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		<title>The Fiscal Cliff: What It Means for Housing and Home Builders</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-28/the-fiscal-cliff-what-it-means-for-housing-and-home-builders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 18:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of 2012, a number of tax and spending policies are scheduled to change. Taken together, these changes may exert a strong fiscal drag on an already fragile macroeconomic environment depending on the actions of Congress. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calls this the “fiscal cliff.” Tax policy analysts call it “taxaggedon.” Regardless [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[At the end of 2012, a number of tax and spending policies are scheduled to change. Taken together, these changes may exert a strong fiscal drag on an already fragile macroeconomic environment depending on the actions of Congress. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calls this the “fiscal cliff.” Tax policy analysts call it “taxaggedon.” Regardless [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nationwide Housing Affordability Reaches New Record High</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-24/nationwide-housing-affordability-reaches-new-record-high/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 21:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nationwide housing affordability hit a new record high for a second consecutive quarter in the first three months of this year, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). Yet tight lending conditions continue to pose a major obstacle to many prospective home buyers. The latest HOI data reveal that [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nationwide housing affordability hit a new record high for a second consecutive quarter in the first three months of this year, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). Yet tight lending conditions continue to pose a major obstacle to many prospective home buyers. The latest HOI data reveal that [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>News in Housing: Inventories up in April</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-24/news-in-housing-inventories-up-in-april/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 21:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The housing inventory rose slightly in April, which is unusual in the middle of the spring sales season. The uptick may be the result of rising seller confidence and it should ease concerns that the super tight inventory levels of the last six months have dampened sales by limiting buyer options. Yesterday the National Association [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The housing inventory rose slightly in April, which is unusual in the middle of the spring sales season. The uptick may be the result of rising seller confidence and it should ease concerns that the super tight inventory levels of the last six months have dampened sales by limiting buyer options. Yesterday the National Association [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Recovery News: U.S. Home Sales Up 3.4% in April</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-23/recovery-news-u-s-home-sales-up-3-4-in-april/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Existing-home sales rose in April and remain above a year ago, while home prices continued to rise, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The improvements in sales and prices were broad based across all regions. Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 3.4 percent to [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Existing-home sales rose in April and remain above a year ago, while home prices continued to rise, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The improvements in sales and prices were broad based across all regions. Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 3.4 percent to [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The RREIN Roundtable: the Pros and Cons of Today&#8217;s Market</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-23/the-rrein-roundtable-the-pros-and-cons-of-todays-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we move through the second quarter of 2012, the year continues to pose a challenge for brokers. However, this year, there are several positive signs that indicate the worst is behind us and new opportunity lies just ahead. This month, we talk to RREIN members Ed Krafchow and Chad Ochsner to get their take [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[As we move through the second quarter of 2012, the year continues to pose a challenge for brokers. However, this year, there are several positive signs that indicate the worst is behind us and new opportunity lies just ahead. This month, we talk to RREIN members Ed Krafchow and Chad Ochsner to get their take [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Future of U.S. Housing Markets Depends Largely on Echo Boomers</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-22/future-of-u-s-housing-markets-depends-largely-on-echo-boomers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next two decades in housing markets depends largely on the Echo Boomers. That&#8217;s according to panelists at the &#8220;Shifting Demographics and Housing Choice: A Whole New World?&#8221; session held recently during the REALTORS® 2012 Midyear Legislative Meetings &#38; Trade Expo. There are approximately 62 million echo boomers in the U.S. Also called &#8220;millennials,&#8221; echo [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The next two decades in housing markets depends largely on the Echo Boomers. That&#8217;s according to panelists at the &#8220;Shifting Demographics and Housing Choice: A Whole New World?