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If you have a steady job and can get a mortgage, there has never been a better time to buy your first new house. Why? In order to get...
Get the full story >>The Chicago area's ranking in a new study of home affordability looks promising, until you start to look at paychecks.
Get the full story >>Back in the frothy days of 2007, Luciano Mor needed only a weekend and a Craigslist ad to find a buyer for his two-bedroom starter home.
Get the full story >>If there is one drawback above all others to owning a vacation home, it's that you are stuck going to the same place year after year.
Get the full story >>For mortgage borrowers, it's one of those good news/bad news moments.
Get the full story >>The new Sanctuary Pointe development by Hartz Homes in New Lenox is open for touring.
Get the full story >>Q: My husband and I recently filed for bankruptcy after our home was foreclosed. My mother is willing to purchase a home in her name...
Get the full story >>Note to movie location scouts: La Grange Park offers the perennially Normal Rockwell-ish streetscapes you want for movies set in the 20th...
Get the full story >>Life in a one-bedroom condo was cramped enough for Kathy and Matt Thurow. But with a baby on the way, the couple knew it was time to hunt...
Get the full story >>The higher your credit scores, the better shot you have of getting a loan or credit card application approved.
Get the full story >>Wouldn't it be nice to channel some of the cash spent on toasters, mixers and dishes toward the newlyweds' first homes?
Get the full story >>Semicustom builders readily tailor existing plans to accommodate customers' most every want.
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Get the full story >>Once a summer resort town, McHenry still goes with the flow.
Get the full story >>If you haven't looked at kitchen sinks in a few years, you might be surprised.
Get the full story >>Let's get one thing straight, from the top: Evan McKenzie doesn't think every homeowners association is a disaster waiting to happen.
Get the full story >>Building codes are designed to protect against worst-case scenarios.
Get the full story >>So many documents, so few being read carefully or even at all, sums up the typical closing of a house sale for a large number of buyers.
Get the full story >>A glut of homes, including foreclosures, and uneven national recovery fuel decline to levels not seen since 2002.
Get the full story >>It's only 32 units spread over four buildings, but a phased project in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood has received "good neighbor" kudos...
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