Real Estate
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Outdoor 'rooms' make great use of yardsMay 28, 2016 5:00 am - Americans are choosing to make full use of their outdoor patios, decks and screened porches so they can spend as much of their precious free time as possible outdoors. "...
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Vacation home sales down, investments upMay 28, 2016 4:01 am - While vacation home sales dropped a bit during the past year, it remains the second highest volume in the last decade. At the same time, investment properties have incre...
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Borrower decisions on HECM reverse mortgagesMay 28, 2016 3:00 am - There are three major decisions a senior must make when applying for a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, more commonly known as a reverse mortgage. The first decision app...
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NY Democrat: Trump should return money to 9/11 recovery fund
May 27, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump is "a small man" for accepting $150,000 from a federal fund for small businesses hurt by the Sept. 11 attacks and should return the money ...
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New mortgage lending rules bring mixed resultsMay 27, 2016 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Eight months into the most comprehensive and challenging set of rule changes affecting homebuyers and sellers in more than four decades, how's it all going?...
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Financial risks can remain long after divorcing homeowners split upMay 27, 2016 3:00 am - Q. I am getting a divorce. I am planning to move out and sign a quitclaim deed that gives my half-interest in the home to her, as she wants to stay in the house and begi...
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Two kinds of electrical safetyMay 27, 2016 3:00 am - Q. I've seen ground fault outlets (GFCI's) in bathrooms and garages for many years, but now I'm hearing about arc fault breakers (AFCI's) for bedroom outlets, and I'm wo...
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24-hour gym expected to open in Carol Stream's former Dominick'sMay 27, 2016 1:00 am - A California-based chain of fitness centers plans to open a new gym in a shuttered Dominick's store in Carol Stream. The tenant, 24 Hour Fitness, would occupy about 40,0...
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Moehling Farm in neighborhood profileMay 27, 2016 1:00 am - The Moehling Farm subdivision sits on land that was once Irvin Moehling's great-grandfather's 1865 farm, where he grew corn and soybeans on his 200 acres. In the late 19...
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Lee & Associates negotiates sale industrial building in ItascaMay 27, 2016 1:00 am - ITASCA - Lee & Associates recently negotiated the sale of a 36,000 square foot industrial building at 730 N. Baker Drive in Itasca. Jeff Janda, SIOR, and Michael Plumb, ...