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	<title>Tucson Real Estate Daily</title>
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		<title>Tucson, Golf, All Year Round</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Tucson, the sun shines more than 95% of the year. And when the northeast becomes cold in September, Tucson is at its greatest. When I say cold, I mean, BRRR, it&#8217;s cold out!
It&#8217;s November and the weather is at the mid-60s in the early morning, and it gets to about 80 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDIC&#8217;s Bair Pushes Aggresive Mortgage Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/14/fdics-bair-pushes-aggresive-mortgage-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a surprise move, FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair Friday unveiled details of her plan to have the government help delinquent homeowners.
There are two key elements to the proposal.
First, housing payments for delinquent borrowers would be reduced to 31% of gross monthly income.
To get there, mortgage rates could be set as low as 3% for five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Builders In Tucson Going Green</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/14/builders-in-tucson-going-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sitting between two local television journalists at a recent press conference, and I couldn&#8217;t help but listen in on their conversation.
&#8220;What did you do Saturday?&#8221; asked one handsome face of the other.
&#8220;I covered the Green Festival.&#8221;
&#8220;Uhh!&#8221; the first handsome face retorted. &#8220;I am so sick of all that green stuff!&#8221;
If it hadn&#8217;t occurred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Day For Public Input On Grant Road Is Monday</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/14/last-day-for-public-input-on-grant-road-is-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday is the last day to comment on the city&#8217;s proposed Grant Road alignment for widening the thoroughfare to three lanes in each direction between Oracle and Swan roads.
Construction on the three-phase project is not to begin until at least 2013 and will last through 2026.
The construction phases will be from Oracle to First Avenue, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Benefits From The New Fannie-Freddie Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/14/who-benefits-from-the-new-fannie-freddie-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage giants Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac may back 30 million mortgages. But that doesn&#8217;t mean that the new foreclosure prevention program announced this week by the Bush administration will rescue every troubled borrower on their books.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which took control of Fannie (FNM, Fortune 500) and Freddie (FRE, Fortune 500) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates Down For Second Week</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/13/mortgage-rates-down-for-second-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage rates fell for the second week in a row, finance firm Freddie Mac said Thursday, as the weakening economy resulted in the slowest pace of home purchase applications in nearly eight years.
Freddie Mac said 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.14% this week. That&#8217;s down from 6.20% last week and below the 6.24% rate at this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosures In October Jump 25% From Last Year</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/13/foreclosures-in-october-jump-25-from-last-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/13/foreclosures-in-october-jump-25-from-last-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As government and industry scrambled to stem the housing crisis, another 84,868 homes were lost to foreclosure in October, according to a report released Thursday.
Last month 279,561 struggling borrowers received foreclosure filings, including default notices, notices of auction sales and bank repossessions, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosures. That&#8217;s a 5% increase from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Hearing Spotlights Mortgage Rescue Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/12/house-hearing-spotlights-mortgage-rescue-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, highlighted the need for a bailout program for troubled homeowners on Wednesday. But he stressed that not all borrowers should necessarily be rescued.
&#8220;Diminishing foreclosures is an important part of getting out of this [financial crisis],&#8221; said Frank, D-Mass., in an opening statement at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Mortgage Plan Falls Short</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/12/us-mortgage-plan-falls-short/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government&#8217;s plan to streamline modifications of troubled loans held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac won&#8217;t help the majority of people threatened with foreclosure, experts said.
Under a plan unveiled Tuesday, homeowners whose loans are owned or backed by the mortgage finance companies and who are at least 90 days behind can enter a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Might Widen Foreclosure Help Program</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/12/us-might-widen-foreclosure-help-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government may let more borrowers qualify for a $300 billion program designed to let troubled homeowners swap risky loans for more affordable ones, a top Bush administration official said Wednesday.
The program, included in a housing bill passed by lawmakers over the summer, was launched Oct. 1. But there are concerns that lenders won&#8217;t participate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number Of First Time Homebuyers Increasing</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/12/number-of-first-time-homebuyers-increasing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/12/number-of-first-time-homebuyers-increasing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low home prices and excess supply helped drive a rise in first-time U.S. home buyers and reduce excess inventory, according to a study released Saturday by The National Association of Realtors.
According to the survey, which was released at the 2008 Realtors Conference &#38; Expo, the number of first-time buyers rose to 41 percent from 39 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Breed Of Investors In The Housing Market</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/12/new-breed-of-investors-in-the-housing-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/12/new-breed-of-investors-in-the-housing-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Falling prices and rampant foreclosures are not the stuff of healthy housing markets. But to some real estate investors, the dismal market can signal that it is time to invest.
So what if cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas have regularly appeared on RealtyTrac’s list of top 10 foreclosure markets quarter after quarter? Or if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 2008: Pending Home Sales Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/11/september-2008-pending-home-sales-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/11/september-2008-pending-home-sales-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homebuyers pulled back some more in September amid turmoil in the financial markets.
The Pending Home Sales Index for the month fell 4.6% to 89.2 after climbing 7.4% in August, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Still, the index was up 1.6% from a year ago.
NAR said the dip in sales was tempered by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s New Mortgage Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/11/americas-new-mortgage-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/11/americas-new-mortgage-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration on Tuesday unveiled a new program to modify mortgages and stabilize the battered real estate market, but the plan stops short of providing direct government financial help to at-risk homeowners.
