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  <title><![CDATA[Midwest Condo & HOA News from CAN]]></title>
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     <title>IA: Condo questions: Your guide to ownership</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For many aspiring homeowners, buying a condominium is an affordable way to transition from being a renter and begin reaping the benefits of homeownership without a lot of the added costs involved in maintaining a house with a yard on a piece of property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:29:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=214864</link>
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     <title>IL: Council to weigh in on host of home association issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As some of the readers of this column may be aware, in early 2008 I was appointed by the Illinois legislature as chairman of the Condominium Advisory Council, consisting of two other laypeople (Shelli Lulkin and George Panagakis) and four legislators]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:03:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=232594</link>
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     <title>IL: Suburban habits die hard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As former suburbanites adapt to city life, they bring plenty of baggage: from the tangibles, such as giant grills and treadmills, to their attitudes about privacy and freedom. For a while, at least, the petty rules of urban living can be perplexing. In the suburbs, your yard may be under scrutiny, but no one cares what time you do your laundry.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:57:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?articleId=30528</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL:  Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: We are getting pressure to alter our declaration and bylaws by removing the right of first refusal. Local Realtors have told us that buyers with FHA-insured loans cannot purchase units in our building because of this provision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-pearl-condoqa-0907sep07,0,7195340.story</link>
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     <title>OH: Cleveland: No one hurt after fire at condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire department spokesman says the fire started on the roof.  Two units at the complex sustained heavy fire, smoke and water damage]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:04:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=95994</link>
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     <title>IL: Man accused of theft of more than $100,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former manager of a village homeowners' association remained free on bail Wednesday, after being arrested and charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from that organization.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:12:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1144154,6_1_NA04_SIBLIK_S1.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Oak Park urges condo boards to give up right of first refusal in sales</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Non-binding Village Board action is intended to make it easier to obtain FHA financing]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:02:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-oak-park-both_04sep04,0,7466676.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Associations see foreclosures, renters as pressing issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What's on the minds of community association residents these days? Foreclosures, renters, secretive boards and sloppy managers are high on a long list.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:29:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-condo-association_chomes_090sep05,0,208473.story</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL:  Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I live in a nine-unit condo building in which two units are in foreclosure with $7,000 owed to the association. As a result, we received shut-off notices from several utilities. The association president paid most of these bills with her credit card. She now wants to apply a special assessment to the remaining unit owners for reimbursement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:35:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-pearl-condoqa-0831aug31,0,2214586.story</link>
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     <title>IN: Couple, caretaker unhurt in condo blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Joanna Smith’s split-second decision possibly saved an elderly couple from a lot of trouble Sunday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:24:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080901/LOCAL/809010393/-1/LOCAL07</link>
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     <title>IL: Small boards should beware of 'mob rule'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A problem for some small associations is a tendency for every owner to want to get in to the act of running the organization]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:44:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/1132547,mack29.article</link>
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     <title>OH: Flooding deaths civil suit settled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Settlements were reached July 31 in civil court cases regarding two residents who died in the Versailles at Hudson Condominiums during the 2003 flood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:48:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/4295742</link>
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     <title>MN: Pool owners find challenges installing new drains (NPR audio)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Stine says pool owners in Minnesota will also face more regulations under the state law. All pool drains in Minnesota must be visually inspected every day, and more pools will need licenses]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:38:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/26/pool_changes/</link>
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     <title>IL: Refusal clause is a tool that protects condo owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There has been a major push to have condominium associations do away with the "right of first refusal" provisions in their Declarations and By-laws. Some in the real estate community are even calling for governmental intervention in getting those perfectly legal and widely used provisions banned.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:10:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wednesdayjournalonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=3&ArticleID=12154&TM=82941.2]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Homeowners clean up maligned Wheeling neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After 15-year-old Chavario White was shot and killed near his home at the Colonial subdivision in 2006, residents of the Wheeling townhouse complex decided they needed to take some action.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25381</link>
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     <title>OH: Residents Find Lake Full Of Rotting Fish</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Resident's there woke up Friday morning to a lake full of dozens of dead fish.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:05:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=64d8171f-4f83-4aee-b65a-dfbafec82f65</link>
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     <title>IL: Can homeowner's associations assess new fees without notice?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Can my homeowner's association impose a special assessment of $2,500 in one lump sum without any notice]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:49:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bnd.com/business/story/444700.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Newcomes need a 'conducation'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Most new board members are not prepared for all the various responsibilities, in the view of Chris Evans, president of Vanguard Community Management in Schaumburg.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:14:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/1119985,mack122.article</link>
