Articles filed under Real Estate
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On the Market: Boulder Ridge Estates home, Lake in the HillsMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - You will feel like you are on vacation 365 days each year in this Boulder Ridge Estates home, overlooking Lake in the Hills-prized Boulder Ridge Country Club. This lovel...
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Industry Insider: John Heaton, Knupper Nursery and LandscapeMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - No one wants to waste money, especially during these tight financial times. This holds true for landscaping around a new or existing home. That's why John Heaton preache...
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Safer ground: Parents have several options for play surfacesMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - Joshua Barry knows that wipeouts are inevitable when children are climbing and sliding on outdoor play sets. So he placed shredded rubber under and around the climbing t...
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The nation’s housing: More inspectors to train on energy auditsMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — It may be the best-kept secret in home real estate: For a couple of hundred dollars, a potential buyer thinking about writing a contract on an existing hous...
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New version of St. Charles project not new enough for someMay 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Developers of a major residential project on St. Charles' west side can expect to receive a familiar cold reception when they take a second crack at getting city approva...
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Historic Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake up for auction on eBayMay 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Fox Lake owner takes unconventional approach to sale
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Carpentersville approves new TIF districtMay 01, 2012 10:00 pm - Tuesday night, the Carpentersville village board turned a blighted section on the east side into a tax increment finance district, a move officials hope revitalizes that...
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Luxury apartments planned for WheelingApr 30, 2012 4:56 pm - Developers have presented a plan for a new luxury apartment development in Wheeling, another step in the village’s ongoing downtown redevelopment process. The proposal f...
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Housing downturn spurs boom in foreclosure-to-rental conversionsApr 28, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Gene Richards is a lifelong Vermonter, but on a recent weekday afternoon he found himself back on Florida's west coast, scouting foreclosures to add to the ...
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Mortgage professor: Benefits of shopping a certified lender networkApr 28, 2012 5:58 am - Markets don’t work well when one party to a transaction knows much more than the other party, a condition economists call “information asymmetry.” The home mortgage mark...