Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Don't wait for a disaster to inventory your belongingsFeb 16, 2019 5:00 am - With floods, fires, tornadoes, superstorms and even cranes toppling onto apartment buildings, no home is completely safe from natural or man-made disasters. Although man...
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Mortgage rates dip to their lowest levels in more than a yearFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - After soaring to seven-year highs in November, mortgage rates have been on a steady decline the past 2½ months and this week sank to levels not seen in more than a year....
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Another new apartment complex planned for Glen Ellyn, this one near libraryFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - Glen Ellyn village planners are starting a formal review of a proposed four-story apartment complex near the public library. More than a year after unveiling the projec...
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Buying a home by age 35 is worth it now — and laterFeb 10, 2019 5:00 am - Nicole Christianson, a 26-year-old sales rep, was tired of writing big checks for tiny apartments. And she wanted to do more with her cash than stash it in a savings acc...
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Many tech-savvy baby boomers now work 'remotely'Feb 09, 2019 5:00 am - As more workers telecommute, homebuilders take note
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Why these suburban sites made the National Register of Historic PlacesFeb 09, 2019 5:00 am - The Winfield home nestled in the woods has all the hallmarks of an artist's haven: floor-to-ceiling windows, a deep connection to nature and sloping terrain to the DuPag...
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A room's 'fifth wall' can be colorful, visually appealingFeb 08, 2019 5:00 am - What does the Sistine Chapel have in common with a house for a family of eight in Lutherville, Maryland? The ceilings in these spaces demand that you look up. “Statement...
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Plan for 500 homes in south Naperville still raising traffic concernsFeb 08, 2019 12:00 am - Complaints about traffic backups on 119th Street divided members of a Naperville panel reviewing whether a subdivision of 500 homes proposed for unincorporated land shou...
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South Naperville farm to become 312 houses and a churchFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - The former site of the Wagner farmstand in south Naperville is now the future site of the city's largest residential development in more than five years. City council m...
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Another builder plans homes on former Dominick's site in Rolling MeadowsFeb 01, 2019 4:33 am - Another homebuilder is expected to submit plans for redevelopment of the vacant Dominick's site in downtown Rolling Meadows, after the previous developer dropped out due...