Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Don't-pay-till-you-die reverse mortgages are booming in CanadaSep 22, 2019 6:00 am - Reverse mortgages are surging in Canada as more older people join the country's debt bandwagon. If you're 55 or older, you can borrow as much as 55% of the value of your...
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What to know before refinancing your home loanSep 22, 2019 6:00 am - Mortgage rates have hovered near three-year lows recently, leading many homeowners to wonder if now is the time to refinance. I asked Craig Strent, CEO and co-founder of...
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Baby boomers see advantages in new constructionSep 20, 2019 6:00 am - A suburban couple in their late 60s decides to sell their large, four-bedroom home with three bathrooms. It's too large for them. Taxes are too high. Utilities are too c...
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Developer for Naperville's 5th Avenue aims for global health-wellness standardSep 18, 2019 1:00 am - A new baseline design for 5th Avenue near the Naperville Metra station aims for a future redeveloped community to be the first in Illinois - and second in the nation - t...
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Rare Arlington Heights Lustron home meets wrecking ballSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - What may have been the last Lustron home in Arlington Heights was recently demolished, in what was a rare example of the housing stock available in the post-World War II...
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Arlington Heights buildings awarded for design excellenceSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - Two buildings in Arlington Heights have received the Alan F. Bombick Award for Excellence in Design from the village's design commission. Kensington School, 840 E. Kensi...
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Resident crew gets the job done at Vernon Hills senior communitySep 17, 2019 1:00 am - The members of the demolition crew who went to work Tuesday morning at theBrookdale Senior Living Solutions community in Vernon Hills were a little older than what one m...
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Row houses added to plans for Schaumburg's massive north-side projectSep 16, 2019 5:30 am - Significant progress continues to be made on the simultaneous redevelopment of the former 322-acre Motorola Solutions campus in Schaumburg and the planned transformation...
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Model homes show today's hot design trendsSep 13, 2019 7:00 am - Do you have white kitchen fatigue? Is your tile boring? Is your dark wood flooring looking a little drab? It may be time to dress up your home with a little pizzazz. New...
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Cell towers bump three homes from proposed Batavia subdivisionSep 12, 2019 1:00 am - A developer in Batavia will proceed with three fewer houses in the planned Winding Creek subdivision after failing to reach an agreement with the owner of two cell tower...