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     <title>OH: Fire Tears Through Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The cause of a fire that damaged several condominiums Thursday morning was under investigation. The fire started at about 2 a.m. at the Farmington Meadows Condominiums,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2008/08/21/story_condo_fire.html?sid=102</link>
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     <title>OH: Beavercreek Condo Goes Up In Ball Of Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People getting ready to go to sleep in one Beavercreek neighborhood had trouble shutting their eyes after loud booms and apparent explosions rocked the street, sparking a serious fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:12:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.whiotv.com/news/17240693/detail.html</link>
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     <title>IN: County gets serious about condo squatters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In all, 33 units were targeted at the request of the development's owner and the village. The units were occupied by alleged drug dealers, squatters in vacant apartments and, occasionally, people who just couldn't make the rent.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:43:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/08/19/columnists/mark_kiesling/docba91e8d1d5c81834862574a900034bf5.txt</link>
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     <title>IN: Group targets home business</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two day care providers in the Benjamin Crossing subdivision south of Lafayette say they are being unfairly targeted by the subdivision's homeowners' association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:31:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080819/NEWS/808190329</link>
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     <title>WI: Homeowner groups start to feel the pinch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[She’s the new president of the homeowners association for the Meadow Creek Crossing subdivision in Germantown, and the board might have to slap a lien on three of her neighbors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:13:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=783448</link>
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     <title>IA: Idyllwild in limbo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But after historic flooding in June, owners of all 92 units have left to live with friends, rent another place or cut ties altogether. Their future is uncertain: Will the federal government provide funds to buy out their properties? Will they rebuild? Will they sell their properties at bargain prices to investors?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:36:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080816/NEWS01/808160340/1079</link>
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     <title>IA: Clive homeowner calls yard 'nature preserve'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Country Club Estates resident George Lederhaas thinks some of his neighbors should be careful what they wish for when it comes to enforcing city ordinances.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:52:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080815/NEWS/808150330/-1/NEWS04</link>
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     <title>IN: Federal lawsuit filed to stop Weston Lakes incorporation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of 19 landowners in the newly incorporated town of Weston Lakes have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to rescind the voter’s approval of the incorporation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:36:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortbendstar.com/081308/n_Federal%20lawsuit%20filed%20to%20stop%20Weston%20Lakes%20incorporation.htm</link>
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     <title>IL: Elevator upgrades put off four years</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Local condo owners have four more years to comply with a state law requiring upgrades in their buildings' elevators thanks to an amendment to the Elevator Safety and Registration Act signed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich two weeks ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:56:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/riverforest/news/1104316,RF-elevator-081308-s1.article</link>
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     <title>MO: Condo residents cite flooding concerns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Valley Park levee, recently finished and protecting much of the community from rising Meramec River waters, has only made flooding dangers — from backups into the Meramec’s Fishpot Creek tributary — worse for those in the Summertree Village condos, according to some of those residents]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:51:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://westcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/08/12/news/doc48a061a8c3636115638723.txt</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Our condo building was rehabbed by the developer five years ago. After the units were sold, the developer pulled out, and owners had to assemble a board. The board chose an unlicensed management company that left us with many problems. Now that we have a new management company, we have discovered that renters were not disclosed, our mechanical equipment does not meet code and (some) owners have been past due on their assessments for more than six months.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:08:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-pearl-condoqa-0810aug10,0,576180.story</link>
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     <title>IL: No matter the size, association boards need expert advice</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If we as humans need to have role models, advisers and coaches just to help us learn to cope and make the right decisions, how about that new condo board? Do you think they know how to prepare a budget, collect delinquent assessments, decide who pays for the leaky toilet, all on their own?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:54:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226274</link>
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     <title>IN: New trash contract creates dilemma for homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city of Noblesville entered into a new contract for trash pickup that has created an unintended consequence for homeowners residing in communities controlled by recorded covenants.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:15:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.county29.net/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17204&Itemid=225]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Murky pool pumped residents need for change</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A year ago, Suzanne Hackenbruch was on the wrong side of the bylaw ­- or so her homeowners association declared.  When the Warrenville resident urged her neighbors to protest their association's failure to open the neighborhood pool, a lawyer representing the management company sent a letter demanding a retraction and fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:56:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226625&src=2]]></link>
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     <title>OH: Condo Owners Say, 'Not In Our Backyard'  (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo owners in northeast Columbus are fighting to keep a gas station out of their backyards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:42:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2008-08-06-0033.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Prairie Pointe thinks about leaving park management</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The park, which is not part of the Chicago Park District, holds the perhaps unique distinction of being maintained-or not maintained, as some say-by the condominium association at Prairie Pointe, just south of the park at 1600 S. Prairie. The space was created in a "planned development," a city ordinance that established Prairie Pointe's units, parking spots and other elements, including open space.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:02:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=60&ArticleID=5606&TM=83037.6]]></link>
