Real Estate
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'Gingerbread House' on Arlington Heights' annual house walkApr 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Everybody in Arlington Heights knows the home at 216 E. Euclid Ave. Everybody has walked or driven past it. Everybody has said, "I wonder what it is like inside." All kn...
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Randhurst, village officials spar over need for more lightingApr 27, 2015 1:00 am - The Mount Prospect village board would like to see more street lighting around Randhurst Village, but the shopping center's management fears more lighting could bring mo...
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New owners hope to turn Lombard's old hotel into 'destination'Apr 27, 2015 1:00 am - There are little bits of history that pop up everywhere you turn in the old hotel building in downtown Lombard. Some of the oldest details in the three-story structure a...
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Lenders are wooing wary homeownersApr 26, 2015 7:33 am - In recent years, housing inventory in some areas has been tight, partly because a sizable number of owners who were ready to move up to a larger home or downsize to a sm...
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Jump in home loans at Wells Fargo, JPMorgan signals 2015 revivalApr 26, 2015 7:08 am - Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted their largest mortgage-lending gains in more than a year as the recovery in the market gains momentum. Wells Fargo made...
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Create bathroom luxury for twoApr 26, 2015 12:01 am - Make peace with living in your downsized home. At some point you may have to accept you cannot arrange for a huge two-person soaking tub in the master bath. How can you ...
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Two coats of stain for new wooden shakesApr 26, 2015 12:00 am - Q: I wrote to you last fall about what stain to use on my newly installed cedar shake shingles (No. 1 grade), and as per your response, I am going to use TWP 200. What I...
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Hard to justify legal fight with condo board over $400Apr 26, 2015 12:00 am - Q. I purchased a condominium a few months ago. I recently was told the association did some work at the property just before I closed. I am getting bills from the associ...
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Growing rental costs a problem for homebuyersApr 25, 2015 12:01 am - In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of individual and family renters. There has also been a steady rise in rents. Those rental costs hav...
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Family cottage creates problemsApr 25, 2015 12:00 am - Q. My mother gave the family cottage to my two sisters and I. Since 2008, I've wanted them to buy me out. Now they don't talk to me. I've sent certified return receipt l...