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			<title><![CDATA[ Coming Up Short, More And More ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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More than two years into the housing crisis, lenders are beginning to allow more troubled homeowners to unload their homes for less than they owe.
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Laundry That Fits Apartments ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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For anyone renting or buying an apartment on a budget, real estate is all about compromise. To afford a better neighborhood, the things that get sacrificed often are non-essential amenities such as a fireplace, a balcony or an in-unit washer and dryer.
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			<dc:creator>Ted Knutson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Small Town Few Want to Leave ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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With a light-rail stop, highway access and Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport within its borders, Linthicum is known as a place for coming and going.
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			<dc:creator>Laura Barnhardt Cech</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New-Home Sales Set Record Low Last Year ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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New-home sales plummeted last year as builders struggled to unload a glut of houses, and the sales rate hit a record low, according to government data released yesterday.
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A third of the loans used to finance Washington area commercial buildings and then sold to Wall Street are coming due in the next five years, leaving investors scrambling to find new funding.
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			<dc:creator>Dana Hedgpeth and Dan Keating</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fed Adopts Program to Stem Foreclosures ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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With its bailouts of Bear Stearns and American International Group, the Federal Reserve took a vast portfolio of mortgages onto its books. Now, it is trying to use its control of billions of dollars worth of home loans to help prevent foreclosures.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fannie Mae To Seek Funds From Treasury ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Fannie Mae said yesterday that it expects to request up to $16 billion from the Treasury Department, marking the first time the federally run mortgage giant will tap the government's largesse.
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Freddie Will Ask For More U.S. Funds ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Freddie Mac disclosed yesterday that it would ask for up to $35 billion in additional taxpayer dollars, eating up roughly half of the funds the government has pledged to keep the mortgage giant on firm financial footing.
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Number of Defaults Growing on FHA-Backed Mortgages ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The default rate for mortgages recently insured by the Federal Housing Administration has been climbing, an alarming trend for an agency that is playing a vastly expanded role in the mortgage market and backing roughly a quarter of all the loans made last year.
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Home-Buyer Tax Credit Worthy of the Name ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Should you give the $7,500 home-buyer tax credit a second look? Now that Congress might be on the verge of transforming it into a true tax credit -- one that never has to be paid back -- you might want to do so.
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			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ City Culture and Charm In Tai Shan's Back Yard ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Barbara Ioanes's alarm clock lives across the street. For the 33 years Ioanes has lived in her historic rowhouse on Cathedral Avenue NW, she's woken to the hoots, chirps and caws of the animals at the National Zoo, which forms the eastern boundary of Woodley Park. Ioanes said it provides a daily reminder of Woodley Park's cultural amenities and charm.
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			<dc:creator>Amy Reinink</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Real Estate Live ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Post's Maryann Haggerty and author Elizabeth Razzi answer your questions about the local housing market.
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			<dc:creator>Maryann Haggerty and Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Where the Martini Flag Flies and Babysitters Thrive ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The 24 houses of Oakton Plantation sit amid countless other subdivisions but seem almost like a self-contained small town.
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			<title><![CDATA[ FTC Tries to Shut Door on Mortgage-Aid Scam Artists ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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You've probably seen the incessant TV and Internet pitches -- "We can stop your foreclosure!" -- offering hope to millions of homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments or heading to foreclosure.
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			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Quiet, but Not Off the Beaten Path ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Whether people move to Columbia's Clemens Crossing neighborhood for dramatic architect-designed homes or affordable tract houses, their reasons for buying in the neighborhood are largely the same: good schools, a woodsy setting and a convenient location.
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			<dc:creator>Diane Reynolds</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Kenneth Harney on New Appraisal Standards ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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When you apply for a mortgage to buy or refinance a house, should you be concerned that your appraiser is being paid much less than the $300 to $600 you're charged, perhaps half?
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			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Mortgage Interest: What Can You Deduct at Tax Time? ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Second in a series of articles "Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
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			<dc:creator>Benny L. Kass</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Modern Take on Living Alongside Nature ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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As the old cliche suggests, a picture is worth a thousand words, but not when the subject is architect Philip Johnson's Glass House, one of the most famous and least understood homes in America.
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			<dc:creator>Katherine Salant</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ This Year, Resolve to Save More and Improve Your Credit Score ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Even though a recession has taken hold, there are things you can do to improve your personal finances. Because we are at the beginning of a new year, it's a good time to do a frank assessment of where you stand. Then create a vision of where you want to be by December.
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			<dc:creator>Ilyce R. Glink With Samuel J. Tamkin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ If Your Landlord Faces Foreclosure ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
You're paying your bills, but your landlord isn't. And you're the one holding the eviction notice.
