Real Estate
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Pending US home sales hit highest level since February '06
May 26, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans signed more contracts to buy homes in April for the third straight month, driving pending home sales to the highest level in more than a deca...
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Senior apartments proposed for former Des Plaines factory siteMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - A developer plans to build studio and one-bedroom apartments for those age 62 and older on the site of a shuttered manufacturing plant in Des Plaines. Pontarelli Cos. is...
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Construction starts at Mitsubishi subsidiary's Elk Grove headquartersMay 25, 2016 1:00 am - Construction has begun on a $25 million, 175,000-square-foot corporate headquarters for MC Machinery Systems, a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corp., in Elk Grove Village,...
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Batavia considering TIF district to redevelop church blockMay 25, 2016 1:00 am - Batavia may offer tax-based financial incentives to spur redevelopment of the former First Baptist Church and nearby properties. It is studying whether the area around t...
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Goodbye, empty nest: Millennials staying longer with parents
May 24, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Many of America's young adults appear to be in no hurry to move out of their old bedrooms. For the first time on record, living with parents is now the...
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Romanian Senate speaker charged with making false statements
May 24, 2016 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian prosecutors have charged the Senate speaker with making false statements to protect people standing trial in a real estate case involv...
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US new-home sales jump to highest level in more than 8 years
May 24, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans ramped up their purchases of new homes in April to the highest level since January 2008, evidence of a strong start to the spring buying seas...
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Naperville named wealthiest city in the MidwestMay 24, 2016 1:00 am - Naperville has been ranked the richest city in the Midwest in a list by personal finance website NerdWallet. The city topped the region - and came in at No. 19 in the n...
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Elk Grove mayor says industrial park is boomingMay 24, 2016 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village's industrial park is continuing to boom in a big turnaround from seven years ago, fueling the village's ability to fund street, water, sewer, drainage ...
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Mariano's brass to talk to Des Plaines residents ThursdayMay 23, 2016 1:00 am - Officials from the Mariano's grocery store under construction in Des Plaines will talk about the project Thursday night at Alderman Dick Sayad's 4th Ward meeting. They j...