The plan centers on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which between them own or back about 31 million mortgages worth a combined $5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/11/mortgage-rates-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage rates fell this week amid a pullback in consumer spending and a weaker job market.
Mortgage finance firm Freddie Mac reported Thursday that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.20% this week. That&#8217;s down from 6.46% last week and below 6.24%, the rate at this time last year.
Even though interest rates were slightly lower this week, rates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mounting Job Losses Now Fueling America&#8217;s Foreclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/11/mounting-job-losses-now-fueling-americas-foreclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/11/mounting-job-losses-now-fueling-americas-foreclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, bad loans and their aftershocks have been sending homeowners into foreclosure. Now it&#8217;s lost jobs that are putting troubled borrowers over the edge.
As the economy tanks, unemployment is the major factor driving a much larger proportion of foreclosures now than in the earlier stages of the mortgage meltdown.
In June, 45.5% of all delinquencies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citi To Modify $20 Billion In Home Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/10/citi-to-modify-20-billion-in-home-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/10/citi-to-modify-20-billion-in-home-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citigroup says it will expand its foreclosure prevention efforts and try to keep 130,000 troubled borrowers with $20 billion in mortgages in their homes.
The news follows similar initiatives announced earlier this year by IndyMac Bank, which was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. last summer, as well as Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Forecast 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/09/real-estate-forecast-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/11/09/real-estate-forecast-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the old saw that all real estate is local. What&#8217;s pummeling housing prices in your nabe is the same thing that&#8217;s hurting them around the country: the credit crisis.
You know the drill - banks&#8217; troubles have made it harder for many home buyers to get mortgages, and those who do qualify have to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Existing Home Sales Rise In September, Prices Drop Almost 10% From Last Year</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/24/existing-home-sales-rise-in-september-prices-drop-almost-10-from-last-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/24/existing-home-sales-rise-in-september-prices-drop-almost-10-from-last-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of existing homes rose in September, but prices continued to drop, according to the latest reading on the battered housing market by an industry trade group released Friday.
The National Association of Realtors reported that sales by homeowners jumped in September to an annual pace of 5.18 million, up 1.4% from a year ago. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosures, Foreclosures, Foreclosures&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/23/foreclosures-foreclosures-foreclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/23/foreclosures-foreclosures-foreclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The housing crisis still has a choke hold on America: In September, 81,312 homes were lost to foreclosure, according to a report released Thursday.
RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosed properties, said that 851,000 homes have been repossessed by lenders since August 2007.
In September, 265,968 troubled borrowers received foreclosure filings - such as default notices, auction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Buyer&#8217;s Market Is Now</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/10/the-buyers-market-is-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/10/the-buyers-market-is-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dow has shed thousands of points and the global economy is in crisis.
So who wants to buys a house right now? Not many people as it turns out.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) for instance has seen its contract cancellations spike recently to as high as 30%, compared with an average rate of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates at 5.94%, The Lowest In The Past 3 Weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/09/mortgage-rates-at-594-the-lowest-in-the-past-3-weeks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/09/mortgage-rates-at-594-the-lowest-in-the-past-3-weeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rates on 30-year mortgages fell from last week, while loan applications grew slightly in the face of turbulence in the banking and finance sectors.
Mortgage finance firm Freddie Mac reported Thursday that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.94% this week. That&#8217;s down from 6.10% last week and well below 6.40%, where the rate stood a year ago.
&#8220;Longer-term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain: His Words Are Sweet, But His Intentions Are Evil</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/08/mccain-his-words-are-sweet-but-his-intentions-are-evil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/08/mccain-his-words-are-sweet-but-his-intentions-are-evil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edynas</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage &amp; Finance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Under a mortgage rescue plan announced at the debate Tuesday night by Senator John McCain, much of the burden of paying to keep troubled borrowers in their homes will shift to taxpayers.
If you watched the debate last night, you know that McCain&#8217;s words were sweet. He called us his &#8220;friends&#8221; after every two sentences, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countrywide Financial Mortgage Carriers: Important News</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/07/countrywide-financial-mortgage-carriers-important-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/07/countrywide-financial-mortgage-carriers-important-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage &amp; Finance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A plan announced today by Bank of America will be the most aggressive foreclosure prevention effort ever undertaken by a U.S. bank.
The program, scheduled to start in December, will be open to distressed borrowers who signed up with Countrywide Financial between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007. Countrywide was acquired by Bank of America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Really Want This Type Of Character In Office?</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/06/do-you-really-want-this-type-of-character-in-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/06/do-you-really-want-this-type-of-character-in-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edynas</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage &amp; Finance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
We&#8217;re not at the brink of an economical crisis, we are IN one. 750,000+ jobs were lost so far in 2008. Doesn&#8217;t that bother you? We need a change to take place for our country to stabilize.
Our country is in this condition because of 8 years of reckless governing by Bush, and right now all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drier And Warmer Winter Ahead Of Us</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/03/drier-and-warmer-winter-ahead-of-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/03/drier-and-warmer-winter-ahead-of-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edynas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson News]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a wet monsoon, but don&#8217;t get used to the rain.
Forecasters are calling for warmer, drier weather through December on the heels of a monsoon that poured more rain than average into 90 percent of the reliable gauges in and around Tucson, according to one weather expert.
