Articles filed under Real Estate
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Mortgage professor: Making a lease-to-own sale worth your whileDec 08, 2012 9:30 am - A lease-to-own (LTO) transaction is one in which a potential homebuyer occupies the home as a tenant but has an option to purchase it within a specified period at a spec...
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Condo Talk: Who gets the surplus of a unit taken over by board?Dec 08, 2012 5:54 am - Q. Our association took possession of an owner’s unit after an eviction for nonpayment of assessments. The unit’s delinquency has been paid off, and the association cont...
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Cozy up to the fireplace with accessories, gift itemsDec 08, 2012 4:36 am - The holidays come at a good time of year for those who love fireplaces because there is a wide selection of fireplace-related gift items, ranging in price from $13.95 to...
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New restaurants opening around Arlington Heights in 2013Dec 07, 2012 10:19 am - Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect that while Tim Panagakis owned Dunton House when it opened in 1969, it has been owned by Bill and Nancy Tsapralis for th...
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Architect says TIF project totally wrongDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I’ve practiced architecture in Barrington for 34 years now, and have done hundreds of projects in the immediate area. I have lived in the Barrington area since 1953, and...
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Palatine officials happy with progress at Kostka propertyDec 06, 2012 9:02 am - The years-long property dispute between a controversial former Palatine council member and the village appears headed to a resolution that doesn’t include fines or a dem...
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Naperville Water Street project sunk for good this time?Dec 05, 2012 12:00 pm - Naperville developers late Tuesday said the proposed Water Street project is likely dead after council members scrapped the plan entirely and punted it back to the city'...
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Barrington planners review design of downtown projectDec 04, 2012 1:27 pm - Barrington plan commissioners will continue their review of a proposed retail-office redevelopment at the heart of the village’s downtown next Tuesday, Dec. 11. Commissi...
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Toll Brothers 4Q net income soars on tax benefitDec 04, 2012 9:32 am - NEW YORK — Toll Brothers says its fiscal fourth-quarter net income soared, helped by a large income tax benefit and a 48 percent rise in revenue. The luxury homebuilder ...
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U.S. home prices rise by most in 6 years, still down in ILDec 04, 2012 6:51 am - WASHINGTON — A measure of U.S. home prices rose 6.3 percent in October compared with a year ago, the largest yearly gain since July 2006. The jump adds to signs of a com...