Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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One person injured, dog killed, in Antioch house fire Tuesday nightAug 08, 2012 1:59 pm - One person was injured and a dog was killed in a house fire near Antioch, fire officials said Wednesday. Antioch Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Chris Lienhardt s...
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Late payments on mortgages hit 3-year low in 2QAug 08, 2012 6:51 am - LOS ANGELES — U.S. homeowners are getting better about keeping up with their mortgage payments, driving the percentage of borrowers who have fallen behind to a three-yea...
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Gurnee joins other towns in ban on fertilizer phosphorusAug 07, 2012 10:33 am - Fertilizer containing phosphorous no longer is welcome on Gurnee lawns in an effort to reduce how much of the nutrient gets into rivers, lakes and streams. Village board...
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Huge development proposed in Buffalo GroveAug 07, 2012 8:47 am - Buffalo Grove’s efforts to create a downtown have been reminiscent of Don Quixote. The village may have been tilting at windmills when it developed the Town Center, whic...
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Chickens meet resistance in PalatineAug 07, 2012 12:00 am - Add Palatine to the list of suburbs unfriendly to raising chickens in the backyard. Officially the village council Monday tabled a request from Vanessa and Jason Barsan...
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Condo associations occassionally must deal with hoardersAug 04, 2012 5:35 am - Q. A unit owner in our association has become a hoarder. Personal property and garbage is piled to the ceiling of the unit, and there are narrow passages throughout the ...
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Home overlooks Long Lake near InglesideAug 04, 2012 5:22 am - This fabulous, recently-remodeled cedar home is located on one of the best kept secrets in Lake County — Long Lake near Ingleside. Long Lake is one of the smaller and mo...
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U.S. rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.55 percentAug 02, 2012 9:01 am - WASHINGTON — The average U.S. rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week after falling to new record lows in each of the past 13 weeks. Mortgage buyer Freddie Ma...
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Riverside Plaza one big failureAug 01, 2012 4:40 am - Algonquin’s Riverside Plaza development was doomed to fail from the start, if you ask me. Our village planners took the busiest intersection in all of McHenry County and...
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Assisted living expansion in S. Elgin includes pilot for dementia careJul 30, 2012 5:55 pm - A 132-unit assisted living facility in South Elgin is about to become the largest campus developed by the largest provider of affordable assisted living communities in I...