&#8220;A lot of them were significantly over - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks Fannie &#038; Freddie&#8230; Thank you, Georgia Bush!</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/02/thanks-fannie-freddie-thank-you-georgia-bush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/02/thanks-fannie-freddie-thank-you-georgia-bush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edynas</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[hope now]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left. With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000. With AIG, you would have less than $15 left. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revised Bailout Plan Has More In Store For The Taxpayer</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/01/revised-bailout-plan-has-more-in-store-for-the-taxpayer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/10/01/revised-bailout-plan-has-more-in-store-for-the-taxpayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edynas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, we see if the new plan for the financial industry bailout will pass or not. The bailout has been revised, and yes, there are stipulations that the taxpayer should have gotten since the beginning of this all. There still are some questionable things going on, but I&#8217;m sure my curiousities aren&#8217;t going to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Record Annual Decline In Home Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/30/record-annual-decline-in-home-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/30/record-annual-decline-in-home-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edynas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dropping home values]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nationwide economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A closely watched index released Tuesday showed home prices tumbling by the sharpest annual rate ever in July, but the rate of monthly declines is slowing.
The Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index fell a record 16.3% in July from a year earlier, the largest drop since its inception in 2000. The 10-city index plunged 17.5%, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 700 Billion Dollar Bailout: REJECTED</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/29/the-700-billion-dollar-bailout-rejected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/29/the-700-billion-dollar-bailout-rejected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edynas</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 700 billion dollar bailout has been rejected. A time to rejoice? No, far from it. The economy has been in turmoil for the last week and now it&#8217;s going haywire right now. The worst drop in Wall Street history. Oil prices jolting itself up and down. Something has to be done, but more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bailout Vote Begins</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/29/the-bailout-vote-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/29/the-bailout-vote-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edynas</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[AIG]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The House, following four hours of heated and emotional debate, started to vote Monday on a sweeping $700 bailout of the nation&#8217;s financial system.
Investors were watching the vote closely. The Dow plummeted more than 700 points as votes against the bill mounted.
The debate included impassioned pleas for and against the measure from Democrats and Republicans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Anyone Afford My Home?</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/22/cant-anyone-afford-my-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/22/cant-anyone-afford-my-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[For Home Buyers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[For Home Sellers]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[home sales]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lacking buyers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you&#8217;ve started thinking that now you can finally find a buyer for your house. After all, this summer the National Association of Homebuilders asserted that houses were more affordable than at any time during the previous four years. Prices have slid so far that many homes are now within the reach of people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Owing More On Your Property Than It&#8217;s Worth</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/22/owing-more-on-your-property-than-its-worth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/22/owing-more-on-your-property-than-its-worth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tucson Real Estate News]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Median home prices in Pima County in August hit a 44-month low and posted their largest single-month fall off in more than a decade, according to data compiled by the Tucson Association of Realtors.
The fall in home values, driven by the subprime home loan foreclosure crisis, could leave 1 in 3 county homeowners over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August Foreclosures Hit Another Record High</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/21/august-foreclosures-hit-another-record-high-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/21/august-foreclosures-hit-another-record-high-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[august 2008]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreclosures hit another record high in August: 304,000 homes were in default and 91,000 families lost their houses.
More than 770,000 homes have been repossessed by lenders since August 2007, when the credit crunch took hold.
The report from RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosures properties, is the latest in string of bad news for housing.
Foreclosure filings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Construction Houses At A 17 Year Low</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/17/new-construction-houses-at-a-17-year-low/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/17/new-construction-houses-at-a-17-year-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[17 year low]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Construction of new homes and apartments fell to its lowest level in 17 years last month, showing the country is still gripped by a severe housing downturn that has triggered billions of dollars of losses and is reshaping the structure of U.S. finance.
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that housing construction dropped a surprise 6.2% last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenders Kindly Turn Down The FHA</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/17/lenders-kindly-turn-down-the-fha/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/17/lenders-kindly-turn-down-the-fha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[federal housing authority]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the massive housing rescue bill passed by Congress in July, troubled borrowers will be able to refinance their home loans with the backing of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) starting on October 1.
But at a congressional hearing today in Washington, lenders didn&#8217;t seem terribly enthusiastic about the program, dubbed Hope for Homeowners.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August Foreclosures Hit Another Record High</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/12/august-foreclosures-hit-another-record-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/12/august-foreclosures-hit-another-record-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreclosures hit another record high in August: 304,000 homes were in default and 91,000 families lost their houses.
More than 770,000 homes have been repossessed by lenders since August 2007, when the credit crunch took hold.
The report from RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosures properties, is the latest in string of bad news for housing.
Foreclosure filings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Prices Will Level Off By Next Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/11/home-prices-will-level-off-by-next-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/11/home-prices-will-level-off-by-next-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan famously declared the worst was over back in November of 2006. And the National Association of Realtors&#8217; erstwhile chief economist David Lereah called the bottom a few times, starting in May 2006.
Plenty of other economists and real estate analysts have attempted to do the same - and of course they&#8217;ve all been wrong.
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates Plummet But Buyers Beware</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/10/mortgage-rates-plummet-but-buyers-beware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/10/mortgage-rates-plummet-but-buyers-beware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage rates have plummeted, but that hasn&#8217;t made getting a home loan any easier for most borrowers.
