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		<title>U.S. Housing Prices to Continue Stabilizing in 2013</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-09-04/u-s-housing-prices-to-continue-stabilizing-in-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BMO Economics commented recently that higher equity and home values must be providing some much-needed comfort to U.S. consumers, following the release of the S&#38;P Case-Shiller home price index for June which showed a more-than-expected rise of 0.9 per cent, seasonally adjusted. &#8220;This represented the fifth straight monthly gain, and lands the index 0.5 per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth Quarter Indices Show Optimistic Outlook for Apartment and Condominium Market</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-03-11/fourth-quarter-indices-show-optimistic-outlook-for-apartment-and-condominium-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), a leading indicator for the multifamily market recently released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), showed steady improvement in the apartment and condominium housing market for a sixth consecutive quarter. The MPI, which measures builder and developer sentiment about current conditions in the multifamily market on a scale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Previous Homeowners are Looking to Rent in 2012</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2012-02-26/more-previous-homeowners-are-looking-to-rent-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly more people are looking to renting as an affordable, flexible lifestyle option, causing apartment vacancies to fall to their lowest point in 10 years. Reis reported that the apartment vacancy rate dropped to 5.2 percent in Q4 of 2011, down from their reports of 5.6 percent in Q3 of 2011. This higher demand for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a Home? Finally, Times Are Good!</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-12-20/buying-a-home-finally-times-are-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that the housing market has been a little daunting for the last several years. Ups and downs, talk of good news and bad news, and a confusing amount of information about rising and falling mortgage rates has rendered the market all but inaccessible for a lot of prospective buyers. Good news! Times are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DC Metro Sold Prices Highest in September in 4 Years</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-10-12/dc-metro-sold-prices-highest-in-september-in-4-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT—An analysis of the Washington, D.C. Metro Area housing market, prepared by RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), based on the September 2011 RBI Pending Home Sales Index™ was released recently. Home sales in the Washington, D.C. metro area headed into the slower fall market losing some momentum as expected following the end of Washington’s seasonal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Hot Spots: Number of Improving Housing Markets Nearly Doubles in October</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-10-11/real-estate-hot-spots-number-of-improving-housing-markets-nearly-doubles-in-october/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second edition of the National Association of Home Builders/ First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), released recently, shows 23 individual housing markets now qualifying as &#8220;improving&#8221; under the new gauge&#8217;s parameters. This is nearly double the 12 housing markets that made the list last month. The index reveals metropolitan areas that have shown improvement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rand on Real Estate: Why Didn’t the Great Recession Happen 10 Years Ago Today?</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-09-12/rand-on-real-estate-why-didnt-the-great-recession-happen-10-years-ago-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Rand (@gsrand), CEO of OwnAmerica, the host of Rand on Real Estate on 770 WABC, asks the question &#8220;Why didn&#8217;t the Great Recession happen 10years ago today?&#8221; The circumstances were ripe for a major recession. We were already in a minor recession; endured the evaporation of trillions in household wealth due to the dot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways to Fight a Low Appraisal</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-09-07/five-ways-to-fight-a-low-appraisal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when the appraisal on the dream home you want to buy comes in below the price in the offer the seller has accepted—even as much as 10 to 20 percent below? Chances are that raising the cash for your down payment and closing cost has tapped you out. Finding thousands more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HUD and NeighborWorks America Announce Deadline Extension for Emergency Homeowners&#8217; Loan Program</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-07-26/hud-and-neighborworks-america-announce-deadline-extension-for-emergency-homeowners-loan-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, July 26, 2011&#8211;Recently the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and NeighborWorks® America announced that the deadline for the Emergency Homeowners&#8217; Loan Program has been extended to Wednesday, July 27, 2011, in order to give homeowners at risk of foreclosure in the participating 27 states and Puerto Rico more time to apply for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trusted Name, New Approach &#8211; Citi Puts a Fresh Spin on Mortgage Relationships</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-04-19/trusted-name-new-approach-citi-puts-a-fresh-spin-on-mortgage-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://rismedia.com/2011-04-19/trusted-name-new-approach-citi-puts-a-fresh-spin-on-mortgage-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, April 20, 2011—Welcoming a brand new player to the real estate playing field is always big news. New perspective, new ideas, new potential on the horizon. However, with almost 200 years of history, and doing business today in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions, you can’t exactly call Citi a newcomer. You can’t even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staging