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	<title>Chicagoland Real Estate Forum &#187; Buying Chicago Green Homes</title>
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		<title>Appraisals Go Green to Account for Energy Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/10/31/appraisals-go-green-to-account-for-energy-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage underwriters generally weigh several numbers when deciding whether a family can afford a new home. They look at income, of course, and tally up expenses in the form of a home’s property taxes, insurance premiums and monthly payments. There is one number they ignore: how much a household spends on its utilities, a figure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does &#8216;Green&#8217; Create Green and Sell Homes?</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/02/26/does-green-create-green-and-sell-homes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Green car racing, green travel, green eating: everything is getting a little greener nowadays.  Surprisingly, builders are still slow to adapt to the greening of the new American home.  Of those who do offer &#8216;green&#8217; features in their homes, only 39% (according to a Professional Builder survey) of builders share with prospective buyers energy / [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Post Super Bowl Chicago Real Estate Thaw</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/02/10/the-post-super-bowl-chicago-real-estate-thaw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/02/10/the-post-super-bowl-chicago-real-estate-thaw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every year as the professional football season comes to a close and the Super Bowl Champion is crowned (congratulations New Orleans),  Chicago real estate once again begins its annual thaw.  Chicago home buyers begin to stir and think about the spring market and start poking around the web looking at what is available at current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northbrook Gives Rebates for LEED-Certified Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/02/01/northbrook-gives-rebates-for-leed-certified-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/02/01/northbrook-gives-rebates-for-leed-certified-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To promote Green building techniques in public and private sector construction projects, the Village of Northbrook has a great incentive program - giving rebates for LEED-certified homes.]]></description>
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		<title>Visit with Green Builder Magazine at the International Builder Show</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/01/12/visit-with-green-builder-magazine-at-the-internation-builder-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/01/12/visit-with-green-builder-magazine-at-the-internation-builder-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remodeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Builder Magazine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With only one short week away, if you plan on attending this year&#8217;s International Builder Show in Las Vegas, be sure to check out Green Builder Magazine&#8217;s booth (C4861).  All three editors plan on attending and spending time in the booth for you to meet in person.  Ron Jones, President and Editorial Director, will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Things to Put in Your Next New Chicago Home</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/01/11/green-things-to-put-in-your-next-new-chicago-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/01/11/green-things-to-put-in-your-next-new-chicago-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home building industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Builder Magazine Online listed their Top 10 items for builders to consider putting in their 2010 new homes.  Perhaps not surprisingly, many products on the &#8216;top 10 list&#8217; are energy efficient / green building technology that is all the rage now in the industry.  They are justified as important if the real AND perceived value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Financing Updates And Tips For Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/01/04/green-financing-updates-and-tips-for-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/01/04/green-financing-updates-and-tips-for-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficient Homes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=2521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Chicago real estate enters its traditional deep freeze of January, thankfully FHA&#8217;s Energy Efficient Mortgages (EEM&#8217;s) financing tools have been retained for home buyers in 2010.   As many as 55% of entry level home buyers reported that they used FHA loans for purchasing their home in 2009. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green MLS Comes to Chicagoland Real Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/01/01/the-green-mls-comes-to-chicagoland-real-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/01/01/the-green-mls-comes-to-chicagoland-real-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're pleased to share developing news that Northern Illinois' Mulitple Listing Service (MLS), will be adding support for green building features in 2010. Real estate professionals will need to be prepared by taking education through NAR GREEN or Eco Broker courses. ]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago&#8217;s Yannell House Makes Builder Magazine&#8217;s Favorite 2009 New Homes Top Ten</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2009/12/22/chicagos-yannell-house-makes-builder-magazines-favorite-2009-new-homes-top-ten/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2009/12/22/chicagos-yannell-house-makes-builder-magazines-favorite-2009-new-homes-top-ten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago&#8217;s LEED-H Platinum home in the north-side neighborhood of Ravenswood with it&#8217;s unique design made Builder Magazine&#8217;s Top Ten Coolest houses in 2009.  Built with just about every green innovation on a traditional Chicago lot near the Ravenswood Metra stop on the North shore line, the Yannell House is as green as it stands out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Move-in Ready Energy-Efficient Bridgeport Condos</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2009/12/02/energy-efficient-bridgeport-chicago-condo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2009/12/02/energy-efficient-bridgeport-chicago-condo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Condos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Chicago Green Homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three energy-efficient condominiums in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood are available for immediate occupancy.  Developer Bozena (Bo) Boguslawski has converted a four-unit apartment building at 3308 S. Lowe Avenue into three condominiums, ranging from 1,300 to 2,600 square feet. Prices range from $289,000 to $539,000. Buyers can choose their own refrigerators, washing machines and dryers. “Other than [...]]]></description>
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