Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Heated driveways: Goodbye to the snow shovel?Aug 22, 2014 12:00 am - While the rest of the neighborhood was digging out, Alex Geier had little problem leaving his Hinsdale, Illinois, house around 7:30 each morning last winter, no matter h...
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Arlington Heights approves downtown apartment towerAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - The Arlington Heights village board on Monday approved a new, seven-story apartment building in the heart of downtown, with at least 15 percent of its units to be reserv...
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Listing of the weekAug 16, 2014 6:01 am - Aficionados of Frank Lloyd Wright and the architectural styles he fostered will instantly fall in love with this Barrington home, built in 1978 by Don Erickson, one of W...
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Listing of the weekAug 16, 2014 5:45 am - Old World charm oozes from this Dutch Colonial brick home, built in 1929 in the historic district of Arlington Heights. While the home is full of historic finishes and h...
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Pros and cons of power washingAug 16, 2014 5:45 am - It's not just national monuments like Mount Rushmore than could benefit from a good power wash every now and then. Is there grime on your siding that good old-fashioned ...
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New restaurants, Arts in Bartlett breathing life into Town CenterAug 13, 2014 5:30 am - When Cecilia Green moved from Kansas to Bartlett, one question kept popping up in her head. Where's the art scene? Back in the early 2000s, there were no studios. No gal...
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How a housing shortage is reshaping parts of AppalachiaAug 09, 2014 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Over the last few weeks, I've written several times about the affordable housing crunch in big cities where amenities and high-paying jobs are drawing worke...
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Six things to consider before renovating a basementAug 07, 2014 1:01 am - A basement renovation can increase a home's value anywhere from 15 to 20 percent, depending on the renovations and the market, said John Gutman, vice president of sales ...
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Year-over-year U.S. home prices show a slowing gainAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose in June by the smallest year-over-year amount in 20 months, slowed by modest sales and more properties coming on the market. Data pro...
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Zillow topping Realogy shows Web surge in housingAug 03, 2014 7:22 am - LOS ANGELES -- Zillow's purchase of Trulia makes the online company such a force in U.S. real estate that its market value now surpasses that of Realogy, owner of renown...