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			<dc:creator>J.W. Elphinstone</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Your]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Landlord]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Faces]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lessons From L.A. ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/31/AR2008123102842.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Last month, I may have glimpsed the Washington region's future -- I spent five days in sprawling, traffic-choked Los Angeles.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Roger K. Lewis</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Lessons]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[From]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[L.A.]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[  ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/31/AR2008123102659.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
THE NATION'S HOUSING {vbar} Kenneth R. Harney is away. His column will resume next Saturday.
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Lessons]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[From]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[L.A.]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. Assessments Reflect Downturn ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123002857.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Many Maryland homeowners will see the softening real estate market reflected in lower property assessments mailed yesterday, although the change won't necessarily reduce their tax bills significantly.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rosalind S. Helderman</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Assessments]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Reflect]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Downturn]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Not-So-Bad News Cheers Arlington ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123002875.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Arlington County's assessor has what passes for bright economic news this holiday season: Home values are down just 2 percent, and commercial assessments have actually ticked up by 1 percent.
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			<dc:creator>Michael Laris</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Not-So-Bad]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Cheers]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Recession Weighs on Home Prices, Consumers ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123001055.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Home values tumbled at a record rate in October, according to a widely watched report released yesterday that also indicated that the housing downturn is spreading and worsening.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Weighs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Prices,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chat Plus: Should I Refinance at 4.75? ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/27/AR2008122700048.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and writer Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Chat]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Should]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Recession Could Bring Big Change in What Consumers Demand in New Homes ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/27/AR2008122700088.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
What will new homes look like after this recession, which has brought construction nearly to a halt? Consumers who have learned the bitter lessons about declining home values, burdensome debts and ephemeral retirement savings values may well demand different houses than the ones that dot our recently built neighborhoods.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Could]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Bring]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Big]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Demand]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Demand Transparency on Mortgage Rates and Fees ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122600728.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
With mortgage rates at historic lows -- 4.75 percent from several lenders in mid-December -- a new legal settlement from the Federal Trade Commission offers a cautionary note for consumers, especially if they are members of minority groups: Watch out.
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			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Demand]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rates]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Recession Propels Skid In Housing Sales, Prices ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/23/AR2008122301006.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
The housing market weakened further in November with the sales of both existing and new homes tumbling again, according to government and industry data released today.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Propels]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Skid]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Sales,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lenders Cite Gains On Loan Relief ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR2008122202176.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
A government-backed alliance of mortgage lenders yesterday said it kept 2.2 million homeowners out of foreclosure this year, even as a separate report showed that many of those people likely fell back into trouble.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Lenders]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Cite]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Gains]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[On]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Loan]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Relief]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Local Address: Prophets See Light Ahead, but Employment Figures May Drive Market ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/20/AR2008122000075.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
In any year, a housing forecast needs to be taken with a grain of salt. The future simply isn't that easy to predict. Given the turmoil now roiling the economy, this year's prognostications might be better paired with a shot of whiskey.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Prophets]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Figures]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[May]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Market]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chat Plus: Is Now the Time to Buy Vacation Home? ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/20/AR2008122000077.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Get Mortgage Relief at the Yellow Light Rather Than Red ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121901406.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Here's some good news for homeowners facing tough financial times: You no longer have to miss two to three months of payments before your mortgage company can modify the loan terms you can no longer afford.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Get]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Relief]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Red]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Downturn, Build Up Stock of Affordable Rental Housing ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121901457.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
If ever the nation needed to change public policy related to affordable housing production, it is now. Decent rental housing for workers with incomes in the bottom third of the economic pyramid has been in short supply for decades.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Roger K. Lewis</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Downturn,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Build]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stock]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Real Estate Live ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/12/19/DI2008121901682.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
The Post's Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi answer your questions about the local housing market.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Maryann Haggerty and Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Real]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Estate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Live]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 30-Year Mortgage Rates Sink to Lowest on Record ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/18/AR2008121803532.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Interest rates on 30-year fixed rate mortgages dipped to their lowest level in at least 37 years after the Federal Reserve this week reaffirmed its commitment to a program designed to loosen consumer lending, according to a closely watched weekly survey released yesterday.
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			<dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[30-Year]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rates]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Sink]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Lowest]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Record]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Consumer Prices Fall at Record Rate for Second Month in a Row ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121600758.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:54:55 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Consumer prices fell at a record rate in November and housing starts plummeted to a level not seen in nearly half a century, stark signs of the weakness that has spread through the U.S. economy.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Pelosi Pushing Mortgage Relief ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/15/AR2008121503087.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that the Bush administration must do more to help struggling borrowers stay in their homes before Congress will agree to release any more money to the Treasury Department's financial system bailout effort, which is running low on cash.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery and David Cho</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Pushing]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Relief]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chat Plus ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121300114.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Chat]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Plus]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Timing Government Incentives Before Buying Will Prove Difficult ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121300115.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Home buyers, are you feeling dizzy -- or paralyzed?