In the wake of the government&#8217;s takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last weekend, the 30-year fixed rate has dropped from 6.26% last Friday to 5.79%. But only buyers with a credit score of 740 of above - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pending Home Sales Down 3.2% in July</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/09/pending-home-sales-down-32-in-july/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/09/pending-home-sales-down-32-in-july/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pending home sales fell 3.2% in July after gaining in June, according to a real estate group&#8217;s report released Tuesday, in the latest in a series of gloomy housing reports.
The Pending Home Sales Index fell to 86.5, after gaining 5.8% in June, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). It now stands 6.7% below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson Sells Historic Downtown MacArthur Building</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/09/tucson-sells-historic-downtown-macarthur-building/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/09/tucson-sells-historic-downtown-macarthur-building/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Tucson has sold one of downtown&#8217;s more distinctive structures.
Madden Media is buying the triangle-shaped MacArthur building on Toole Avenue for $1.7 million.
The deal was at an impasse last month on the issue of parking. The city originally did not include a lot with the building until a recent move allowed the future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What The [Fannie &#038; Freddie] Rescue Means For Mortgage Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/08/what-the-fannie-freddie-rescue-means-for-mortgage-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/08/what-the-fannie-freddie-rescue-means-for-mortgage-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage applicants rejoice!
Sunday&#8217;s federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will likely translate into lower mortgage rates and greater availability of credit, experts said. Rates could drop by 1 percentage point from the stubbornly-high 6.39% for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage.
(Editor&#8217;s Note: If the rates were to drop a full percent, the savings in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Record 1.2 Million Homes Hit By Foreclosure</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/05/record-12-million-homes-hit-by-foreclosure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/05/record-12-million-homes-hit-by-foreclosure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A record 1.2 million homes were in foreclosure during the second quarter of 2008.
That represents 2.8% of all outstanding loans, up from 1.4% of all loans during the same period a year ago, according to a report released Friday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).
And 490,000 of the 45 million home mortgages serviced by MBA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates Down For The Third Week</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/04/mortgage-rates-down-for-the-third-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/04/mortgage-rates-down-for-the-third-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage rates declined, easing for the third straight week, according to a report from mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac.
Rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) averaged 6.35% in the week ending Sept. 4, according to Freddie Mac (FRE, Fortune 500). That&#8217;s down from last week, when it stood at 6.4%, and below a year ago, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How The Housing Crash Hurts Your Retirement</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/02/how-the-housing-crash-hurts-your-retirement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/02/how-the-housing-crash-hurts-your-retirement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You already know that the housing crisis has wreaked havoc with the economy and financial markets, not to mention the lives of millions who&#8217;ve lost or could lose their homes. But there may be a less obvious casualty too: your retirement prosperity.
According to a recent report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Rated Tucson Schools Keep Focus On Academics</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/01/top-rated-tucson-schools-keep-focus-on-academics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/09/01/top-rated-tucson-schools-keep-focus-on-academics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BASIS Tucson&#8217;s Upper School sits in a building next door to a bank.
The white-walled classrooms are bare of the standard educational posters of colorful literary giants or &#8220;I think I can&#8221; slogans.
There&#8217;s no playground and no cafeteria; kids spill across the street to El Con Mall for lunch.
But what the school lacks in frills it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buyers, Investors Left In Lurch As Builder Fails</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/31/buyers-investors-left-in-lurch-as-builder-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/31/buyers-investors-left-in-lurch-as-builder-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At the peak of his success, developer Michael F. Teufel had acclaimed projects all over Tucson, earning praise for innovative designs and community accolades for business growth.
Then things went bad.
Now, Pathway projects across Tucson sit unfinished or with residents complaining of poor workmanship. While Teufel blames the downturn in the housing market, others blame him.
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hydroelectric Power To Be A Boon For Marana</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/30/287/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Marana officials expect to save as much as $5 million in utility costs over the next 20 years after the Town Council approved a contract to use an allocation of hydroelectric power.
The one megawatt of power, which Marana will get annually for 20 years beginning Oct. 1, comes from the Parker-Davis Project. That project generates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Sales Up Slightly in West, Prices Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/29/home-sales-up-slightly-in-west-prices-falling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/29/home-sales-up-slightly-in-west-prices-falling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[    Sales of existing homes in the West edged higher overall in July, as many buyers took advantage of falling prices in foreclosure-ravaged areas in California, Nevada and elsewhere, according to two reports Monday.
About 1.1 million preowned houses and condominiums were sold last month in the 13-state region, up almost 1 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEP Signs Deal To Buy Solar Power</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/29/tep-signs-deal-to-buy-solar-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/29/tep-signs-deal-to-buy-solar-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Tucson Electric Power Co. has signed a deal with a Maryland solar-energy company to finance, build, install and maintain 15 megawatts of solar power in the next five years.
The deal with SunEdison LLC would provide so-called distrubuted solar generation — installed at ratepayer sites rather than at a central utility location — to commercial and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Offers Grants To Fix Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/27/city-offers-grants-to-fix-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/27/city-offers-grants-to-fix-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucson will accept applications for grants and deferred loans for home repairs beginning Sept. 2. The aid will range from $7,500 to $15,000.
The applicant must own the property and live in it as his primary residence.
Roof repairs, heating and cooling system replacements and structural and some other repairs can be made with the repair funds, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Home Values Fell 4.4 Percent In Q2 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/27/arizona-home-values-fell-44-percent-in-q2-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/27/arizona-home-values-fell-44-percent-in-q2-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Home values in Arizona continue to plummet at faster and faster rates.
