Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Home sales, prices experience double-digit growth in 2013Feb 01, 2014 12:00 am - The suburban Chicago housing market continued to make impressive gains in 2013, with sales of single-family, detached homes climbing 24.7 percent compared with 2012, acc...
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Strong year for home sales in IllinoisJan 31, 2014 12:00 am - Illinois home sales increased 7.9 percent over previous-year levels in December and median prices increased 13.7 percent, according to the Illinois Association of Realto...
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Average U.S. rate on 30-year loan at 4.32 pct.Jan 30, 2014 9:09 am - WASHINGTON — Average U.S. rates for fixed mortgages slipped this week as new data showed a decline in home prices in November and a drop in new homes sales last month. ...
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Fewer signed contracts to buy U.S. homes in DecemberJan 30, 2014 9:09 am - WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy previously occupied homes in December, suggesting a slowdown in real estate. Pending home sales fell to the lowest p...
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Lack of single-family home investment concerns Round Lake Beach officialsJan 30, 2014 4:30 am - An inventory of foreclosures and a continued uptick in rentals have prompted Round Lake Beach officials to seek help in assessing the village's real estate landscape. Vi...
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Developer targets longtime downtown Glen Ellyn grocery storeJan 30, 2014 3:00 am - A Wheaton-based developer wants to knock down the McChesney & Miller grocery store — in business in downtown Glen Ellyn since 1862 — and construct a 185-unit apartment c...
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Vacant unit causes damage, leaves liability messJan 29, 2014 10:32 am - Q. A second floor unit in our condominium association is owned by an off-site investor. The unit is managed for the off-site owner by a rental agent. The unit was vacant...
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U.S. home prices dipped in Nov. on colder weatherJan 28, 2014 8:09 am - U.S. home prices fell slightly in November as colder weather slowed buying, ending nine straight months of price gains. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home p...
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In the home office, organization is Job 1Jan 24, 2014 11:00 pm - As technology has evolved so rapidly in the past 10 years, so has the notion of a home office. We increasingly carry around work and personal files on a handheld device ...
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Tips for tackling home organization in 2014Jan 24, 2014 11:00 pm - Nicole Anzia, owner of the professional organizing business Neatnik and a monthly organizing columnist for The Washington Post, was the guest recently on The Post’s Home...