Real Estate
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How to decorate tiny rooms with high ceilingsMay 13, 2018 6:00 am - Editor's note: Christine Brun is taking some time off. The following column originally published in 2015. Julia Child famously towered over most people. She said being t...
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Parkway Bank gets naming rights for Rosemont sports complexMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - Parkway Bank and Trust Co., already the naming-rights holder on Rosemont's entertainment district, is extending its brand across the Tri-State Tollway to what's fast bec...
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The upside of downsizing on display at Schaumburg tiny home showMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - Looking to downsize to a smaller home? Really downsize? Then you might be open to some of the homes on display this weekend during the first Chicago Tiny House Show at B...
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Can a board hire a member's relative or friend?May 12, 2018 7:00 am - Q. I just learned the board president of our condominium association has steered hundreds of thousands of dollars of maintenance contracts for the association to her sis...
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Sick of all-white kitchens?May 12, 2018 6:00 am - Six ways to spice things up
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Is a homeowner better off with an FHA loan?May 12, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Assuming the same interest rate, is there any way in which a homeowner is better off having an FHA rather than a conventional mortgage? A. Having an FHA mortgage is p...
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Customizing charisma brought to luxury townhousesMay 12, 2018 6:00 am - From the time he was a young boy, Jeff Samuels was fascinated by every aspect of homebuilding, as he learned various trades at his father Stanley Samuels' custom buildin...
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How vacant corporate campuses might gain new lifeMay 12, 2018 1:00 am - When large, sprawling corporate campuses were built in the suburbs decades ago housing headquarters for giants like McDonald's, Ameritech and Motorola, no one predicted ...
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A growing gender gap that gets little notice: home buyingMay 11, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's the gender gap you don't hear so much about: Single women are buying homes and condos at what may be more than twice the rate of single males, and the ...
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Fight stainless steel's biggest (and smallest) foe: FingerprintsMay 11, 2018 7:00 am - When interior designer Elizabeth Pash set about renovating her Manhattan kitchen, one thing she knew for sure was she wanted the space to include a mix of materials: woo...