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     <title>OH: Fire Breaks Out At Rocky River Condo Complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fire sparked around 2:15PM at Pease at Center Ridge Road.  Police tell 19 Action News some roofing equipment caught fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:29:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.woio.com/global/story.asp?s=8799324</link>
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     <title>MO: Happy life in condo goes up in smoke</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At Your Service: My husband and I have been married for nine months. When we married, I moved into his midtown condo.  Under other circumstances, I would really be in love with the condo. Instead, my husband and I may have to sell our home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:37:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kansascity.com/business/moneywise/story/730481.html</link>
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     <title>IL: As legal disputes rise, so do roles of board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The number of community associations continues to grow, and so do the disputes. Board members increasingly are called to testify at depositions, hearings, trials and other legal goings-on.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:00:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-condo_chomes-0801aug01,0,4408266.story</link>
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     <title>MN: Pelican Lake Property Owner's Association donates PFDs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Pelican Lakes Property Owner's Association graciously donated a PFD (life jacket) for every student in the recent Boat and Water Safety Class held at Breezy Point City Hall.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:33:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pineandlakes.com/stories/073008/news_20080730042.shtml</link>
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     <title>IL: Federal rules wreak havoc on condo sales</title>
     <description><![CDATA[FHA loans are proving to be the bright spot of the housing industry, enabling many first-time buyers to enter the market at a time when tighter lending requirements otherwise would not allow them.  That is, unless they're in the market for a condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:12:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-condo-fhajul30,0,4027706.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo buyers flip off Trump</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investors no longer have to pay Trump prices for a piece of Donald Trump's downtown condominium and hotel tower]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:55:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=30341</link>
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     <title>IL: Homeowner Association Rules oftentimes are not followed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. I read your response to a reader's question regarding enforcement of Homeowner Association Rules. The reader referenced an article that you had previously published regarding enforcement of HOA rules. I am on the board of an association (260 units and growing), and we are struggling with that issue ourselves. Can you provide some insight on this topic?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:57:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bnd.com/business/story/409496.html</link>
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     <title>KS: Political signs facing battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Are political yard signs protected by the free speech provision of the U.S. Constitution or can a neighborhood get together and agree not to allow them?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:00:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cjonline.com/stories/072508/sta_309691212.shtml</link>
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     <title>IL: Association offers to finance tree removal for Island Lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What originally started as a homeowner's association simply wanting permission to remove 31 diseased trees, recently turned into the association offering to finance the project for Island Lake interest-free.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:02:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/wauconda/news/1071869,wk-trees-072407-s1.article</link>
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     <title>NE: Flags will fly in Southwind</title>
     <description><![CDATA["The Homeowners Association became active because of the annexation of our subdivision into La Vista," Allan said. According to Allan, before that annexation, when the Homeowners Association stayed rather dormant, covenants were relatively not enforced since 1999 when the Southwind development was established.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:36:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.lavistasun.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=19867818&BRD=2712&PAG=461&dept_id=557007&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>WI: Water rights can’t be reserved</title>
     <description><![CDATA[C & B Investments, which owned property on Castle Rock Lake in Juneau County, created the Shipwreck Bay Condominium Association and built condominiums on the lakefront edge of the property. It then relinquished ownership of all common areas of the property to the association, including the shoreline, but reserved for itself the right to regulate the placement and use of piers and docks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:12:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wislawjournal.com/article.cfm/2008/07/28/Water-rights-cant-be-reserved-Court-Both-sale-and-reservation-of-rights-banned</link>
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     <title>IL: Can't we all just get along?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Life in an association is a microcosm of life in the world at large. People of deficient character touch us daily, in the corporate world, in the political realm, in the athletic world, in law enforcement. Why should things be different in the condo association world?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:08:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/1061800,mack18.article</link>
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     <title>IN: Feds file discrimination suit against Munster condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Munster condominium association alleging the group illegally denied housing to a couple because they were black and had children.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:01:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/07/16/news/lake_county/docd42fda7adfebdee6862574880006bc2b.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo owners can be caught up in market downturn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When the real estate market boomed between 1995 and 2005, speculation ran rampant. Property "flippers" were rolling over huge profits, selling their contracts for condos in new buildings before they were even built.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:13:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=216918</link>
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     <title>IL: No Right to Mezuzot at Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, 2-1, that the condominium association at Shoreline Towers in Chicago did not run afoul of the Fair Housing Act when managers removed the religious items pursuant to a rule barring the placement of signs, shoes, mats, and any other sort of object outside residents' doors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:19:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nysun.com/national/no-right-to-mezuzot-at-condos/81659/</link>