New figures from the Office of Federal Housing Oversight show the average value of Arizona dropped 4.4 percent in just three months. That figure for the second quarter ended June 30 compares with a 2.8 percent drop in the prior three months, a 1.2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council Adopts Pima County’s Conservation Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/26/council-adopts-pima-county%e2%80%99s-conservation-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/26/council-adopts-pima-county%e2%80%99s-conservation-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oro Valley Town Council last Wednesday unanimously endorsed a sweeping county environmental protection plan.
A major aspect of the science-based Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan is a Conservation Land System map that outlines habitat protection guidelines.
County officials, scientists, environmental activists and citizen volunteers spent years devising the plan.
With Oro Valley’s endorsement of the document, the plan’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson Named A Top Trail Running Town</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/26/tucson-named-a-top-trail-running-town/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/26/tucson-named-a-top-trail-running-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucson is one of the top 8 trail running towns in America, according to TrailRunner Magazine. The city received the high ranking due to the large number of trail running options nearby, including Catalina State Park, the Tucson Mountains, Mt. Lemmon, Sabino Canyon, and Saguaro National Park.
Credits: Fox 11 AZ
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		<title>Housing: Frank Talk With Barney Frank</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/25/housing-frank-talk-with-barney-frank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/25/housing-frank-talk-with-barney-frank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Spend 27 years in Congress and you&#8217;re bound to encounter more than one financial train wreck. But as Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., sees it, the meltdown in the U.S. housing market poses as much of a threat to the nation&#8217;s economic well-being as anything he&#8217;s encountered during his time on Capitol Hill.
More than 3 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Existing Home Sales Rise, But Prices Still Sinking</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/25/existing-home-sales-rise-but-prices-still-sinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/25/existing-home-sales-rise-but-prices-still-sinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of existing homes rose more than expected in July, but prices continued to fall and inventory increased. That&#8217;s according to the latest reading on the battered housing market by an industry trade group released Monday.
The National Association of Realtors reported that sales by homeowners in July increased to an annual pace of 5 million, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lagging Web Access Puts Arizona Kids Behind</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/24/lagging-web-access-puts-arizona-kids-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/24/lagging-web-access-puts-arizona-kids-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet access Arizonans take for granted at home isn&#8217;t available to students in many of the state&#8217;s public schools, leaving them lagging in skills they will need to compete in universities or thrive in the workforce.
Schools lack equipment, Internet connections and money to train teachers to create tech-savvy students. The state trails the national average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Ways To Help Obama Steal Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/24/8-ways-to-help-obama-steal-arizona/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/24/8-ways-to-help-obama-steal-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Barack Obama,
You could win this state, and I&#8217;m here to tell you how.
First, remember that John McCain was called a carpetbagger before anyone in Arizona called him senator.
Arizona may look red on cable TV. But a lot of that is just blood on the floor from all the brawling within the state&#8217;s GOP.
National pollster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Water Heater Pays Off In Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/23/solar-water-heater-pays-off-in-arizona/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/23/solar-water-heater-pays-off-in-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If somebody offered you free gas for your car, you&#8217;d gratefully accept. So why are you turning down free hot water for your home?
Up to 15 percent of your energy bill goes to heat water - but it doesn&#8217;t have to. The sun can do it for free.
When it&#8217;s time to replace your water heater, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson Takes A Lead With LEED When Constructing Buildings</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/23/tucson-takes-a-lead-with-leed-when-constructing-buildings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/23/tucson-takes-a-lead-with-leed-when-constructing-buildings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Because the concept is somewhat fluid and the definition a bit amorphous, the term ‘green’ is subject to a lot of different interpretations. As a construction color however, green - at least the environmental shade - is red-hot, especially when it comes to providing development advantages in a down marketplace.
&#8220;How we build is going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Town Officials Want An Art Mueseum</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/22/town-officials-want-an-art-mueseum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/22/town-officials-want-an-art-mueseum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oro Valley officials have begun officially courting the Tucson Museum of Art.
“We think that we’re in a real desirable location,” Oro Valley Town Manager David Andrews said Monday.
The museum has outgrown its downtown facility and is in search of a new space.
“We’re basically landlocked by historic properties,” said Robert Knight, executive director of the Tucson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oro Valley Shops To Open in October</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/22/oro-valley-shops-to-open-in-october/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/22/oro-valley-shops-to-open-in-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[About 26 businesses will be part of Oro Valley Marketplace when it opens in mid-October.
The 800,000-square-foot shopping center, at the corner of North Oracle and East Tangerine roads, originally was scheduled to open a month earlier.
Rather than opening in phases as initially planned, Vestar Development Co. wants the shopping center &#8220;to open with a big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Schools Rising To The Best Of American Universities</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/22/arizona-schools-rising-to-the-best-of-american-universities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/22/arizona-schools-rising-to-the-best-of-american-universities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona State University has moved up three slots to No. 121 in a widely watched ranking of American colleges and is listed as an &#8220;up-and-coming school,&#8221; a new category that recognizes universities that have made striking improvements or innovations.
The annual rankings of 262 universities were released today by U.S. News &#38; World Report. Harvard University [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hydroelectric Power To Be A Boon To Marana</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/22/hydroelectric-power-to-be-a-boon-to-marana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/22/hydroelectric-power-to-be-a-boon-to-marana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Marana officials expect to save as much as $5 million in utility costs over the next 20 years after the Town Council approved a contract to use an allocation of hydroelectric power.