Enables Sellers to Portray a Lifestyle That Prospective Buyers Can Relate and Aspire To</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-04-18/staging-enables-sellers-to-portray-a-lifestyle-that-prospective-buyers-can-relate-and-aspire-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, April 19, 2011—(MCT)—Craig and Amy Smith always felt quite confident, even cocky in their abilities to tastefully design the spacious interior of their steel-and-concrete loft in downtown Denver. That was until they decided to sell it and a consultant hired to help them &#8220;stage&#8221; their home told them to neutralize a dramatic accent wall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Your Clients: How to Complete Home Renovations on a Budget</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-04-17/for-your-clients-how-to-complete-home-renovations-on-a-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, April 18, 2011—As the interest in home renovations continues to grow, homeowners are constantly looking for ways to get the job done without depleting their bank account. With numerous steps and details involved in the process, it is easy for homeowners to become overwhelmed and spend more money than is truly necessary. The following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regional Spotlight: RE/MAX Seasonal Trend Report for Twin Cities</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-04-13/regional-spotlight-remax-seasonal-trend-report-for-twin-cities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, April 14, 2011—Numbers don’t lie, and if you look at the most recent monthly housing statistics for the Twin Cities metro, as released in the Monthly Indicators report for February 2011 distributed by the Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS®, you’ll see they look pretty dismal. In this RE/MAX North Central Seasonal Trend Report, four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rulemaking Could Crimp the American Dream: Broad Homeownership on the Line in Washington This Week</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-04-04/rulemaking-could-crimp-the-american-dream-broad-homeownership-on-the-line-in-washington-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, April 5, 2011—Recently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation became the first of six government agencies to adopt for public comment a proposed rule concerning risk retention on mortgage-backed securities, as required by section 941 of the Dodd Frank Act. As several of the FDIC directors noted, the rule could have profound consequences for this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead Paint Hazards and Older Windows: March 20-26 National Poison Prevention Week</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-03-24/lead-paint-hazards-and-older-windows-march-20-26-national-poison-prevention-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, March 25, 2011—If your home was built before 1978 and you still have the original windows, it&#8217;s time to seriously consider replacing them—especially if members of your household include young children or someone who is pregnant. During National Poison Prevention Week—March 20-26, 2011—homeowners are urged to evaluate their windows and make healthy living changes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Well Are You Insured Against Flooding?</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-03-22/how-well-are-you-insured-against-flooding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, March 23, 2011—(MCT)—The frightening images of Japan&#8217;s tsunami wiping out homes, roads and entire cities are vivid reminders that a natural disaster can strike at any time. And whether it&#8217;s an earthquake, a wildfire or flooding, being covered against severe damage to your home or business is essential. Across the United States, flooding is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young Home Buyers Will Lead Housing Market Recovery, Says NAHB</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-03-20/young-home-buyers-will-lead-housing-market-recovery-says-nahb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, March 21, 2011—Generation X—young families and adults ages 31 to 45—are likely to lead the home-buying recovery as it gets underway, according to real estate experts who spoke at an educational webinar produced by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in partnership with Builder magazine. These potential home buyers are most likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks Spruce Up Foreclosures to Boost Sales</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-03-19/banks-spruce-up-foreclosures-to-boost-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, March 19, 2011—(MCT)—Bill Schramm and Bethany Siwicki scoured property listings for three months before agreeing to see a home in Round Lake Beach, even though its online pictures didn&#8217;t look promising. &#8220;It looked like a piñata blew up in there,&#8221; Schramm said. Every room was a different color, and the only way to tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing Starts and Permits Stall in February 2011</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-03-19/housing-starts-and-permits-stall-in-february-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, March 19, 2011—Nationwide housing starts and issuance of permits for new housing construction both posted disappointing declines in February 2011 as concerns about a growing number of factors caused builders to pull back on production of new homes, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Commerce Department. Total housing starts declined 22.5% from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RE/MAX Leader Dave Liniger Sees End of Housing Crisis</title>
		<link>http://rismedia.com/2011-03-09/remax-leader-dave-liniger-sees-end-of-housing-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RISMEDIA, March 10, 2011—RE/MAX Chairman and Co-Founder Dave Liniger told a gathering of more than 5,000 real estate agents that the worst of the housing crisis has passed. At the annual convention of the global real estate franchisor, Liniger said that the industry must continue to pursue the training that will help homeowners in distress, [...]]]></description>
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