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     <title>WI: Water use rights can’t be sold</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A lake property owner cannot sell the right to use a pier or boatslip.  The Wisconsin Court of Appeals held on July 3 that the right to use a pier is a riparian right, and thus subject to the ban in sec. 30.133 on its conveyance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:30:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wislawjournal.com/article.cfm/2008/07/14/Water-use-rights-cant-be-sold-Use-of-piers-boatslips-held-invalid</link>
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     <title>MN: Car Fire Spreads To Condos In Vadnais Heights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that started in a car's ash tray spread to the Vandais Heights condominium complex it was parked in front of, according to authorities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:35:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wcco.com/local/car.fire.spreads.2.766413.html</link>
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     <title>WI: Owners of McGrath condos rail against big repair costs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ the 13-unit building, just 13 years old, is flawed in both its design and construction, leaving them to scramble to prevent further damages. Mayville and his neighbors are looking at $100,000 just to keep the water out. That's not including the cost of repairing damage already done.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:29:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.madison.com/tct/news/CTstaging/295231</link>
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     <title>IL: Lightning starts fire in Pewaukee condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A lightning strike started a fire that did $30,000 in damage to a Pewaukee condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:44:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-lightning-fire,0,422066.story</link>
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     <title>IN: Maintaining dams will pay in saved lives, regulators say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In other moves addressing expensive dam repairs, a Lake George cottage owners association filed a lawsuit denying ownership of the Steuben County lake’s dam, and a homeowners association in Allen County claims its dam’s dimensions take it out of the state’s jurisdiction and stringent maintenance standards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:06:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/LOCAL10/807060398/1002/LOCAL</link>
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     <title>IL: Dog rules 'just plain cruel'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Then one day, the association in charge of making sure the complex's property values are protected decides to limit the number of "children" each homeowner can have. Failure to comply, the board says, will result in a daily fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:04:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.southtownstar.com/lifestyles/vickroy/1039566,070608vickroy.article</link>
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     <title>IL:  Keeping track of association money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Community associations have long hired property managers to look after their bank accounts and their buildings. But some associations are separating the two tasks. They're turning to accountants to manage the money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:52:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-community-living_chomes_fri_jul04,0,706476.story</link>
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     <title>IA:  Who's to pay for sewer issues?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Somewhere, that system is clogged. Unfortunately, no one seems to know whom - if anyone - is legally responsible for fixing it.  Built in five stages by developers in the late 1950s and 1960s, Greenfield Plaza has since been governed by a mishmash of Warren County leadership and independent boards, sometimes with hazy amounts of authority and jurisdiction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:43:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.indianolarecordherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080704/INDIANOLA01/807020384/1137/INDIANOLA</link>
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     <title>KS: Olathe Residents Upset Over Unfinished Homes (w/video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in an Olathe neighborhood said they are fed up with their developer and they want city leaders to do something about some unfinished homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:28:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kmbc.com/news/16765207/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NE: Siren issue not about money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Lake Maloney Property and Homeowner Associations were surprised to learn that both the county's emergency management department and emergency siren maintenance provider Twin Valley Communications, were seeking to opt out of a longstanding contract to keep Lake Maloney residents under a safety umbrella.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:10:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nptelegraph.com/articles/2008/07/01/news/50000283.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Council talks unfair building enforcement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Paul said the city could just look at its building codes when granting building permits while acknowledging the HOA covenants. Or, he added, the city could deny the permit if it violates the covenants.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:02:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vfpnews.com/articles/2008/07/01/news/news04.txt</link>
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     <title>MO: Branson Timeshare Company Penalized for Timeshare Scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A North Carolina business that allegedly used false and misleading sales tactics in timesharer sales at the Cabins at Green Mountain near Branson will pay $324,393 in restitution to consumers, $5,000 in civil penalties and $10,000 to the state]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:54:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesharesdaily.com/index.php/20080627145/Latest/Branson-Timeshare-Company-Penalized-for-Timeshare-Scam.html</link>
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     <title>IA: Bowles loses condo battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The builder on a much-litigated condominium development in Davenport won a breach-of-contract battle in Scott County District Court this week against the property’s outspoken owner and her company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:35:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/06/27/news/local/doc48659a67b3c0e017657170.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Attorney seminar offers legal guidance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The daily operations of a community association are complicated, and legal guidance is expensive. Attendees at a recent "Ask an Attorney" seminar, hosted by the Association of Condominium, Townhouse and Homeowners Associations, had their questions answered by a pair of industry pros. Here's a peek at that event:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:45:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/chi-community-living_chomes_fri_jun27,0,2844751.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Fire code puts damper on grilling on balcony</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although barbecue season is well under way, people might want to think twice about firing up a grill on a balcony.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:46:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/elmhurst/news/1025072,em-grilling-062608-s1.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo elections not for the faint of heart</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last week I found myself at the Castleford Hearthstone Condo Association's annual meeting, held at the Hoffman Estates police station. It was condo board election night. I dropped by after receiving complaints from a condo owner that the condo board was up to no good]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:40:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=211907&src=109]]></link>
