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		<title>Little Chicago Bungalow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your Guide has the most wonderful clients.&#160; Adam and Nikko love their Chicago home so much they write about it regularly.&#160; Expecting in Spring, new posts are all about preparing the Little Bungalow for the arrival of Junior.
Check out the latest post.
Congratulations Adam and Nikko!

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		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1837</link>
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		<title>Chicago City Comptroller sets 2010 security deposit interest rates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The City of Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO) requires the City Comptroller to set the rate of interest to be paid on security deposits held by landlords. The rate is calculated annually based on a formula tied to actual market rates.
The new rate for 2010 of 0.073% applies to all residential rental [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1831</link>
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		<title>Just listed in West Lakeview &#8211; 1735 W. Newport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entertainment, wine, and cooking enthusiasts will covet this modern Lakeview home with superb amenities for luxury living: hardwood floors, granite countertops, spa baths, Viking and Sub-Zero appliances, skylights. Wait, it gets better: five fireplaces, media room in basement, brick wine cellar, custom woodwork and built-ins, and audio everywhere. This exceptional home is within walking distance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1828</link>
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		<title>Cook County Tax Bills hit your mailbox this week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Residents in Chicago and Cook County should be on the lookout for their Property Tax Bills this week.&#160; Your Guide’s arrived yesterday.
Normally your first installment tax bill is half of last year’s bill.&#160; Not so, this year.&#160; Check out a friend’s Facebook status update:

Sneaky State of Illinois. First installment property taxes are out and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1827</link>
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		<title>Timing when to buy or sell in 2010: calendar of important events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Both buyers and sellers ask about timing the market, and this Spring is no different.&#160; Your Guide is advising sellers that are ready to go on market and buyers that are already out hitting the pavement.&#160; 
This year will prove to be unique.&#160; There are several factors that will have greater influence of the cycle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1823</link>
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		<title>What is the &#8220;Worry Price?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your Guide received this email this morning from @properties founder Thad Wong:
The worry price is the price at&#160; which a home is offered where a potential buyer will say, &#34; I am worried that someone else may buy this!&#34;
This is very real, and where your listings need to be priced if the goal is to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1821</link>
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		<title>Quest for new water heater: tankless or old fashioned?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last week Your Guide wrote about our quest for a new hot water heater.&#160; I had originally hoped to get a high-tech “green” tankless water heater.&#160; 
Check out the post here
The demands of our house didn’t match up with the ability of the tankless systems to provide water to the whole house from a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1820</link>
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		<title>More snow related information. Association info junkies take note</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Skiling at WGN TV and Chicago Tribune posted more interesting statistics on Chicago snow falls on Sunday.&#160; On Sunday, Tom delved into the year-to-year trend for Chicago snow totals over the last 82 years.
Interestingly, about ten years ago, snow fall totals dropped dramatically.&#160; In the 10 year period 1978/79 to 1988/89 snow totals averaged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1816</link>
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		<title>Monthly cheer from Zillow: $3,500 post-holiday bonus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each month Zillow emails me to tell me how much my house is worth.&#160; I write about it each time so we can all live the dream.&#160; (All the articles here.)
I’m delighted to receive this Holiday Bonus in my email this morning:

Slowly but surely, we’re clawing back to first-half 2009 levels.&#160; Ahh, the good old [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1811</link>
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		<title>Do tankless hot water heaters make sense for typical Chicago homeowners?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your Guides find themselves in the position to need a new hot water heater for the home.  If we were purchasing a new water heater for a rental unit, the choice would nearly be a no-brainer.  We’d go out and find the cheapest and smallest tank-style hot water heater we could find at the local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourwindycityguide.com/?p=1802</link>
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