Real Estate
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Buyers learn new house has unpaid taxes from years agoSep 14, 2018 6:00 am - Q. My wife and I purchased our first home a couple months ago. Everything was great until we received something in the mail telling us we owed more than $3,000 for unpai...
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Home features that appeal to many first-time buyersSep 14, 2018 6:00 am - Low-maintenance communities, flex space top wish lists
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Should Realtors' ethics violations be available to the public?Sep 14, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — In an era when you can find almost anything you want to know online about real estate — the estimated market value of a house, the rankings of neighborhood ...
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Make drip edge flashing part of any roof replacementSep 14, 2018 6:00 am - Q. When we bought our home, the termite inspector found dry rot on the eaves, and the seller had to pay hundreds of dollars to replace the damaged boards. Now that we're...
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Tips on hiring a home builderSep 14, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Thank you for all the useful information you provide in your Daily Herald column. Would you be able to offer my partner and me any advice on how to educate ourselves ...
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Wheeling 'bridge to nowhere' could lead to senior housing complexSep 14, 2018 5:30 am - Once derided as a “bridge to nowhere,” a $1.7 million span that will connect Wheeling's roads to undeveloped land along Lake-Cook Road may actually have a destination: a...
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Controversial apartment plan for Green Oaks withdrawnSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - A controversial request to annex 4.85 acres into Green Oaks for a plan to build two, 30-unit apartment buildings has been withdrawn following scrutiny and questions from...
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Shodeen Homes offers special close-out incentives at Blackberry Creek in ElburnSep 13, 2018 11:00 pm - Times running out to own a new home at Blackberry Creek community in Elburn, where only 10 homes remain for sale by Shodeen Homes, including homes for quick delivery and...
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For homebuyers, mortgages are safer but tougher to come by
Sep 13, 2018 7:00 am - Keri Weishaar lives in a spacious, four-bedroom house near Tampa, Florida, thanks to the easy financing that prevailed during last decade's housing boom. "It was basical...
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Next up for Schaumburg's former Motorola campus: 260 apartmentsSep 13, 2018 5:30 am - With a Topgolf entertainment center ready to begin construction this fall, a 260-unit apartment building may be the next new development on the former Motorola Solutions...