Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Homeownership rate expected to keep fallingJun 21, 2015 7:31 am - WASHINGTON - The homeownership rate in the U.S. has been tumbling since the height of the housing boom. Fewer people own their homes - because foreclosures claimed them,...
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Builders say rapid moves are now more commonJun 20, 2015 7:00 am - “During the heyday of the housing industry in the 1990s and early 2000s, people would sign a contract to build the home they wanted on the lot they preferred, but they w...
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Developers have millennials in mind in Des PlainesJun 19, 2015 5:30 am - A developer is proposing a mix of townhouses and apartments targeting millennials at a vacant 20-acre former industrial site northwest of downtown Des Plaines. The $90 m...
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Schaumburg says 'yes' to tollway soundwallJun 19, 2015 5:30 am - Schaumburg officials are following the lead of an apartment complex in Rolling Meadows by requesting the installation of a soundwall for one of their own complexes on th...
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New life for downtown Des Plaines townhouse proposalJun 19, 2015 1:00 am - A plan to build townhouses near downtown Des Plaines is getting another look after being previously rejected by the city council. Lexington Homes plans to submit a revis...
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Long Grove, Buffalo Grove team up on code enforcementJun 19, 2015 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove will provide Long Grove with property maintenance inspections and adjudication services under an intergovernmental agreement approved this week by Buffalo ...
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New homes, trails for 'neglected' Naperville golf courseJun 17, 2015 1:00 am - A new neighborhood of 303 houses is coming to the northwest side of Naperville despite neighbors' concerns about flooding, loss of open space and increased traffic. City...
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Des Plaines rejects disabled apartments over parking concernsJun 17, 2015 1:00 am - Supporters of a proposed apartment building in downtown Des Plaines say it would allow those with physical disabilities to live independently. But a majority of the city...
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Why the real estate business has jaded meJun 14, 2015 7:41 am - This is a topic I've grappled with for quite some time. I was raised out West in a family of modest means. My parents didn't expect me to go to college, but they expecte...
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When big gentrification fights are about more than affordable housingJun 14, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON -- Earlier last week, city supervisors in San Francisco considered an emergency 45-day moratorium on the construction of new market-rate housing in the Missio...