The one megawatt of power, which Marana will get annually for 20 years beginning Oct. 1, comes from the Parker-Davis Project. That project generates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Homebuilding Sags, Projects Lift Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/21/as-homebuilding-sags-projects-lift-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction spending by federal, state and local governments has reached record levels, lifting the economy and creating jobs for blue-collar workers despite a collapse in home building.
The building of new homes and apartments nationally fell in July to its lowest level since 1991, the Commerce Department reported this week, but a boom in government projects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luxury Retirement Communities Boom</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/20/luxury-retirement-communities-boom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/20/luxury-retirement-communities-boom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona&#8217;s real-estate industry has slowed to a crawl, but four northeast Valley developers are pursuing a segment of buyers with money and at least a few more years to enjoy it.
Four luxury-retirement communities with nearly 1,200 units are in the pipeline in Scottsdale and nearby Desert Ridge, with development costs of more than $500 million.
Developers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IndyMac Borrowers To Get Relief</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/20/indymac-borrowers-to-get-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/20/indymac-borrowers-to-get-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The FDIC, six weeks after taking over mortgage lender IndyMac Bank, said Wednesday that it will start automatically modifying some of the bank&#8217;s most troubled loans to keep borrowers in their homes.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it has started to send out the first of what will be an estimated 25,000 letters to borrowers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Arizona Voters Really That Stupid?</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/19/are-arizona-voters-really-that-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/19/are-arizona-voters-really-that-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In Arizona, the Secretary of State is charged with the responsibility of certifying signatures on petitions to put proposed measures on the ballot. But in practice, it mostly seems to fall to courts to creatively reinterpret state law to fit the particular circumstances each initiative seems to fall into.
For example, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Tucson: Let The Ball Keep Rolling!</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/18/downtown-tucson-let-the-ball-keep-rolling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/18/downtown-tucson-let-the-ball-keep-rolling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadway east of Stone Avenue downtown resembles pre-1989 East Berlin with a dispirited jumble of eight surface parking lots, a closed hotel, a few isolated and generally vacant business buildings scattered about, not a single retail shop and a dearth of foot traffic.
Downtown&#8217;s busiest street serves little purpose except for eastbound motorists bound for suburbia.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Wave of Mortgage Defaults</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/17/the-next-wave-of-mortgage-defaults/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/17/the-next-wave-of-mortgage-defaults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime mortgages are starting to default at disturbingly high rates - a development that threatens to slow any potential housing recovery.
The delinquency rate for prime mortgages worth less than $417,000 was 2.44% in May, compared with 1.38% a year earlier, according to LoanPerformance, a unit of First American CoreLogic that compiles and analyzes residential mortgage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson Home Prices Dropped 15 Percent</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/16/tucson-home-prices-dropped-15-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/16/tucson-home-prices-dropped-15-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Single-family home starts tumbled more than 40 percent last month compared with July 2007, said a report released Friday by Bright Future Business Consultants.
Prices for new homes are also continuing to slide, the report said.
The Southern Arizona Housing Market Letter said the median price for a new home in July was $210,000, down 15 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Prices Have Fallen 7.6% Over The Past Year</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/15/home-prices-have-fallen-76-over-the-past-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/15/home-prices-have-fallen-76-over-the-past-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Real estate prices continued to post steep year-over-year declines during the three months ended June 30, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Nationwide, the median existing single family home price plunged 7.6% to $206,500 in the second quarter, down from $223,500 in the same period of 2007. The median price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosemont: Our Proposed Copper Mine</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/14/rosemont-our-proposed-copper-mine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/14/rosemont-our-proposed-copper-mine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stan Dietzman moved to a ghost town in the Santa Rita Mountains 19 years ago to escape the hubbub of city life.
The Tucson native bought 16 acres in Helvetia, 30 miles southeast of Tucson, drilled a well and put up a shack to call home. Over the years he has built his dream house near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing Inventory Drops As Sellers Retreat</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/13/housing-inventory-drops-as-sellers-retreat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/13/housing-inventory-drops-as-sellers-retreat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of homes listed for sale continues to edge lower in many metropolitan areas, though supplies remain ample.
The supply of homes available for sale in 29 major metropolitan areas in July was down 0.5% from a month earlier, according to figures compiled by ZipRealty Inc., a real-estate brokerage firm based in Emeryville, Calif. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Housing Reform Law Offers Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/12/the-new-housing-reform-law-offers-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/12/the-new-housing-reform-law-offers-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the market slowdown wearing on, real estate, home-building and lending professionals in Tucson are pinning hopes for a turnaround on a recently passed federal housing-stimulus package.
The wide-ranging bill, signed into law July 30, encompasses a slew of incentives and reforms aimed at helping the housing industry out of its slump. Among them are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgages: You Don&#8217;t Get One Until You Get One!</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/11/mortgages-you-dont-get-one-until-you-get-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/11/mortgages-you-dont-get-one-until-you-get-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[But even borrowers who think they&#8217;re well positioned to be approved for a mortgage &#8220;can&#8217;t assume anything,&#8221; said Guy Cecala, of Inside Mortgage Finance. And they&#8217;d better be prepared to shop around to get the best rates.

