Jean Murphy
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Delay only heightens contest winner's enjoyment of new backyardSep 14, 2014 5:45 am - It wasn't quick or easy but Jenny Kendall of Palatine, the winner of our 2013 backyard makeover contest, finally has her new patio, a package worth $10,000. Kendall had ...
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Rising prices fuel higher expectationsSep 13, 2014 12:01 am - Media reports about rising home prices, strangely enough, are starting to have a dampening effect on the local housing market, said Royal Hartwig, a member of the Royal ...
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Larger condominiums in demand at Prairie ParkSep 06, 2014 12:01 am - Jamie Smith joined the family business, Smith Family Construction of Wheeling, in 2009. He had just earned a degree in communications from Northwestern University and he...
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Home designs for busy familiesAug 31, 2014 12:00 am - There is no question. Families are busier today than ever. While it is true that in the days of Ozzie and Harriett, many people produced larger families and didn't have ...
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Ivy-covered Geneva home is a modern classicAug 24, 2014 5:45 am - When one thinks of Geneva, one generally thinks of stately, old-fashioned Victorians, bungalows, Georgians and other traditional homes. But back in the late 1980s, one w...
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Listing of the weekAug 16, 2014 6:01 am - Aficionados of Frank Lloyd Wright and the architectural styles he fostered will instantly fall in love with this Barrington home, built in 1978 by Don Erickson, one of W...
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Listing of the weekAug 16, 2014 5:45 am - Old World charm oozes from this Dutch Colonial brick home, built in 1929 in the historic district of Arlington Heights. While the home is full of historic finishes and h...
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Door is open to affordable homesAug 16, 2014 12:01 am - During his more than 30 years in real estate, George Seaverns of RE/MAX Experts in Buffalo Grove has seen many different types of markets. And right now he is pleased an...
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Baby boomers becoming long-distance caregiversAug 02, 2014 12:01 am - Suburban adults watch over parents from farther away
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Serosun Farms now ready to growAug 02, 2014 12:01 am - The owners of Serosun Farms in Kane County laid low during the recession. San Diego-based developer John DeWald and his sister, Jane Strickland, had spent years laying t...