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Brush Up On Your Real Estate Terms

By Marketing Relevance / July 22, 2016 July 22, 2016

When beginning a search on the internet for homes available in a Chicago neighborhood, you may notice some terms that you are not familiar with. There are some important real estate terms that are essential to understanding the home buying process. Before starting process, here is a list of the most common real estate terms …

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Testing Soil Load Bearing Capacity Upfront Saves Time, Money Later

By Marketing Relevance / September 11, 2013 September 11, 2013

At CD + C, we recently began a residential job on a site that required a 40-foot foundation. While this number looks like we added an extra zero since the average foundation for a home is four feet, this is accurate. Why did it require such a high foundation? Well, because of poor soil with …

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