Cecala estimates that a third of the people who were able to get a loan in 2005 and 2006 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Rock in Pinal County Maintaining</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/10/red-rock-in-pinal-county-maintaining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/10/red-rock-in-pinal-county-maintaining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
 

To prospective home buyer Nicole Oahrig, Pulte Homes&#8217; Red Rock Village offers some big attractions: homes priced as low as $129,000 with family-friendly amenities like a swim complex and a skate park.
But then there&#8217;s the deal-breaker: &#8220;The distance,&#8221; said Oahrig, 29, about the 30-mile commute from the development south to Tucson.
 
The homes are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Magnus Slam Shut In Its Casket By The Man</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/10/first-magnus-slam-shut-in-its-casket-by-the-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/10/first-magnus-slam-shut-in-its-casket-by-the-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[First Magnus has been closed but now they&#8217;re done for sure. In this kind of market and in the next, we should not use any business that is related or affiliated with the creators of First Magnus. The creators have created StoneWater Mortgage, operating in their previous First Magnus office.

Collapsed lender First Magnus Financial Corp. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson Real Estate Welcomes Foreign Snowbirds</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/09/tucson-real-estate-welcomes-foreign-snowbirds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/09/tucson-real-estate-welcomes-foreign-snowbirds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Mark Dziedzic made the move from Toronto to Arizona two years ago, he already knew the attraction of the American sun belt to Canadians weary of being snowbound.
But bolstered by the downtrodden U.S. real estate market and the suddenly strong Canadian dollar, the trend of snowbirds snatching up properties south of the border is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgages Get More Expensive</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/08/mortgages-get-more-expensive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/08/mortgages-get-more-expensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news: Mortgage giant Fannie Mae is taking steps to shore up its finances. The bad news: You&#8217;re going to pay for it when you take out a mortgage.
Fannie plays a central role in the market for home mortgages by purchasing loans, securitizing them and selling them to investors. In announcing announcing a $2.3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rio Nuevo&#8217;s Project Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/08/rio-nuevos-project-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/08/rio-nuevos-project-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since a newspaper investigation showed the city of Tucson has spent $77 million on Rio Nuevo, and many think there is little to show for it, the city has been working spin control. It was in full force at the August 6th Council meeting, as approval was given to nearly a    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreigners: Bring Cash If You Want US Real Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/08/foreigners-bring-cash-if-you-want-us-real-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/08/foreigners-bring-cash-if-you-want-us-real-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
When Canadian accountant Kenneth Lee toured Florida looking for real estate deals in May, it seemed everyone in the state&#8217;s ravaged housing sector bent over backwards to welcome him – with the exception of mortgage lenders.
A successful business owner, Mr. Lee, 37, faced a swath of red tape and a 45-per-cent down payment when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Neighbors in Phoenix Have It Rough&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/07/our-neighbors-in-phoenix-have-it-rough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/07/our-neighbors-in-phoenix-have-it-rough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Laborers&#8217; International Union of North America - LIUNA - released a report detailing the implications for homeowners and the nation&#8217;s economy when five-year adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) reset in 2010 and 2011.
The report was released during a news conference outside of the headquarters of KB Home in Los Angeles. LIUNA was joined by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hotel, Offices, and 400 Homes in Downtown Tucson</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/07/a-hotel-offices-and-400-homes-in-downtown-tucson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/07/a-hotel-offices-and-400-homes-in-downtown-tucson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council on Wednesday agreed to sell 14.3 acres of prime vacant West Side land to The Gadsden Co. for $3.3 million to build a $300 million eight-block community with 400 homes, a hotel, retail and offices.
The plot is the final city-owned property on a 62-acre rough landscape just south of Congress Street and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freddie Mac Stock Drops With Split Dividends</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/06/freddie-mac-stock-drops-with-split-dividends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/06/freddie-mac-stock-drops-with-split-dividends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac, in a sign of continuing woes for the housing and financial markets, reported a much bigger than expected second quarter loss and slashed its dividend on Wednesday.
Freddie lost $821 million, or $1.63 a share, in the quarter. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had forecast it would trim its loss to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Applications Rise 2.8%</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/06/mortgage-applications-rise-28/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/06/mortgage-applications-rise-28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage application volume rose 2.8% during the week ending Aug. 1, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association&#8217;s weekly application survey.
The MBA&#8217;s application index rose to 432.6 from 420.8 a week earlier, which was the lowest reading of the year.
Refinance volume increased 4.4%, while purchase volume grew 1.8% during the week. Refinance applications accounted for 35.9% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lock Your Mortgage Rates Now</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/05/lock-your-mortgage-rates-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/05/lock-your-mortgage-rates-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve bought your home three years ago, and the media got you a bit scared about ownership. But if you&#8217;re not planning to move out any time soon, don&#8217;t be. Your home, and the rest of the real estate market, will bounce back. When will that be? I&#8217;m not sure but my personal opinion is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vital Information for Senior Homeowners</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/04/vital-information-for-senior-homeowners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/04/vital-information-for-senior-homeowners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found a very profound article for senior homeowners at TheStreet.com. It covers reverse mortgage, what they are and how they can be beneficial to you, and how reverse mortgages operate in our current economy.
Let me know if you have any questions about reverse mortgages and I&#8217;ll be quick to assist you.
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		<title>Town West Asks Tucson For More Time</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/04/town-west-asks-tucson-for-more-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/04/town-west-asks-tucson-for-more-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Town West Design Development is asking for a 12-month extension on the 21 months the developer has to close on the purchase of 3.6 acres of city-owned land to build the three-tower El Mirador hotel/condo complex near Sixth Street and Stone Avenue.
