Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Hoffman Estates loosens rules on garage salesFeb 18, 2014 4:30 am - Hoffman Estates trustees on Monday approved some looser restrictions for garage sales that still limit the ability of anyone to regularly run a retail business out of a ...
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Arlington Hts. church backs off parking expansion, will sell 8 homesFeb 17, 2014 12:01 am - Controversial plans to expand the parking lot at Orchard Evangelical Free Church are officially off the table, the Arlington Heights church announced Monday, along with ...
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How to get rid of stuff taking up too much spaceFeb 14, 2014 12:05 am - In the winter months, we spend a lot of time indoors looking at stuff and thinking we really should get rid of it. The heirloom piano, college novels, drawer of dead cel...
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Don't let ice, snow damage your homeFeb 13, 2014 11:43 pm - Does anyone have a roof rake I can borrow? The recent frigid weather has brought homeowners a host of problems. Many friends and neighbors (including me) have come home ...
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Homebuilders ready to spring into actionFeb 07, 2014 11:37 pm - Residential construction is experiencing a strong comeback in the Chicago area. Builders who for the past five or six years had been lamenting a lack of buyers, are toda...
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Associations usually regulate short-term rentalsFeb 07, 2014 11:29 pm - Q. I am interested in leasing my unit for weekends, or other short terms, as a vacation rental for those times when I am traveling. Is this permitted in associations? A....
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Vinyl replacement windows put technology to work for youFeb 07, 2014 12:45 pm - How is your home surviving this unusually harsh winter? Have you noticed your home is colder than previous winters, or that your heating bills have gone up? Look to your...
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Analyst talks at Harper about economy, housingFeb 06, 2014 2:15 pm - Jack Ablin, executive vice president and chief investment officer for BMO Private Bank in Chicago, spoke Thursday on the economy and investing as well as his forecast fo...
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Residents escape Hoffman Estates house fire, cause under investigationFeb 05, 2014 10:15 pm - Two pets were found dead in a Hoffman Estates fire that started Wednesday afternoon in an attached garage, spread to the home and left it uninhabitable, authorities said...
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Home sales, prices experience double-digit growth in 2013Feb 01, 2014 12:00 am - The suburban Chicago housing market continued to make impressive gains in 2013, with sales of single-family, detached homes climbing 24.7 percent compared with 2012, acc...