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			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Timing]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Incentives]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Before]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Buying]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Will]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Prove]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Difficult]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Va. Adult Community Home to 'Pretty Outrageous Boomers' ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
The unofficial Web site for the Villas of Ashburn proclaims that it is maintained by "a renegade group of volunteer residents" who declare themselves to be "55 or better (most of us are better)."
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ann Cameron Siegal</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Va.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Adult]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Pretty]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Outrageous]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Boomers']]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Couple Offers Big Bucks for a Buyer ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121201885.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
HONOLULU -- Wanted: real estate buyer. Reward: $100,000.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jaymes Song</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Couple]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Offers]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Big]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Bucks]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Buyer]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Falling-Rate Limbo ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121201872.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Could a 4.5 percent mortgage be your personal piece of the bailout pie?
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Falling-Rate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Limbo]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Deconstructing an Old Home Can Give You Building Blocks for a New One ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121201893.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
You have decided to build a new house. You weighed all the pros and cons of 15 lots and finally chose one that's near public mass transit, so you'll need only one car. It's a 10-minute walk from a local shopping area, so you can easily incorporate some exercise into your regular routine.
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			<dc:creator>Katherine Salant</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[an]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Old]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Can]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[You]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lawmakers Grill Mortgage Chiefs ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/09/AR2008120901096.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Internal Freddie Mac documents show that senior executives at the company were warned years ago that they were offering mortgages that could pose dangers to the firm, hurt borrowers and generate more risky loans throughout the industry.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Lawmakers]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Grill]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Chiefs]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Montgomery Votes to Scale Back Size of New Homes ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/09/AR2008120902158.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
The Montgomery County Council signed off on legislation yesterday aimed at shrinking the size of new homes to combat "mansionization" that has pitted neighbor against neighbor in many of the region's older communities.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ann E. Marimow and Miranda S. Spivack</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Votes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Scale]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Back]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Size]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Internal Warnings Sounded on Loans At Fannie, Freddie ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/08/AR2008120803570.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Internal Freddie Mac documents show that senior executives at the company were warned years ago that they were offering mortgages that could pose dangers to the firm, hurt borrowers and generate more risky loans throughout the industry.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Internal]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Warnings]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Sounded]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[At]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fannie,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Freddie]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Modifying the Mortgage Giants ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/07/AR2008120702378.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
After the government announced last month that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would take new steps to modify tens of thousands of mortgages to make them more affordable, some executives expressed concerns that the moves could weaken their already struggling companies.
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Modifying]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Giants]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chat Plus: Should Home Buyer Wait for Better Rates? ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/06/AR2008120600115.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Chat]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Plus:]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Should]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Buyer]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Wait]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Better]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rates?]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Warnings to Combat Burglaries Carry New Urgency During Recession ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/06/AR2008120600113.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
They're holiday rituals of the Grinchy sort, annual warnings from local police telling us how to protect ourselves from burglary and theft during the dark, wintry days of the holiday season. Basically, their advice is don't flash what you've got, and do lock up everything you can. It's simple eno...
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Warnings]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Combat]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Burglaries]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Carry]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Urgency]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[During]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rock Creek Woods' Artistic Homes Embrace Their Surroundings ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503331.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Outstanding architecture doesn't have to be wildly expensive. Consider the Montgomery County community of Rock Creek Woods, where every resident lives in a work of art, but the average selling price is about $600,000.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Andrea Rouda</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Rock]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Creek]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Woods']]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Artistic]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Embrace]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Their]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Surroundings]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Long-Term Numbers Tell a Different Story ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120501625.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
The latest federal statistics on housing prices in hundreds of local markets reveal patterns that haven't been making the news.
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			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Long-Term]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tell]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Different]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Try to Resolve Problems With Agent Before Making a Formal Complaint ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120501673.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Q: I have had a very bad experience with my real estate agent. Please tell me where to go to lay a formal complaint against a real estate brokerage firm.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ilyce R. Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Try]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Resolve]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Problems]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Complaint]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Condos and the Conversion to Digital TV ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120501670.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Q: Can you discuss what the upcoming digital TV conversion means for people who live in condominiums? For those of us in a multi-dwelling complex, a master antenna has been the usual means for getting good over-the-air reception.
]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Benny L. Kass</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Condos]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Conversion]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Let's Not Neglect the National Mall ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120501626.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
With attention focused on the opening of the immense, $621 million Capitol Visitor Center on the east side of the U.S. Capitol Building, let's not forget the National Mall to the west. Shouldn't we also be investing to enhance America's most nationally significant public space?
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			<dc:creator>Roger K. Lewis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Treasury Weighs Action on Mortgage Rates ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120302889.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
The Treasury Department is strongly considering a plan to intervene directly in the mortgage industry to dramatically force down rates and stimulate the moribund housing market, according to sources familiar with the proposal.