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     <title>MN: Minnesota City Kicks Out Google Street View</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The private city of North Oaks, Minnesota -- home to more than 4,500 people -- has demanded that Google remove all images of their community from the company's Street View feature.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:32:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/256574</link>
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     <title>IA: Owners, producers agree on buffer zone</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The agreement was negotiated between the property owner association and a group that included some of the largest pork producers in the state.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:26:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kmeg14.com/Global/story.asp?S=8555773&nav=menu609_2_4]]></link>
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     <title>IA: Idyllwild residents push harder for buyouts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Idyllwild is made up of townhomes, and resident Jessica McAllister suggested the homeowner's association send a letter to the City Council expressing the neighborhood's interest in buyouts to help get the process rolling.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:57:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080625/NEWS/793256947/1006/news</link>
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     <title>MN: Condo resident can't find relief with garbage problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Donkena's beef with the association running the southeast Rochester condominium development, The Willows, has reached the city council's ears.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:26:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=348852]]></link>
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     <title>MO: The Good...The Bad...The Ugly...</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After months of negotiations, the Village of Four Seasons and Four Seasons Property Owners Association have reached an accord without going to court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:24:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lakeexpo.com/articles/2008/06/23/neighborhood/23.txt</link>
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     <title>OH: Condo values plunge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the Woodcliff Condominiums in Whitehall, which had been plagued by roaches and sewer problems, more than 40 condos were auctioned in April for an average sale price of about $13,700. One investor bought 28 of them for $11,000 apiece, planning to rent them for $500 to $600 a month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:25:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/22/condos.ART_ART_06-22-08_A1_P0AIAO3.html?sid=101</link>
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     <title>IA: Iowa City condo group mulls future</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Close to $2 million and more than a year - that's what Idyllwild Condo resident Kurt Kimmerling said he thinks it will take to repair the flood damage to this housing development off Foster Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080622/NEWS/532930984/1006/news</link>
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     <title>IL: Parties shirk responsibility for weed-filled, mosquito infested pond</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. My home is in a neighborhood belonging to a country club. About eight of us have back yards that abut a pond. This pond is partially owned by the homeowner' association, which they lease to the golf course since one of the golf holes also backs up to the pond.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:49:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bnd.com/business/story/376603.html</link>
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     <title>OH: Gristmill Condominiums closer to buyouts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city of Painesville is moving closer to being able to offer buyouts to property owners of the former Gristmill Condominiums in Painesville.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:11:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19778904&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>MN: Mortgage scam snagged scores</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than half of River Ridge's 45 units were auctioned off in sheriff's sales between last October and March, Dakota County foreclosure records show. Nearly all the foreclosed units were owned by investor-buyers arranged through Blackstone, according to people who bought there and a list of dozens of investor-buyers that one buyer created. The directory at River Ridge's front door shows about 19 units are occupied, some of them rentals.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:56:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://origin.twincities.com/ci_9585410</link>
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     <title>OH: Thieves take air conditioner off roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Installers said it would have taken at least three men to remove the air-conditioning unit from the roof of a condominium on Mastick Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:56:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/06/thieves_take_air_conditioner_o.html</link>
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     <title>MO: Condo rental clause stirs controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the developers, Larry Schulz of Byrnes Mill, said one reason for the delay is the slumping housing market, but he also indicated that investors in the development are concerned about a clause banning condo owners from ever renting their units, a clause that city officials have asked be placed in any sales agreements for the condos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:26:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://jeffcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/06/11/news/sj2tn20080610-0611mac-bmmeet0.ii1.txt</link>
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     <title>MN: River Station owners caught up in litigation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A dispute over faulty construction work at River Station Condominiums, 560 N. 2nd St., has swelled into a lawsuit lasting more than a year, with hefty legal fees and more than 20 primary and/or third-party defendants.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:50:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.downtownjournal.com/index.php?&story=11712&page=65&category=54]]></link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL: Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: The president of our condo board has been aggressively fining residents hundreds of dollars. He finds as many violations as possible and compounds the fines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:13:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/chi-re-pearl-condoqa-0608jun08,0,1193571.story</link>
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     <title>MN: Wind gust sends Minneapolis condo window crashing from 21 stories</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A "fluke" gust of wind ripped a window off a downtown Minneapolis condo late this morning, sending it crashing 21 stories to the ground, the building's property manager said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:24:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/local/19605609.html?location_refer=Most%20Emailed:Homepage</link>
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     <title>OH: Attic fire damages Perrysburg condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An attic fire early Friday damaged an unoccupied condo at a condominium complex on Boston Bay Road in Perrysburg, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:04:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080606/NEWS07/924462459</link>
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     <title>OH: Homeowners’ group: Playground must go</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners’ association is forcing a woman  who uses a wheelchair to remove a swing set she put up for her autistic son or face a $100 per month fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:25:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/06/05/homeowners-group-playground-must-go/</link>
