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	<title>Chicagoland Real Estate Forum &#187; NAHB</title>
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	<description>New home news and updates about Chicago Real Estate</description>
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		<title>Numerous Housing Markets Improving</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/22/numerous-housing-markets-improving/</link>
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		<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[IMI April]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></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>Mortgage Interest Deduction Faces Opposition</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/16/mortgage-interest-deduction-faces-opposition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/16/mortgage-interest-deduction-faces-opposition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgages]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joint Committee of Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage interest deduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Day April 17]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tax Day is April 17, and many Chicago real estate owners are counting on the mortgage interest deduction as a saving grace in these tough economic times. However, some policy makers are waging a war to eliminate the deduction citing it as a tax loophole and a reward for the rich to buy more homes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate New Homes Month in April</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/06/celebrate-new-homes-month-in-april/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/06/celebrate-new-homes-month-in-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NAHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international builders show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Homes Month]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spring is finally here, and as the warm weather brings familiar pastimes like baseball, bar-b-ques and the beach back to the forefront of buyers minds in the Chicago real estate market, let&#8217;s not forget that April is New Homes Month. With an emphasis on being cost effective and offering  more bang for your buck, home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg on Sen. Barrasso&#8217;s Water Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/02/nahb-chairman-barry-rutenberg-on-sen-barrassos-water-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/04/02/nahb-chairman-barry-rutenberg-on-sen-barrassos-water-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Delaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry Rutenberg, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Gainesville, Fla., today issued the following statements regarding S. 2245, the Preserve Waters of the United States Act.  Introduced by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and 29 other Senators from across the country, this legislation will prevent the Environmental Protection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mild Winter Accounts for Lower New-Home Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/03/31/mild-winter-accounts-for-lower-new-home-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/03/31/mild-winter-accounts-for-lower-new-home-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[housing hurdles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing recovery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New home sales February]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. new-home sales fell slightly last month, and you can put the blame on housing hurdles and the weather. The sales of newly built, single-family homes dropped 1.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 313,000 units in February, according to new data released by HUD and the U.S. Commerce Department. “To some extent, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remodeling Industry Alive Around Chicagoland</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/03/23/remodeling-industry-alive-around-chicagoland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/03/23/remodeling-industry-alive-around-chicagoland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[county remodeling expenditures]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=29409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago real estate owners may not be moving in droves, but they sure are renovating: Cook County has the second-highest total estimated spending on home remodeling in the country. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), residents of Cook County spend $4.1 billion a year in total county remodeling expenditures. The average value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future Looking Brighter for New Construction</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/03/20/future-looking-bright-for-new-construction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/03/20/future-looking-bright-for-new-construction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building permits february]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commerce department data]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. housing starts dropped last month, though not in the region in which Chicago real estate lies. According to figures released Tuesday from the U.S. Commerce Department, nationwide housing starts fell 1.1 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000 units. The Midwest had the biggest increase in housing starts for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Registration Open for the 2012 National Green Building Conference and Expo</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/03/09/registration-open-for-the-2012-national-green-building-conference-and-expo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/03/09/registration-open-for-the-2012-national-green-building-conference-and-expo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chicago new homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Register now to get early bird rates for the 2012 National Green Building Conference and Expo. The conference, which will be held in Nashville later this spring, will offer education sessions and classes, green building tours and exhibits on all things green building! The conference is perfect for builders, remodelers, architects and any other building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New-Home Sales Start Year Flat</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/02/26/new-home-sales-start-year-flat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/02/26/new-home-sales-start-year-flat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[january new home sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sale of newly built, single-family homes fell ever so slightly last month, and the decline could be attributed most to the region in which Chicago real estate lies. New-home sales in January fell by 0.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 321,000 units, according to data released from the U.S. Commerce Department. [...]]]></description>
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