Real Estate
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Assessment for sidewalk work required owner voteJul 22, 2017 6:00 am - Q. Our condominium property does not include many sidewalks. The board would like to install additional sidewalks this year; however, this is not a budgeted expenditure....
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How I was scammed! Don't let it happen to youJul 22, 2017 6:00 am - About two weeks ago, I received an email advertisement on a topic in which I had an interest - enough to watch a video touting the contents of a book on the subject. Aft...
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A dorm for grown-ups built in a historic mansionJul 21, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Remember when apartment buildings with pools and gyms were a big deal? Then real estate developers threw in flat-screen TVs and free wireless. Then concierg...
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No firewall in old garage is a problemJul 21, 2017 6:00 am - Q. A home inspector cited our house for not having a one-hour firewall in the garage. This seems unfair because the house is nearly 60 years old, and firewalls were prob...
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Court penalizes Quicken in appraisal caseJul 21, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Quicken Loans arguably has the mortgage industry's squeakiest-clean image - named by J.D. Power as No. 1 in home loan customer satisfaction for seven years ...
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District 211 board vacancy delays land decisionJul 21, 2017 5:30 am - A vacancy on the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board has postponed until October a discussion and possible decision on the fate of 62 acres in Schaumburg ...
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Historic Glen Ellyn house headed for demolitionJul 21, 2017 5:30 am - A 19th-century farmhouse of historical significance in Glen Ellyn could meet the wrecking ball to make way for a new family home. Stewards of Glen Ellyn's heritage hope ...
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Buffalo Grove officials, residents still unhappy with Link Crossing townhouse planJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - A new version of the proposed Link Crossing development north of Didier Farms was presented to the Buffalo Grove Planning and Zoning Commission, but the proposal's criti...
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Why do houses explode?Jul 20, 2017 5:30 am - Usually it's a gas leak, but how would you know?
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Nine families relaunching Wynstone as private golf club of future in North BarringtonJul 20, 2017 5:30 am - Elimination of a men-only dining area and other changes represent what a new ownership group says is the private golf club of the future in North Barrington. Nine famili...