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     <title>IL: With condo unit cleaned, Lake in the Hills woman can move back in</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A judge on Wednesday gave the OK for a Lake in the Hills woman taken to court over her squalid condo to move back in after officials said she had cleaned the unit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:40:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2008/06/05/news/local/doc4847bc6780d54855773929.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: State gives condos until 2013 to upgrade elevators</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Local condo residents won't have to worry about making costly upgrades in their elevators by the end of this year thanks to an amendment to the Elevator Safety and Registration Act that passed the Illinois House just before adjournment last week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:45:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/riverforest/news/986440,RF-Elevator-060408-sl.article</link>
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     <title>MN: Developers delay, and neighbors in Minneapolis feel the pain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Behind the fence lies the reality of a project stalled before it even rose above ground level, either by a faltering housing market or a developer's hubris, depending on whom you ask.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:37:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/local/19476564.html?location_refer=North%20Metro</link>
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     <title>IA: Some in Regency homes find they lack warranties</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As many as 2,000 homeowners in 20 unfinished Regency developments in central Iowa learned this month that the West Des Moines home builder has stopped paying its condominium association insurance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:28:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/BUSINESS/805290392/0/NEWS&theme=REGENCY]]></link>
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     <title>WI: SOS: After a heavy rain, she can't get into her condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lora Ott loves her new condo on Madison 's East Side, but she 'd love it more if she could actually get to it after a big rain storm]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:40:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/wonder/sos/288098#start2</link>
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     <title>IL: Fire damages Schaumburg condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A passer-by spotted smoke coming from a condominium on the second floor of a building at 32 Azalea Drive in Schaumburg Saturday afternoon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:15:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=197446&src=1]]></link>
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     <title>IL: In most cases, condo records are nothing to fight over</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Section 19 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act and Section 107.75 of the Illinois General Not for Profit Corporation Act allow the members of an association to review the books and records of the association under defined circumstances]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 14:41:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196216&src=118]]></link>
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     <title>IL: How can older condo buildings go green?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[How can associations incorporate sustainable or green principles and products into their operations?  Let's consider suggestions for older buildings from Jim Stoller, president of Building Group, a Chicago-based condominium management company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 19:31:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/965244,mack23.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Man to serve 20 years for deadly condo explosion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Moline man will serve 20 years in prison for causing a deadly condo explosion.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:49:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=8367696</link>
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     <title>IL: Clothesline advocates hang hopes on 'right to dry'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The right to dry is becoming a divisive issue among neighbors striving to be green and others who don't care to see BVDs blowing in the breeze while grilling on the deck.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:31:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/965162,cothesline23.article</link>
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     <title>WI: Balcony ban vanishes during board meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Eagle Island View Condominiums in Prairie du Sac no longer have to worry about a fine for stepping out on their balconies during the winter eagle season.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:30:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wiscnews.com/spe/news/287499</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[OH: Homeowner & Condo Associations Deal With Increasing Budgets]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The poor economy and high gas prices have begun to effect the homeowner and condo associations many residents depend on.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:45:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=4f778bfe-f405-48b4-811c-77374c685723</link>
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     <title>IL: Fire Breaks Out On Roof Of River North Condo Tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An apparently accidental fire started on the roof of a parking garage of a 48-story condominium building in the River North neighborhood Tuesday morning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 10:26:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs2chicago.com/local/river.north.fire.2.728199.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Justices split on rental restriction case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a ruling that could be the first of its kind in the nation, a divided Indiana Supreme Court Thursday afternoon reversed a lower court’s ruling that a Kokomo subdivision’s covenant restricting rentals violated the federal Fair Housing Act because of potential racial implications.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:15:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theindianalawyer.com/html/detail_page.asp?content=01856</link>
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     <title>IL: Aesthetics on the Line</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The right to dry is becoming a divisive issue among neighbors striving to be green and others who don't care to see BVDs blowing in the breeze while grilling on the deck.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 18:52:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/955262,4_1_JO17_LINES_S1.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Credit or debit for payment?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because of advances in technology, community associations can afford sophisticated cash management systems that were once the domain of large corporations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 15:12:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/chi-thu_condo_0515may15,0,1493852.story</link>
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     <title>IA: Condo owner fears for flower garden</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But when she received a letter from her Bettendorf condominium association ordering her to rip the garden out or have it flattened by a professional landscaper, she started a petition drive and even went to court this week to try to stop it]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:03:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ads.qctimes.com/articles/2008/05/16//news/local/doc482d0e617b0b9594631828.txt</link>