The developer cites &#8220;current unfavorable market conditions&#8221; as a reason for the extension. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fannie &#038; Freddie Mac: Another Look</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/02/fannie-freddie-mac-another-look/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/02/fannie-freddie-mac-another-look/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spiraling stock losses. A government bailout. A new regulator. These are the highlights in what is sure to go down as one of the most tumultuous months in the history of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
But on the heels of changes signed into law July 30, it’s unclear what the new rules will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rio Nuevo: A Lingering Disappointment</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/02/rio-nuevo-a-lingering-disappointment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/02/rio-nuevo-a-lingering-disappointment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So what does $77 million buy? We don&#8217;t know yet, for sure, but we are deeply skeptical about the most recent spate of reassurances from various Rio Nuevo nabobs. We&#8217;ve been disappointed too often over too many years.

In a Sunday story, the Star&#8217;s Rob O&#8217;Dell reviewed the project&#8217;s spending to date, and noted that many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates Drop Along w/ Oil Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/01/mortgage-rates-drop-along-w-oil-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/01/mortgage-rates-drop-along-w-oil-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage rates fell slightly this week according to a weekly report released Wednesday, as lower oil prices briefly ease fears of price inflation.
The Primary Mortgage Market Survey from mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said that rates of 30-year fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) averaged 6.52% for the week ended July 31 with an average 0.7 point discount, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freddie Mac &#038; Foreclosure Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/01/freddie-mac-foreclosure-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/08/01/freddie-mac-foreclosure-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Government money to the rescue! Freddie Mac has started their move into aiding troubled homeowners. Payments for flier-ing the market, and even more money to knock on doors and meet the homeowner in person! I realize that payments have to be given to servicers when the target market for this $3 Billion dollar assistance is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Update 7/30/08</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/30/real-estate-update-73008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/30/real-estate-update-73008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucson Foreclosures, Short Sales, and Bank Owned Properties - If you want to know numbers that concern foreclosures, short sales, and bank owned properties in Tucson, you&#8217;ll want to check out this article over at Tucson Real Estate in the News. A thorough look at the market and the numbers.
Cracking Down on Mortgage Scammers - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Update 7/29/08</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/29/real-estate-update-72908/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/29/real-estate-update-72908/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Prices Drop 15.8% - Home prices have dropped for the past 22 months. Prices will either drop even more or will stay the same, which in turn should create more buying activity from able buyers.
How The Housing Rescue Bill Can Help You -  With $300 Billion soon to be released for troubled homeowners, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Passes Housing Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/26/senate-passes-housing-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/26/senate-passes-housing-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate has come together on a Saturday, and after hours of discussion they have passed the new housing bill that will offer up to $300 billion dollars in loans for troubled homeowners, and come to the rescue of Fannie and Freddie.
&#8220;This legislation won&#8217;t perform miracles. But as others have said, it&#8217;s a step - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Update 7/25/08</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/25/real-estate-update-72508/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[For Home Sellers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage &amp; Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foreclosures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[house selling secrets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[new home sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales Stronger Than Expected - Glad to be seeing this headline. This, by no means, is an indication that the real estate market is all healthy and sound, but I&#8217;m happy to be seeing a branch of real estate turning out to be positive while the rest of the market is hurting.
Mortgage Industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2.2 Million Vacant Homes For Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/24/22-million-vacant-homes-for-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/24/22-million-vacant-homes-for-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[existing home sales]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vacant homes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The percentage of vacant homes available for sale remained relatively flat in the second quarter, just a notch above the rate for the first quarter of 2008 and for the comparable period a year ago.
The nation&#8217;s homeownership rate, meanwhile, also stayed relatively stagnant at 68.1%.
Some 2.8% of homes, excluding rental properties, were empty and on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s New Mortgage Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/23/americas-new-mortgage-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/23/americas-new-mortgage-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage &amp; Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[federal housing administration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fha]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[new mortgage bill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage Bill on House Fast-Track - This new bill will assist Fannie and Freddie and help at-risk borrowers. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson states that this is the mortgage bill that will save our economy.
The new bill will cover these areas

Increase the Federal Housing Administrations role
Create a stronger regulator for the GSEs
Permanently increase &#8220;conforming loan&#8221; limits
Create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Tucson Rainwater Law Raises Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/23/proposed-tucson-rainwater-law-raises-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/23/proposed-tucson-rainwater-law-raises-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rainwater law]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 60 developers, architects, landscapers and other business leaders turned out Tuesday to question a proposed Tucson law that would require rainwater harvesting systems in new businesses, including most apartment complexes.
They asked for a delay in the law&#8217;s approval and significant exemptions, saying they are concerned about its costs, unclear standards and how it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Isn&#8217;t Dead, It&#8217;s Just Different</title>
		<link>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/22/real-estate-isnt-dead-its-just-different/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tredaily.com/2008/07/22/real-estate-isnt-dead-its-just-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Park</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Real Estate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fannie mae]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foreclosures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[subprime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tredaily.com/?p=162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey folks, I found some profound insight on the economy right now at Minyanville, the website for financial infotainment. The article at hand is that real estate isn&#8217;t dead, it&#8217;s just different. The playing field has changed (with the subprime and foreclosure crisis), so if you want to win with your investment portfolio, you&#8217;re going [...]]]></description>
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