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			<dc:creator>David Cho, Zachary A. Goldfarb and Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Weighs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ British Leader Announces Plan to Help Homeowners Avoid Default ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120302356.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
LONDON, Dec. 3 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown threw a lifeline to people in jeopardy of defaulting on their mortgages, saying Wednesday that homeowners who lose their jobs or suffer a sharp loss in income will be allowed to defer mortgage interest payments for up to two years.
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			<dc:creator>Kevin Sullivan</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Announces]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Help]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Homeowners]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Avoid]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Default]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. Faces Shortfall for Land Purchases ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120301684.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
Maryland's budget for land preservation is expected to plummet dramatically in the next few years, making it more difficult for the state to preserve undeveloped land, according to testimony given recently before a legislative subcommittee in Annapolis.
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			<dc:creator>Christopher Carey</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Md.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Faces]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Shortfall]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Land]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Protesters Call for Affordable Housing ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102698.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
More than a hundred people gathered in front of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's local field office on First Street NE yesterday in recognition of World AIDS Day and to protest a lack of affordable housing for District residents living with HIV and AIDS.
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			<dc:creator>David Betancourt</dc:creator>
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			<category><![CDATA[Call]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Readers Shine Light on Credit Crunch, Real Estate Woes ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112900111.html?wprss=rss_realestate</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[
My inbox is overstuffed with comments and suggestions from readers. Here's an edited sample.
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			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
			<category><![CDATA[Readers]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Crunch,]]></category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Fiancee's Unknown Obligations ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Q: My fiancee has her name on three mortgages for two commercial buildings with her ex-husband. According to the divorce decree, her ex-husband has until August 2009 to refinance the mortgages.
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			<dc:creator>Ilyce R. Glink with Samuel J. Tamkin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lawsuit Paints Loan Crisis In Black, White and Brown ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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In what appears to be the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings agencies, charging that their inflated ratings on subprime mortgage bonds disproportionately ca...
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			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Razzi's Local Address: A 10-Point Credit Checkup ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Can you still count on the credit you thought you had? It's a fair question for everyone in this economy, including people who pride themselves on never missing a payment.
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			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Demand Drives Home Green Technology ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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LOS ANGELES -- Robert Mechielsen's designs for environmentally friendly homes often include cutting-edge features such as high-efficiency heating and cooling systems and solar panels to convert sunshine into electricity.
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			<dc:creator>Alex Veiga</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Va., Leafy Landscape Takes On Life of Its Own ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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An old white oak has become a focal point for the Black Oak Cluster neighborhood.
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			<dc:creator>Susan Straight</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Fine Print of the Foreclosure Fight ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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You may have read about the latest public and private efforts to help financially distressed homeowners cope with their mortgage payments. But you might not have caught key details that could have an effect on you or people you know -- now or in the months ahead.
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			<dc:creator>Kenneth R. Harney</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Palladio's Influence Spans Centuries and More Than One Architectural Renaissance ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Take a look at the exterior facades and interior walls of your house. There's a good chance that you will see elements -- roof gables, classically styled columns, crown moldings, perhaps an arched Palladian window -- whose prevalence in American architecture can be traced to Andrea Palladio, a Renaissance architect.
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			<dc:creator>Roger K. Lewis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Real Estate Live ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Post's Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi answer your questions about the local housing market.
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			<dc:creator>Maryann Haggerty and Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Housing Starts Sink Again To Lowest Level Since '59 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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New-home construction tumbled to a record low last month, according to government data released yesterday, further proof that the housing sector's woes keep deepening.
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FHA Relaxes Rules of Program for Troubled Homeowners ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Federal Housing Administration yesterday said that after less than two months it is relaxing terms of a program designed to help troubled mortgage borrowers because so far the effort has not been effective.
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			<dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Littlest Victims Of the Mortgage Crisis ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The long arm of the global financial crisis reached down into Morena Parada's preschool classroom, where a little girl named Joeli Arias-Lopez painted bright green and orange splotches on an oversize easel and pronounced it a house.
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			<dc:creator>Brigid Schulte</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The High-Stakes Game of Raffling Off Your House ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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In the casino of the housing market, Tom Walters is holding the wrong cards. He's a mortgage broker, so business has been slow, and on his own house, payments have risen to about $6,200 -- too much to handle.
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			<dc:creator>Lori Aratani</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Make a Quick Buck Renting Out Your House on Inauguration Day, but Be Careful ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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With a crush of visitors expected this Inauguration Day, hundreds of area residents are advertising their homes as temporary -- and top-dollar -- rentals over the four days leading up to Jan. 20. It's a brilliant solution to the lodging shortage, but let's pause a moment to examine the potential ...
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			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Razzi</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chat Plus ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
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