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     <title>WI: Towers of Channelside pool parties leaving some residents wet</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The developer sees a win-win in charity events doubling as promotion for unsold units, but residents at the Towers of Channelside say offering their 35,000-square-foot pool deck to outsiders has to stop.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:49:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2008/05/19/story4.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Three condo laws on ice in state legislature</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A number of proposed bills that would have an adverse effect on condominium associations have been at least temporarily set aside this year in the Illinois Legislature, although some of their language could be retrieved and included in other potential laws.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:26:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/952587,mack16.article</link>
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     <title>OH: Edgecliff condo owners' suit: Developer behind on fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Edgecliff Condominium Owners' Association Inc. sued the project's developer this week, charging that it had fallen more than $1 million behind in monthly fees for scores of unsold units and is trying to illegally maintain control of the condo board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:23:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/05/19/story17.html</link>
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     <title>WI: Condo residents will be allowed limited balcony use during winter months</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Eagle Island View Condominiums in Prairie du Sac no longer have to worry about a fine for stepping out on their balconies during the winter eagle season.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:27:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wiscnews.com/spe/news/286376</link>
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     <title>WI: Jackson gives condo developer, Lamm another chance to fix flooding problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Village Board Tuesday gave diplomacy one last chance to fix the flooding at Glen Brooke Drive]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:46:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2008/May_08/05142008_11.asp</link>
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     <title>IA: Regency stops insurance payments</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As many as 2,000 homeowners in 20 unfinished Regency developments in central Iowa learned late last week that the West Des Moines home builder has stopped paying its condominium association insurance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:17:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/BUSINESS/805140348/-1/LIFE04</link>
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     <title>IL: Man found dead after condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Springfield man was found dead Monday after an intense blaze that destroyed his condominium and injured a firefighter.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:09:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/30166.asp</link>
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     <title>NE: Neighbor Fights Homeowners Association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Homeowners Association has put out pleas for drivers to slow down in its newsletter, but Debbie says more needs to be done. She says the Association is resistant to installing speed bumps because of appearance]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 22:12:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=8303644</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo owners jumping in on Ensenberger lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo owners in the Ensenberger building have joined the lawsuit between the building’s owner and the project developer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:28:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/05/06/news/doc481fe37fe3eea287687680.txt</link>
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     <title>WI: Condo dwellers are starting to speak up about noise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Downsizing empty nesters, especially, may want to trade the deadening quiet of single-family suburban houses for a livelier urban setting, but they also want the freedom to make their own noise whenever they want, be that from sound surround or a vacuum cleaner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 12:57:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08124/878405-30.stm?cmpid=lifestyle.xml</link>
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     <title>MN: Feds outline condo fraud scheme</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investigators describe an elaborate scam at the Sexton project in downtown Minneapolis that included laundering illegal profits through a lawyer in Australia.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 11:55:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/business/18536074.html</link>
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     <title>MN: Sexton Building: 'That place is a mess'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The three dozen residents of the Sexton are scattered widely among the mostly vacant 123 units in the downtown Minneapolis condominium building. But mutual misfortune has turned them into a tight-knit bunch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:12:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/business/18220569.html</link>
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     <title>IL:  Associations need to face troubled times square on</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you own a home in a townhouse or condominium association, or an HOA, or serve on the board, and you fail to take into consideration what could possibly befall you without careful planning, you could be facing a financial crisis that could cause property values to crash, in your community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:17:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=178928&src=118]]></link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL:  Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[To protect the association and ensure that we have people who can afford the assessments, the board is thinking of requiring potential owners to have a credit score of at least 650.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:10:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-pearl-condoqa-0427apr27,0,3132102.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Business relationships at board's discretion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Frequently, an association board of directors will be required to address a situation involving a director who may have a business relationship with one of the association's contractors, sometimes even the management company. There is very little statutory or case law authority on this subject so a conscientious board must diligently investigate the circumstances and once the facts have been determined, get a legal opinion.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:40:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=170438</link>
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     <title>IL: Trump settling lawsuits over discount condo deals</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has been making peace with some of the early condo buyers at his 92-story tower under construction overlooking the Chicago River.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:21:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat-trump-friends-family-suiapr12,1,236124.story?track=rss</link>
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     <title>IA: Condo owner sues to stop neighbor's smoking</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condo owner here is suing her association because she says they won't stop her neighbor from smoking.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:06:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080409/NEWS/287698781</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL:  Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I have owned a condo for eight years and rented it out a year ago. In January, we decided to sell the unit. As we were preparing the unit for listing, we learned that our management company had embezzled our building's reserves, as well as those of other associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:33:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-pearl-condoqa-0406apr06,0,1493696.story</link>