&#8221; session held recently during the REALTORS® 2012 Midyear Legislative Meetings &#38; Trade Expo. There are approximately 62 million echo boomers in the U.S. Also called &#8220;millennials,&#8221; echo [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nashville Market Shining within Vibrant Southeast</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-21/nashville-market-shining-within-vibrant-southeast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT—The Southeast region of the U.S. is continuously thriving as a great place for Real Estate transactions and business. With many of this year’s top markets to watch residing in the Southeast, buyers are eager to seize new opportunities within markets with great value and exceptional quality of life. Nashville, Tenn. in particular is [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT—The Southeast region of the U.S. is continuously thriving as a great place for Real Estate transactions and business. With many of this year’s top markets to watch residing in the Southeast, buyers are eager to seize new opportunities within markets with great value and exceptional quality of life. Nashville, Tenn. in particular is [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Commercial/Multifamily News: Mortgage Originations up 36 Percent</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-21/commercialmultifamily-news-mortgage-originations-up-36-percent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First quarter 2012 commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 36 percent higher than during the same period last year and 12 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. The decrease from fourth quarter 2011 reflects the industry’s usual push [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[First quarter 2012 commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 36 percent higher than during the same period last year and 12 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. The decrease from fourth quarter 2011 reflects the industry’s usual push [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Future of Housing Finance Will Be Top Issue for Next President</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-17/future-of-housing-finance-will-be-top-issue-for-next-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The future of housing finance in the U.S. will be a key issue facing the winner of the upcoming presidential election. That&#8217;s what a panel of industry experts told several thousand Realtors® gathered at a symposium, Housing Policy in 2013: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions, during the REALTORS® Midyear Legislative Meetings &#38; Trade Expo this week. [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The future of housing finance in the U.S. will be a key issue facing the winner of the upcoming presidential election. That&#8217;s what a panel of industry experts told several thousand Realtors® gathered at a symposium, Housing Policy in 2013: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions, during the REALTORS® Midyear Legislative Meetings &#38; Trade Expo this week. [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Builder Confidence Rises Five Points in May</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-15/builder-confidence-rises-five-points-in-may/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes gained five points in May from a downwardly revised reading in the previous month to reach a level of 29 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today. This is the index’s strongest reading since May of 2007. “Builders [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes gained five points in May from a downwardly revised reading in the previous month to reach a level of 29 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today. This is the index’s strongest reading since May of 2007. “Builders [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coldwell Banker Real Estate Survey of Consumers Finds Shift in Americans&#8217; Homeownership Views</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-15/coldwell-banker-real-estate-survey-of-consumers-finds-shift-in-americans-homeownership-views/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the recession technically over, many questions have circulated about the future of housing and whether the concept of homeownership will forever be changed in the United States. Well-known psychotherapist, Dr. Robi Ludwig partnered with Coldwell Banker Real Estate to explore the feelings Americans have on the value of the home and homeownership now, compared [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[With the recession technically over, many questions have circulated about the future of housing and whether the concept of homeownership will forever be changed in the United States. Well-known psychotherapist, Dr. Robi Ludwig partnered with Coldwell Banker Real Estate to explore the feelings Americans have on the value of the home and homeownership now, compared [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>First Quarter Metro Area Home Prices Stabilizing, Sales Up and Inventory Down</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-14/first-quarter-metro-area-home-prices-stabilizing-sales-up-and-inventory-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Median existing single-family home prices are firming in many metropolitan areas, while improving sales and declining inventory are creating more balanced conditions, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®. The median existing single-family home price rose in 74 out of 146 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) based on closings in the [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Median existing single-family home prices are firming in many metropolitan areas, while improving sales and declining inventory are creating more balanced conditions, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®. The median existing single-family home price rose in 74 out of 146 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) based on closings in the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2012 NAR Member Survey Shows Rising Incomes</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-14/2012-nar-member-survey-shows-rising-incomes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The income and business of Realtors® is growing after many years of decline, according to the 2012 National Association of Realtors® Member Profile. The study’s results are representative of the nation’s Realtors®, who are members of NAR. Realtors® account for about half of the 2 million active real estate licensees in the U.S.* Realtor® members [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The income and business of Realtors® is growing after many years of decline, according to the 2012 National Association of Realtors® Member Profile. The study’s results are representative of the nation’s Realtors®, who are members of NAR. Realtors® account for about half of the 2 million active real estate licensees in the U.S.