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		<title>Builders Confidence Improves</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/05/19/builders-confidence-improves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 18:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Builders have had it hard lately with access to credit remaining difficult, inaccurate appraisals and the rising cost of materials draining their confidence in the housing market. However, for the first time in a while builders have noticed some positivity in the market resulting in improved builder confidence for newly built single-family homes according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New NAHB Website Focuses on Threats to Homeownership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mortgage interest deduction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=32832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has launched a new website to shine a light on threats to homeownership. The website, ProtectHomeownership.com, focuses on the many threats facing homeowners and the housing industry such as: The push to eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. Policies that would make mortgages and small business loans unaffordable and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>55+ Housing Market Seeing Builder Confidence</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/05/12/55-housing-market-seeing-builder-confidence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/05/12/55-housing-market-seeing-builder-confidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 22:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multi-Family Mixed Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAHB]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[55+ Housing Market Index]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=32726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a scale of 1 to 100, with 1 being awful and 100 being great, the number 27 doesn&#8217;t exactly exude confidence. It isn&#8217;t near the bottom, but it&#8217;s still quite a distance from the halfway point. However, as the housing industry seems to have arrived at the corner (not turned the corner, mind you) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Building Market Planting Seeds of Stability</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/05/09/the-green-building-market-planting-seeds-of-stability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indoor air quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McGraw-Hill Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Association of Home Builders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=32329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Green Home boom is planting itself as the future of home construction according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). McGraw-Hill Construction released its latest SmartMarket Report: New and Remodeled Green Homes: Transforming the Residential Market at the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) National Green Building Conference and Expo. The report estimates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Green Building Conference Wraps Up</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/05/05/national-green-building-conference-wraps-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/05/05/national-green-building-conference-wraps-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 15:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Rutenberg]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=32083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 14th annual National Green Building Conference was held in Nashville, Tenn. on April 30. Winners of the National Green Building Awards were honored by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) “These awards recognize the best and most innovative builders and remodelers in green building”, said NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a home builder from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remodeling Market Index Takes A Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/05/03/remodeling-market-index-takes-a-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/05/03/remodeling-market-index-takes-a-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interior Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remodeling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=31618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) issued a press release concerning the Remodeling Market Index (RMI) and revisions the NAHB have made after finding a computer error regarding the index. In the first quarter of 2012, remodeling activity remained relatively flat according to the NAHB, with a decrease of one point to 47 from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Markets</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/22/a-tale-of-two-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/22/a-tale-of-two-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[multifamily housing starts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=30905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The current housing market reflects conflicting reports on an almost daily basis. Many headlines claim a housing bottom has been reached, while others insist that we are nowhere near a bottom and the fog of a bad economy will haunt the real estate market for the foreseeable future. While all these claims are backed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Numerous Housing Markets Improving</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/22/numerous-housing-markets-improving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/22/numerous-housing-markets-improving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barry Rutenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago real estate market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IMI April]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=30054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The country&#8217;s most improved metropolitan areas have been identified, though the Chicago housing market is not one of them. The National Association of Home Builders and First American Title Insurance Company have released the Improving Markets Index for April. The index showed improvement in 101 metropolitan areas. The Improving Markets Index (IMI) looks at three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAHB Green Building Conference Worth the Trip</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/20/nahb-green-building-conference-worth-the-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/20/nahb-green-building-conference-worth-the-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficient]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation continues to go green and home builders have been at the forefront of the changing times in order to sustain not only their businesses, but the environment as well. As the Chicago housing market becomes more proactive in using green technology and sustainable resources for building homes, an exciting new conference highlights the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Builders ask Congress for Certainty in Tax Code</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/19/home-builders-ask-congress-for-certainty-in-tax-code/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/19/home-builders-ask-congress-for-certainty-in-tax-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mortgages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage interest deduction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=30938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) called on Congress today with a earnest request: Simplify the tax code in order to help small businesses. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy by being the largest creator of jobs. The majority of the residential construction sector is made up of small businesses. These businesses [...]]]></description>
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