 7:00 am - KANAZAWA, Japan — Kaga yubinuki are ring-shaped thimbles featuring geometric patterns created using silk thread. A specialty of Kanazawa, the charming sewing implement h...
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What Mount Prospect would like to see from new Randhurst Village ownersJun 21, 2015 1:00 am - A New York-based real estate firm has purchased Randhurst Village shopping center in Mount Prospect, with plans to expand and further revitalize the center with addition...
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Re-create original stucco's look rather than replace itJun 21, 2015 12:00 am - Q. My husband was a plastering contractor. When we built our front porch, he covered pressure-treated lumber with marine cement to look like a Spanish stucco finish. Unf...
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Builders say rapid moves are now more commonJun 20, 2015 7:00 am - “During the heyday of the housing industry in the 1990s and early 2000s, people would sign a contract to build the home they wanted on the lot they preferred, but they w...
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Destructive southern pine beetle appears in Northeast statesJun 20, 2015 1:00 am - ROCKY POINT, N.Y. - The southern pine beetle, which for generations has attacked forests throughout the southeastern United States, is methodically making its way into t...
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Hiring an appraiser isn't always necessaryJun 20, 2015 12:00 am - Q. My wife and I would like to know the value of our house and property. We think it would be important to have an estimate as to the property value if one of us died, f...
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Insurance issues arise when classes use association propertyJun 20, 2015 12:00 am - Q. The board of our association wants to permit a fitness instructor to use association facilities in order to hold exercise classes for residents. The instructor would ...
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Five rules of design from Nate BerkusJun 20, 2015 12:00 am - Nate Berkus, founder of the interior design firm Nate Berkus Associates, author of "The Things That Matter" and a frequent design expert for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" whe...
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Developers have millennials in mind in Des PlainesJun 19, 2015 5:30 am - A developer is proposing a mix of townhouses and apartments targeting millennials at a vacant 20-acre former industrial site northwest of downtown Des Plaines. The $90 m...
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Schaumburg says 'yes' to tollway soundwallJun 19, 2015 5:30 am - Schaumburg officials are following the lead of an apartment complex in Rolling Meadows by requesting the installation of a soundwall for one of their own complexes on th...