Real Estate
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A new view of boomerang millennialsMar 21, 2015 12:01 am - First, a bit of clarification. Boomerangs are young people who have moved out of their parents' home only to move back in. Millennials are those born during the 1980s an...
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A legacy of the housing bubble: bidding warsMar 21, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — The housing bubble brought bidding wars — wars over $500,000 properties that ultimately sold for $600,000, wars over under-listed condos that drew dozens of...
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Condo board asked to improve building's accessibilityMar 21, 2015 12:00 am - Q. The elevator in my five-story condominium building stops at the first-floor lobby. However, there are three steps that must be navigated to get to the apartments on t...
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McMansion is back, strong as everMar 21, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - New American homes were bigger than ever last year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. After a few years of shrinkage in the aftermath of the Gr...
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Lombard board reviews market findings for DuPage Theatre siteMar 20, 2015 5:30 am - Lombard trustees on Thursday had the first of what will likely be several discussions this year about what to do with the vacant downtown property where the DuPage Theat...
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Rejected by Palatine, medical marijuana facility tries Rolling MeadowsMar 20, 2015 5:00 am - A medical marijuana dispensary that was licensed by the state but denied in Palatine is now looking to open in Rolling Meadows instead. Representatives from Nature's Car...
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Trader Joe's now open in SchaumburgMar 20, 2015 1:00 am - Trader Joe's opened a 12,600-square-foot store at 1426 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg with a short ceremony at 8 a.m. today. In response to strong interest from residents, S...
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Officials celebrate demolition of low-income housing project, plans for new developmentMar 20, 2015 1:00 am - North Chicago and Lake County officials and other dignitaries gathered Friday morning to mark the pending demolition of the Marion Jones town house development, which wi...
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Save money by ripping up strips of carpetMar 20, 2015 12:01 am - I've been saving up for a wood floor in my bedroom. As much as I love carpet, my allergies are getting bad again, and I think wood flooring would be much less irritating...
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Design trends revealed in local model homesMar 20, 2015 12:00 am - When purchasing a new home, one of the most important decisions buyers make is choosing a good floor plan. Today's best floor plans reflect how buyers have moved to inte...