Articles filed under Industry Insider
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Lurvey readies for busy planting seasonMay 20, 2017 6:00 am - Chicago area homeowners spend all winter dreaming about summer and the time they can spend enjoying their yards. Most don't want to slave on their yard, but they do long...
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Winters can be damaging to air conditionersMay 13, 2017 6:00 am - It may not always feel like it, but summer is around the corner. In fact, Memorial Day is only two weeks away. So it is time get your air conditioners serviced and prep...
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Make sure home is in good repair before listingMay 06, 2017 6:00 am - If you own a home in the suburbs and list it for less than $500,000, you will likely benefit from a strong "seller's market" that exists because of a shortage of invento...
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Older kitchens, baths can make a house datedApr 29, 2017 6:00 am - Look at a kitchen or bathroom in any house and you can almost always tell when it was built or last refinished. It seems those two rooms, more than any other in a home, ...
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Seminars help seniors with home-selling decisionApr 22, 2017 6:00 am - Seniors and their adult children are taking interest in a series of free Home-selling Workshops for Seniors that American Fidelity Mortgage Services and RE/MAX Action, b...
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Builder planning new Wheaton homesApr 15, 2017 6:00 am - Jim Esperson, president of David Weekley Homes' Chicago division, believes in the Sam Walton philosophy of giving the customer everything he or she wants and nothing mor...
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Energy efficiency drives window, door upgradesApr 08, 2017 6:00 am - The front door of a home gives visitors their first impression of not only the home, but the owner. The way it looks gives one a glimpse of the owner's personality. Wind...
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Skylights have evolved through the yearsMar 25, 2017 5:00 am - Using natural light to illuminate a room via skylights is hardly a new concept. Even the ancient Romans used roof openings to add drama to their architecture, such as th...
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Buyers should act before rates increase furtherMar 18, 2017 6:00 am - George Seaverns has been a real estate agent for more than 30 years, so he has seen all kinds of markets. But the current market, he asserted recently, is the "opportuni...
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Builder starts work on two new communitiesMar 11, 2017 5:00 am - Upon completion of his economics degree from Northwestern University, Chris Coleman accepted a job that determined the course of his professional life. "I took a marketi...