Real Estate
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Down payment assistance programs need greater scrutinyJul 01, 2017 6:00 am - Down payment assistance programs: will they result in more defaults? The answer to that question depends on whether or not the assistance weakens the role of down paymen...
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Unit owners can display American or military flagsJul 01, 2017 6:00 am - Q. We live in a community that forbids owners from displaying any flag. With Independence Day coming up soon, is this prohibition enforceable? A. The display of flags is...
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Famous architect's first house gets a new lease on lifeJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - In 1960, when he was an unknown 31-year-old architect, Hugh Newell Jacobsen designed his first house on the edges of Cabin John Park in Bethesda, Maryland, a midcentury ...
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How to sniff out an overpowering odorJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - Q. We've got this awful smell in our house. It comes and goes from time to time and is driving us nuts. We've checked in the crawl space for dead animals. We've cleaned ...
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Arbitration clause can prevent costly legal battlesJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - Most preprinted offer forms today contain an arbitration clause that can keep both parties out of court if a real estate deal goes awry. Q. We want to make an offer on a...
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When buying a house, know tax burden may changeJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - Q. If we buy a house, can we expect to pay the same property taxes as the person we buy it from? A. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. In some locations, the tax assessment is...
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A new way to estimate your home equityJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Do we really need another Zillow Zestimate-style online gizmo to tell us what a computer model says our homes are worth? Probably not. There already are sca...
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Darwin brokers new lease at Elk Grove Village warehouseJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - Darwin Realty recently represented the landlord in a new full-building lease at 951 Fargo Ave.in Elk Grove Village. Seasonal food gifts distributor M...
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NAI Hiffman sells last space at Bolingbrook office condosJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - BOLINGBROOK - NAI Hiffman recently completed the sale of the final office condominium unit located at Remington Corporate Center in Bolingbrook. The units were owned by...
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NAI Hiffman represents four leases in O'Hare areaJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - NAI Hiffman's Eric Tresslar, executive vice president with the Industrial Services group, recently completed four lease transactions for tenants in C...