Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Selling your home could boost your nest egg — but is it worth it?Mar 24, 2024 5:52 am - A 2023 report from investment firm Vanguard estimates that about a quarter of Americans age 60 and over could move to a cheaper housing market and use the equity in their...
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Less money, less house: How market forces are reshaping the American homeMar 19, 2024 10:38 am - The new American home is shrinking.After years of prioritizing large homes, the nation’s biggest and most powerful homebuilders are finally building more smaller ones, driving a shift toward more affordable housing.
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Ultrawealthy are souring on Chicago’s most elite neighborhoodMar 19, 2024 7:03 am - When Ken Griffin left Chicago, the billionaire listed several of his high-end properties in the Gold Coast, the city’s most exclusive neighborhood. Two years later and he...
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Federal funds to support affordable housing development in Glen EllynMar 18, 2024 6:00 pm - Glen Ellyn will receive $750,000 in federal money to help pave the way for an affordable housing development near Roosevelt Road and Park Boulevard. Chicago-based nonprof...
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Building a friendship: How Geneva homebuilder, Iraq War veteran bonded during construction of a home with smart technologyMar 08, 2024 6:00 am - When Geneva builder George Havlicek agreed to construct a home for Iraq War veteran Patrick Scrogin through Gary Sinise’s RISE foundation, he didn’t know he’d also be building a lasting friendship with Scrogin.
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Vacant Wheeling office building to become apartmentsMar 04, 2024 8:28 pm - A proposal to convert a vacant Wheeling office building into housing and retail space was formally approved by the village board Monday night. With affirmative votes on t...
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‘It took a village’: Glen Ellyn plans to sell property to affordable housing developerFeb 28, 2024 5:15 am - Glen Ellyn trustees have agreed to sell nearly an acre of village-owned land for $1.75 million to a nonprofit developer planning to build affordable housing on a portion ...
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Could homes replace old office complex on South Arlington Heights road?Feb 27, 2024 6:59 pm - A plot of land on South Arlington Heights Road — where a 1970s-era office complex recently was demolished — is being primed for potential residential development.
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Why more apartments could be coming to downtown Des PlainesFeb 26, 2024 6:02 pm - Advent Properties wants to construct a six-story apartment building with ground-floor retail space on Prairie Avenue between Graceland Avenue and Lee Street in Des Plaines.
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Des Plaines City Council narrowly approves changes to controversial apartments planFeb 21, 2024 1:23 pm - Proposed changes to a controversial apartment building plan in downtown Des Plaines were narrowly approved by the city council Tuesday night. With two aldermen absent, Ma...