Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Millennials now represent the largest cohort of home buyers. Here's what they're looking for.Dec 15, 2019 5:24 am - They're here. For years, real estate agents and builders eagerly anticipated the entrance of millennials into the housing market. Millennials, a generation now larger th...
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Arlington Heights house renovation takes the LEED in sustainabilityDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - Amy Myers and Mike Baker could have torn down their 1964 split-level home in Arlington Heights and replaced it with a McMansion. But they wanted to remodel it instead in...
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Downtown Metra lot repair on hold after development fizzlesDec 13, 2019 12:00 am - Another proposed development for a long empty industrial property adjacent to the Metra station in busy downtown Libertyville has fizzled, leaving substantial repairs of...
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Buffalo Grove OKs advertising signs outside new subdivisionDec 08, 2019 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove has given K Hovnanian Homes permission to install the advertising signs it requested at its Link Crossing subdivision - with the exception of MODEL NOW OPE...
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How to protect yourself and your home this winterDec 07, 2019 5:00 am - Don't use your snowblower in the dark. Do make sure kids and pets are indoors when you're using one. And don't stick your hand in the chute when the blower's running, sl...
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Gift-wrapping this season trends jazzy but sustainableDec 07, 2019 5:00 am - The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options. Consider beautifully folded fabrics or understated, brown or green masking paper ...
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Design-friendly holiday gifts sure to be lovedDec 06, 2019 6:00 am - Home decor accessories can make great hostess gifts or holiday gifts, but how do you choose something you know the recipient will want? Unless you're sure of someone's p...
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Bohemia lives on at New York City's famed Hotel ChelseaDec 06, 2019 6:00 am - When Colin Miller and Ray Mock set out to document the remaining inhabitants of Hotel Chelsea, the bohemian haven where Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Willia...
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Palatine studying Northwest Highway corridor for possible redevelopmentDec 06, 2019 4:20 am - Palatine's preliminary study on potential redevelopment of Northwest Highway properties from Hicks Road to just west of Route 53 offers ideas such as the addition of mul...
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'Senior-friendly' 300-square-foot apartments coming to NapervilleDec 03, 2019 12:00 am - A plan for studio apartments at the site of an Ogden Avenue motel in Naperville is being promoted as a senior-friendly living option. The city council on Tuesday night ...