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2011
Lovely Eastport Model townhome with many fabulous features and amenities. Home features a spacious kitchen greenhouse addition with skylight and finished 27 x12 bonus media room on the 3rd level. This townhome has hardwood flooring, granite, upgraded cabinetry, upgraded carpeting, and a b...
01/31/2011
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In the 1950s, the Rapala family baseball games pitted the "City Slickers" against the "Country Hicks," recalled Arline Rapala, who moved from Chicago to Lake Villa after picnicking at its beaches. "Now, they don't call us hicks anymore," said Rapala, of Lake Villa, population 8,700. "For the kids...
01/28/2011
The Federal Reserve board held its first meeting of 2011 this week. It may be a new year with new faces around the Fed’s boardroom table, but there’s nothing new in the central bank’s policy direction or its guarded assessment of the nation’s economic recovery. Board members voted to keep the Fe...
01/26/2011
Wonderful newer 2 story Colonial home w/ many lovely features & inviting décor. Home has hardwood flooring throughout 1st & 2nd levels, separate living & dining room, updated kitchen w/ eat in area & breakfast bar, finished LL & family room w/ sliding doors leading to oversized deck. Home has ...
01/25/2011
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Chicago Blackhawks left winger Bryan Bickell has paid $510,000 for a new-construction town home in Hamlin Park. Bickell, 24, becomes the fifth Blackhawk to own a home in a 1-square-mile North Side area that encompasses parts of the Hamlin Park, West Lakeview and Roscoe Village neighborhoods, join...
01/24/2011
(Scott Olson/Getty Images photo) Fewer Chicago-area single-family homes and condos were sold in 2010 than in any year in the past decade. The numbers would have been worse if federal tax credits hadn't bolstered the local housing market during the first six months of the year. Existing-home sales...
01/21/2011
4 bedroom home in Stevenson District in good condition w/ plenty of space and updated kitchen. Come and see today. Buyer responsible for any/all compliances, taxes, room count, escrows, etc if required. All inspections/systems tests are at buyers expense. Offers require pre-approval & EM due i...
01/20/2011
Recently updated HM w/ new paint and carpeting on large lot. Come see this large spacious Split Level today. Buyer responsible for any/all compliances, taxes, room count, escrows, etc if required. All inspections/systems tests are at buyers expense. Offers require pre-approval & EM due in certif...
01/19/2011
You might think real estate is all about falling in love with the kitchen countertops or having the right number of bathrooms, but it's really a numbers game. Take, for example, that most painful of numbers: If you're a home seller, that would be a cut to your asking price, a topic that probably ...
01/18/2011
Torrey Warship had never owned a home — until the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Through a federal program to renovate foreclosed homes, the 34-year-old public works laborer bought his first house in Waukegan for $138,000. He moved his family out of an apartment and into a two-story, two-bedroom,...
01/17/2011
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