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Retirement communities offering discounts amid downturn
The housing bust and the recession have been twin evils for retirees, particularly the newly retired who have seen still-stock-heavy portfolios crater and their home values plummet. Retirees may see a silver lining, however: Prices on certain types of...Tags: Kansas, Florida, Retirement, Genworth Financial Inc, Medical Services
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'Cabinologist' writes a guide for the dreamer and the committed builder of that perfect little getaway house
So, you say you're a sucker for a photo of a hammock that overlooks a meandering stream? Your idea of decor is a carved wooden fish that announces, "Welcome to the Lake"? Dale Mulfinger knows you. In fact, he has made a career of catering to the...Tags: John Muir, Real Estate, Walt Whitman, Chicago, Real Estate Buyers
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'Fast Eddie' Vrdolyak gets 5 years of probation
Tribune reporterIt was supposed to be the day of reckoning for former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak, the day he at last got sent to prison for an inside deal after what some say was a career built on them. Instead, Chicago witnessed what seemed like another "Fast Eddie"...Tags: Trials, Ethics, Justice System, Property, University of Chicago
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Tribune Tower taken off sales block
Tribune reporterChicago's Tribune Tower is often described as iconic. But what the neo-Gothic masterpiece may symbolize most these days is the depth of the nation's economic crisis. First came the bankruptcy filing by Tribune Co., the building's owner and the parent...Tags: Newspapers, Tribune Tower, Real Estate, Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy
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Ex-Chicago pol Vrdolyak gets $50K fine, probation
AP Legal Affairs WriterFormer Chicago political leader Edward R. Vrdolyak was fined $50,000 and placed on probation for five years Thursday for scheming to get a $1.5 million payoff in a real estate deal. Vrdolyak, 71, known throughout Chicago politics as "Fast Eddie," showed...Tags: Harold Washington, Blagojevich Impeachment, Tony Rezko, Regional Authority, Prosecution
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Sidetracked by slump, realty pros eager to get back on course
Anyone working in Chicago's housing industry, whether it be a real estate agent, a mortgage banker or housing counselor, took off their rose-colored glasses a long time ago. But recent announcements by the Obama administration have given them hope that...Tags: Diseases, Emergency Planning, Homes, Real Estate Agents, Sales
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Deerfield couple swindled $31 million from Best Buy, federal court documents say
Tribune reporterRussell Cole once called his extravagant Deerfield home "the house that Best Buy built," according to federal court documents that outline how more than $31 million allegedly was swindled from the national retail giant. The $2.75 million that Cole and...Tags: Arlington Heights, Internal Revenue Service, Justice System, FBI, Computing and Information Technology
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U.S. home prices continue free fall in 4th quarter
Tribune reporterHousing prices continued their two-year free fall in the final month of 2008 amid growing concern that the bottom was nowhere in sight. The only relative note of optimism sounded with the release Tuesday of the December and fourth-quarter S&P;/Case-...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Sales, Tampa, Warrenville, Real Estate Buyers
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Foreclosures spur neighborhood ghost towns
Tribune reportersThe children who live on West Wilcox Street won't go out at night for fear of 12 vacant graystones that draw criminals to their block. In Rogers Park, a half-empty 39-unit condo building on Farwell Avenue has become a hide-out for squatters and feral...Tags: Englewood, Housing and Urban Planning, University of Illinois at Chicago, Foreclosures, Property
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Skip the big names: Store brands offer savings, quality
Chicago TribuneTrying store brands is a low-risk way to cut spending without necessarily cutting quality. Also known as house brands, private-labels and generics, store brands have improved in quality across a host of product lines. Because retailers spend little on...Tags: Tribune Co., Allentown, Sony Corp., Sales, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Rent-o-rama
RedEyeHow would you like to live in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo, complete with gleaming hardwood floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, a Jacuzzi tub and--drumroll, please--an in-unit washer-dryer? Sound out of your league? Maybe not,...Tags: Jefferson Park, Stock Broking, Washington Park, Rental Service, Wii
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Rahm Emanuel back to Congress?
The Swampby John McCormick and Dan Mihalopoulos White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is interested in potentially returning to Chicago someday to reclaim the congressional seat he held until a month ago, a candidate running to replace him said Sunday.......Tags: Sara Feigenholtz, Delta Air Lines, Franklin Park, Regional Authority, Housing and Urban Planning
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