* Realtor® members [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Eye on the Economy: Waiting for Stronger Growth</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-12/eye-on-the-economy-waiting-for-stronger-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new year opened with hope that the 3 percent growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reported for the end of 2011 would lead to stronger job growth and improving housing markets. While January and February offered positive economic news, March and April reporting suggested that unusually warm weather may have accelerated some economic [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The new year opened with hope that the 3 percent growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reported for the end of 2011 would lead to stronger job growth and improving housing markets. While January and February offered positive economic news, March and April reporting suggested that unusually warm weather may have accelerated some economic [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Builder Confidence in 55+ Housing Market Shows Significant Improvement in First Quarter</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-10/builder-confidence-in-55-housing-market-shows-significant-improvement-in-first-quarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes had a significant increase in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released recently. The index increased 10 points to 27, and although 27 [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes had a significant increase in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released recently. The index increased 10 points to 27, and although 27 [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>79 Percent of Refinancing Homeowners Maintain or Reduce Mortgage Debt in First Quarter</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-09/79-percent-of-refinancing-homeowners-maintain-or-reduce-mortgage-debt-in-first-quarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) released the results of its first quarter refinance analysis showing homeowners who refinance continue to strengthen their fiscal house. In the first quarter of 2012, 79 percent of homeowners who refinanced their first-lien home mortgage either maintained about the same loan amount or lowered their principal balance by paying-in additional money [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) released the results of its first quarter refinance analysis showing homeowners who refinance continue to strengthen their fiscal house. In the first quarter of 2012, 79 percent of homeowners who refinanced their first-lien home mortgage either maintained about the same loan amount or lowered their principal balance by paying-in additional money [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Are Sellers Waking Up?</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-09/are-sellers-waking-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that this is a good time to buy, but more and more sellers are beginning to agree. The uptick in seller confidence recorded by two recent surveys is uplifting, but concern is growing that seller withdrawal from the market is creating record low inventories that are limiting buyer choice, and curtailing sales [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s no secret that this is a good time to buy, but more and more sellers are beginning to agree. The uptick in seller confidence recorded by two recent surveys is uplifting, but concern is growing that seller withdrawal from the market is creating record low inventories that are limiting buyer choice, and curtailing sales [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>HUD and Obama Administration Officials Host Georgia White House Forum on Housing</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-08/hud-and-obama-administration-officials-host-georgia-white-house-forum-on-housing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 20:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) hosted a White House Forum on Housing to discuss programs and initiatives promoted by the Obama Administration that help responsible homeowners and struggling communities hit hardest by the housing crisis. The White [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) hosted a White House Forum on Housing to discuss programs and initiatives promoted by the Obama Administration that help responsible homeowners and struggling communities hit hardest by the housing crisis. The White [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Get Involved: NAR Outlines Public Policy Priorities Ahead of D.C. Rally This Week</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-07/get-involved-nar-outlines-public-policy-priorities-ahead-of-d-c-rally-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many REALTORS® are asking the questions &#8211; why is NAR having this rally? Are there specific bills or legislation we are trying to pass or defeat? What is the urgency? Congress addresses a myriad of real estate issues every year. What makes this year unique is that for the first time ever the American dream, [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many REALTORS® are asking the questions &#8211; why is NAR having this rally? Are there specific bills or legislation we are trying to pass or defeat? What is the urgency? Congress addresses a myriad of real estate issues every year. What makes this year unique is that for the first time ever the American dream, [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>100 Housing Markets on May&#8217;s Improving List</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-05-07/100-housing-markets-on-mays-improving-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The list of housing markets showing measurable and sustained improvement held virtually unchanged in May at 100, down from 101 in April, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI). The number of states represented on the list also held firm from the previous month, at 35 (including the District [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The list of housing markets showing measurable and sustained improvement held virtually unchanged in May at 100, down from 101 in April, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI). The number of states represented on the list also held firm from the previous month, at 35 (including the District [...]]]></content:encoded>
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