Articles filed under Real Estate
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Gurnee joins other towns in ban on fertilizer phosphorusAug 07, 2012 10:33 am - Fertilizer containing phosphorous no longer is welcome on Gurnee lawns in an effort to reduce how much of the nutrient gets into rivers, lakes and streams. Village board...
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Huge development proposed in Buffalo GroveAug 07, 2012 8:47 am - Buffalo Grove’s efforts to create a downtown have been reminiscent of Don Quixote. The village may have been tilting at windmills when it developed the Town Center, whic...
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Chickens meet resistance in PalatineAug 07, 2012 12:00 am - Add Palatine to the list of suburbs unfriendly to raising chickens in the backyard. Officially the village council Monday tabled a request from Vanessa and Jason Barsan...
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Des Plaines nixes expansion of pawn shopsAug 06, 2012 11:00 pm - Des Plaines City Council Monday night denied an amendment to the zoning code that would allow pawn shops as a permitted use in the city's C-3 general commercial district...
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Condo associations occassionally must deal with hoardersAug 04, 2012 5:35 am - Q. A unit owner in our association has become a hoarder. Personal property and garbage is piled to the ceiling of the unit, and there are narrow passages throughout the ...
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Home overlooks Long Lake near InglesideAug 04, 2012 5:22 am - This fabulous, recently-remodeled cedar home is located on one of the best kept secrets in Lake County — Long Lake near Ingleside. Long Lake is one of the smaller and mo...
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Homebuyers use reverse mortgage to their advantageAug 04, 2012 5:21 am - Many elderly homeowners want to remain homeowners but not in their current house. They may want a house that is smaller, or without stairs, closer to family or friends, ...
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Assessments often out of line with sale pricesAug 04, 2012 5:17 am - Opening the property tax bill that comes twice a year is never pleasant, but sometimes it can be downright shocking. Taxpayer sticker shock has become a more common phen...
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Palatine’s Countryside completes expansion, renovationAug 03, 2012 12:22 pm - Supporters of the Countryside Association for People with Disabilities decided they couldn’t stand idly by as a waiting list grew of people hoping to access services. So...
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‘Kiss-in’ a mild response to Chick-fil-A appreciation dayAug 03, 2012 10:04 am - There was a lot of snackin’ but no smoochin’ Friday evening at the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Schaumburg, which like others across the country had readied for “National S...