Real Estate
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Oil-based primers better than paint/primer combinationNov 18, 2018 5:00 am - Q. For outdoor paint jobs, I have always used an oil-based exterior primer and then a separate acrylic latex exterior paint with good results. This summer for the first ...
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Amazon 'lotto' winners in New York and Virginia see housing jackpot
Nov 18, 2018 12:00 am - It took two months and one price cut for Rick Rosa's client, a condo owner in New York's Long Island City, to finally find a buyer for her one-bedroom unit. Then came ne...
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Owner changes mind about who will voteNov 17, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I gave my proxy to another owner to vote on my behalf in the upcoming election at our association. It now appears that I will be able to attend the annual meeting in ...
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Answer from a Looky-LooNov 17, 2018 5:00 am - Q. Recently, someone wrote that one shouldn't attend an open house for decor ideas or just to be nosy. I beg to differ. I have stopped by quite a few open houses in my a...
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Lake Barrington shop ushers in the holidaysNov 17, 2018 5:00 am - Treetime Christmas Creations has become a pre-Christmas tradition for many suburban families as they excitedly add to and update their Christmas displays. It is a magica...
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Are rare seashells a good retirement investment?Nov 17, 2018 5:00 am - Are rare seashells a good retirement investment? I had to smile when this question was posed because seashells have long been a passion of mine, and I still receive grea...
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When home inspection reports differNov 16, 2018 5:00 am - Q. When I bought my home two years ago, I hired a home inspector to find all the defects. Now that I'm selling the property, the buyers hired their own inspector, and th...
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Cooling trend could bode well for home buyersNov 16, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Don't call it a "buyer's market." Don't call it a "correction." But the fact is that a sobering change is taking shape in the housing market - an unmistakab...
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Parking data in, but Naperville awaiting museum decision in redevelopment processNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - Before Naperville officials can provide direction on how they want a developer to focus designs for 5th Avenue near the Metra station, two big questions must be answered...
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Ranked Highest for Repeat Home Buyer Satisfaction in J.D. Power's 2018 Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction StudySMNov 15, 2018 10:00 pm - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, an HSF Affiliates LLC company, today announced that the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices real estate brokerage network ranked "Highest Ov...