Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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U.S. rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 3.93 pct.Jun 20, 2013 9:51 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, with the average on the 30-year fixed loan remaining just under 4 percent. But rates likely will surge next week now...
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U.S. home re-sales surpass 5 million in MayJun 20, 2013 9:43 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of previously occupied homes surpassed the 5 million mark in May, the first time that’s happened in 3 ½ years. The gain shows th...
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Immigrants fear being forced out of Glen Ellyn homesJun 19, 2013 4:30 am - Wani Suliman has lived in his Glen Ellyn apartment since the day he arrived in the United States: June 17, 2004. That was after fleeing his war-torn home country of Sud...
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Palatine planners back apartments for disabled despite divided crowdJun 19, 2013 4:15 am - After hours of testimony Tuesday night and in front of a passionate, divided crowd that spilled over into a separate meeting room, the Palatine plan commission recommend...
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U.S. home construction rises 6.8 percent in MayJun 18, 2013 9:52 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. builders stepped up home construction in May and applied for permits to build single-family homes at the fastest pace in five years. The gains show hou...
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Palatine housing project faces first big test TuesdayJun 17, 2013 5:15 am - The permanent supportive housing development proposed near downtown Palatine will face its first big test this week at a meeting of the village's plan commission. Plenty...
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Former mayor’s home has been a bed and breakfast in Mundelein for 25 yearsJun 16, 2013 4:00 am - All is quiet on a recent weekday afternoon at the Round Robin Inn bed and breakfast in Mundelein, as guests are out and about shopping, tending to business or pursuing o...
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Housing recovers as underwater-borrowers shrinkJun 15, 2013 11:00 pm - The number of borrowers who owe more than their homes are worth fell again during the first quarter, another sign of a rebounding housing market that is enjoying surging...
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Lifeguards required when young children allowed unsupervisedJun 15, 2013 4:46 am - Q. Our association has a swimming pool. Under what circumstances do we have to have a lifeguard? A. The Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act regulates swimming p...
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Kid-friendly yard makes parents want to play, tooJun 15, 2013 4:00 am - In Walker’s Point, Lake Muskoka, in Ontario, Canada, there’s a three-level treehouse rising above four trunks. The work of Lukasz Kos, the “4Tree House” has a refined de...