Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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What not to do when selling a home (8 common mistakes sellers make)May 05, 2019 6:00 am - Selling a home can be complicated. The process is like no other financial transaction most people will make. Too often, sellers sabotage the sale of their home by making...
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How to make a home down payment without wrecking your financesMay 05, 2019 6:00 am - Maximizing a home down payment can make sense: The bigger the down payment, the lower the monthly mortgage bill and the better the chance of building equity more quickly...
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Adjustable-rate mortgages: Are they worth it?May 05, 2019 6:00 am - Adjustable-rate mortgages, known as ARMs, are back, despite having earned a bad reputation at the height of the housing crisis. Post-crisis borrowers saw them as risky b...
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What to do to get your grill ready for summerMay 04, 2019 7:00 am - There are die-hard grillers who don't see why a little cold or sleet should stand between them and a juicy grilled steak. The rest of us in colder climes throw a cover o...
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Give your flower and veggie seedlings some tough loveMay 04, 2019 6:00 am - Seedlings raised on windowsills or in greenhouses have been coddled to some degree and aren't ready to face the great outdoors. A temporary period called “hardening off”...
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Want to help bees? Plant flowering herbsMay 03, 2019 6:00 am - Herbs are among the most useful plants in nature. They can tantalize the taste buds, help cure what ails you, oil the body, perfume the air, and attract bees, butterflie...
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Arlington 425 returns to housing commission MondayMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - The Arlington Heights housing commission will evaluate the Arlington 425 project again Monday, with the village board set to take a final vote on the massive downtown de...
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Arlington 425 project vote delayed with housing decision still in limboMay 02, 2019 1:00 am - The Arlington 425 project will not be discussed at the next Arlington Heights village board meeting Monday night, village officials said Thursday. Officials originally t...
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Ahead of Arlington 425 vote, sides try to find right portion of affordable housingMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - Should the proposed Arlington 425 development in downtown Arlington Heights have some apartments for rent at below-market rates, more than proposed, or none at all? It's...
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'There's a lot at stake here': Arlington 425 project debate stalls on affordable housingApr 30, 2019 5:00 am - An Arlington Heights advisory panel wants to see more of the financials of the proposed Arlington 425 downtown development before recommending how many residential units...