Real Estate
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Board may temporarily close pool for insurance issuesJun 18, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We own a condominium unit in the suburbs that has various amenities, such as tennis courts, a party room, an exercise room and a swimming pool. As the result of a lar...
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New program will reduce mortgage principalJun 18, 2016 4:01 am - A new program, now being finalized, will actually reduce the principal of mortgages for qualified homeowners. A report on the program was carried by the National Associa...
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Sifting through the mortgage document delugeJun 18, 2016 4:00 am - Editor's note: This is the third column in a four-part series appearing in HomesSaturday. In first two parts of this series, I explained how the large number of document...
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US home construction down slightly in May
Jun 17, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Construction of new homes nudged down slightly in May, with builders pulling back in the Northeast and Midwest. Housing starts ticked down 0.3 percent ...
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Gas pipe flagged by home inspectorJun 17, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We bought our home about 25 years ago. At the time, it was all-electric. After a few years, I installed a propane tank in the yard and ran about 100 feet of buried ga...
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Madrona Village in neighborhood profileJun 17, 2016 5:00 am - Madrona Village offers a rural ambience near forest preserves, recreation along the Chain O' Lakes and excellent schools. "This part of Round Lake is pretty rural" with...
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Inland purchases four medical office properties in TexasJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - Businesss Wire OAK BROOK - Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has acquired four medical office properties in San Antonio. The acquisitions, collectively totaling 72,776 squ...
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Alternative scoring system gains ground on FICOJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - A growing number of lenders are considering a prospective borrower's "VantageScore" when reviewing an application for a mortgage, auto loan or new credit card. Q. We rec...
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Molto sells three-building portfolio in southwest suburbsJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - OAKBROOK TERRACE - Molto Properties announceD the recent sale of its three building, Chicago based portfolio to Lincoln Property Co. Terms of the sale were not announced...
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US homebuilder sentiment rises in June