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Outlook for condo prices not as bleak
The avalanche of housing market data that seems to befall us on a daily basis mostly tells only the story of what's happening in the single-...
Get the full story >>Plan for Transformation a tough sell in weak market
More than a decade ago, former Mayor Richard Daley's Plan for Transformation began taking shape with the goal of replacing Chicago's...
Get the full story >>Prairie Avenue District to offer tour of history
The Glessner House Museum, 1800 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago, will conduct its annual house tour of the Prairie Avenue Historic District from...
Get the full story >>Buyer finds creaky house unsettling
Q. I bought a home in April 2009. The house is relatively new, built in 1995. I purchased the home with an FHA loan, as a short sale. My...
Get the full story >>Loose lips might sink deals
The agent in Cory Brewer's ReMax office in Mercer Island, Wash., received an offer that was far below his client's asking price. But...
Get the full story >>Joint tenants should redraw title for proper inheritance
QMy parents (now in their 80s) own a fourplex with my brother and his wife as joint tenants with right of survivorship. They agreed to a 50/...
Get the full story >>No justification for board racking up travel expenses
Q. We are a homeowners association that generated excessive travel expenses over several years, including $20,000 last year alone. A...
Get the full story >>Stopping check a risky route to get out of lease
Q. When I was transferred to another city, I went ahead to look for an apartment. Time was short, so I applied for the first place...
Get the full story >>Liquid assets: Water gives life to this Lake Forest garden
You can get to the water garden in all sorts of ways.
Get the full story >>Watering gadgets give Dad a break
This Father's Day, give dad an easy-to-use watering gizmo for the garden. Well-designed sprinklers, watering wands and hoses recommended...
Get the full story >>Knock Out roses: Hardy garden varieties
A rose is a rose, right? Not necessarily. For gardeners, roses today can be confusing.
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"To keep people interested in growing things you have to have a novelty factor,'' says Sonia Day, Toronto Star gardening columnist and...
Get the full story >>Made for the shade: Beautiful gardens that don't depend on sunshine
Strolling through my woodland garden recently, a guest asked how I managed to get so many different kinds of plants to grow in the shade....
Get the full story >>Thinking small can pay big veggie dividends
For most gardeners, the dream is to be out there with a big patch of land, growing all manner of vegetables.
Get the full story >>New website helps neighbors share stuff, be green
Chuck Templeton believes that the greenest thing anyone can do is not buy something.
Get the full story >>New-home sales rise 7.3% in April
U.S. sales of new homes posted their second solid monthly gain in April after hitting extremely low levels in February, according to data...
Get the full story >>Tenants want landlord to stop bullying on play yard
Q. We manage a large apartment complex that has several play areas for kids. Two residents have complained about another resident's child,...
Get the full story >>Tellez puts home on market for $1.15 million
WBBM-Ch. 2 co-anchor Roseanne Tellez has listed her four-bedroom house in Roscoe Village for $1.15 million.
Get the full story >>FICO tool helps ID borrowers most likely to strategically default
FICO Inc. this spring conceived a scoring tool that not only identifies the type of borrower most likely to strategically default, but,...
Get the full story >>Sinking values prompting homeowners to consider strategic default as best business decision
Strategic default — opting to walk away from a mortgage you can afford — isn't a new phenomenon in the housing crisis. But...
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