Real Estate
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Why Americans long to live in an HGTV homeJan 08, 2017 5:00 am - Home & Garden Television is the mac and cheese of cable - video comfort food. And, like that perennial favorite, it sells very well. Last year, HGTV was the third-most-w...
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Seven best indoor plants for fall and winterJan 08, 2017 5:00 am - The holidays are over and the decorations have come down. But that's not the end of sprucing up your decor with some natural elements. Indoor plants offer the perfect so...
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Time to ease strict lending standards, group saysJan 08, 2017 5:00 am - It's no secret than lending standards have been tighter since the Great Recession, which started at the hands of loose underwriting rules. But what's the true economic i...
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Determine proper solution for water under houseJan 08, 2017 5:00 am - Q. The home I'm buying has a drainage problem under the building. Whenever we have heavy rains, there is standing water several inches deep in the crawl space. The selle...
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Whimsical touches lighten the winter funkJan 08, 2017 4:00 am - This is the perfect time of year to find a place for quirky and whimsical touches that will enliven your home environment. We know that longer and darker days of winter ...
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Opposition remains as hearing on Libertyville homes to resumeJan 07, 2017 6:30 am - More than three months have passed since a proposal to build 148 houses west of Butterfield Road in Libertyville got its first public hearing, but the concern of nearby ...
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DIY furnace and fireplace checklistJan 07, 2017 5:00 am - Not everything has to be left to the pros. Homeowners can take a few simple preventive maintenance steps themselves throughout the year to better safeguard their HVAC sy...
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Elvis' home-away-from-home could be razed for car washJan 07, 2017 5:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - As a teenager growing up in the 1950s, Steve North would look for the pink Cadillac outside a stone house on the outskirts of Nashville. If the car wa...
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When does it make sense for a house purchaser to pay all cash?Jan 07, 2017 5:00 am - Maria aims to purchase a house for $200,000. Because she has financial assets of $300,000, one of her options is to buy the house for all cash. Alternatively, she can ob...
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That escrow account is very likely required by lenderJan 07, 2017 5:00 am - Q. Our purchase offer was accepted, and we are excited about moving into our new home. But we have a question about our monthly mortgage payment. It's more than we figur...