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     <title>MO: Four Seasons dispute remains in arbitration; lawsuit seeks to clarify</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than a year after it was filed, an ongoing dispute over who has jurisdiction over what between the Four Seasons Property Owners Association and the Village of Four Seasons has not been settled]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:16:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lakesunleader.com/articles/2008/04/04/news/05.txt</link>
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     <title>IL:  Judge orders Lake in the Hills woman out of squalid condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owner of a Lake in the Hills condominium found filled with trash and human feces cannot live there until it undergoes a cleanup, a McHenry County judge ruled Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:28:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=165089&src=4]]></link>
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     <title>IN: From the ashes of arson, fire victims await rebuilt condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Teague's Lakes of the Four Seasons Lakeside Condos home was one of eight that were destroyed during a wind-fueled fire that swept through the complex a year ago today]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:54:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/04/02/news/top_news/doc079a5d19cf3aa6338625741f0007b0e7.txt</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL:  Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I am a newly elected member of a condo board. In the last year, our board passed a set of rules for all owners and tenants. Several of these pertain to pets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:12:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-pearl-condo-qa-0330mar30,0,162250.story</link>
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     <title>OH: In the end, it·s the Geese Police who leave</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some condominium owners in the Arrowhead Lake area are crying foul on one condominium association·s treatment of water fowl.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:06:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.morningjournalnews.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=9001</link>
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     <title>IL: Official: Garbage, feces found in condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[McHenry County officials are asking a judge to order the cleanup of a Lake in the Hills condo unit that they say is strewn with garbage and human feces.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:42:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2008/03/27/news/local/doc47eb6d2b04711395469389.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Fire destroys condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several area fire departments were on scene at 2 p.m. while evacuated residents from the Beacon Cove complex waited in parking lots and the clubhouse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:44:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/palatine/news/858505,pa-winslowefire-032408-s1.article</link>
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     <title>IN: Condo owners fail to win damages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Five years ago, owners of condominiums near Kamm Island hired an attorney to attempt to stop the city from building a bridge they said would interfere with their view of the St. Joseph River.  After five years of litigation, they are no better off than when they started]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:02:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080322/News01/803220318/0/BIZ</link>
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     <title>IL: How this condo board got hoodwinked</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In both situations, there had been safeguards against loss that had not been followed. "Management acknowledged that internal controls are only as good as their enforcement," said Majewski. In the first case, the management company and its insurers made good on the loss. In the second, fidelity coverage of the association reimbursed it for the theft.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:51:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/853329,mack21.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Family dodges eviction</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Oak Forest family can breathe a sigh of relief now that their condominium association has decided not to pursue possession of the family's home in a dispute over the kind of flooring the family installed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:28:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.southtownstar.com/neighborhoodstar/oakforest/854223,032108ofeviction.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Firefighter, Police Officer Hurt In Condo Blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Chicago police officer and a firefighter are both recovering from injuries they suffered from rescuing people from a burning condo building in the West Side's Hermosa neighborhood – and authorities say the fire was no accident.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:33:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs2chicago.com/local/condo.fire.suspicious.2.681255.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Decision time nears for those who reserved Harrison condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Officials at Martin Goldstine Knapke are starting to call those who paid the $1,000 fee to reserve a condo to get their final decision. Priority is given in the order reservations were received.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:58:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kpcnews.com/articles/2008/03/18/greater_fort_wayne/news/today/3-18story1.txt</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL: Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q:I have questions about open condo meetings and serving on committees. Our board limits speakers at the opening of a meeting to five minutes each. A husband and wife or multiple owners can speak up as long as they keep it to a total of five minutes. The board now wants to limit speaking to one person from a unit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:24:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/news/chi-re_pearl-condo-qampa-0316mar16,0,4957845.story</link>
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     <title>IL:  Association issues for future thought</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There are significant issues that we do have to address in the near and intermediate future and although there are no solutions now, we do need to be prepared as they arise.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:15:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=152995&src=118]]></link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL: Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I have questions about open condo meetings and serving on committees.Our board limits the number of speakers at the opening of a board meeting to five minutes each. The husband and wife or multiple owners of a unit can speak up at these meetings as long as they keep it to a total of five minutes. The board now wants to limit speaking to one person from a unit.  Can the board legitimately limit speaking to one person per unit?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:39:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re_pearl-condo-qa-0316mar16,0,3655242.story</link>
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     <title>WI: A receiver is appointed for condo tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Downtown developer Cliff Fisher is out as manager of Phase II of Metropolitan Place, replaced by a Milwaukee lawyer who was appointed as receiver, under terms of a settlement reached with lenders on Friday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:16:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=277263</link>
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     <title>IN: Candidate's suit alleges Arlington Park intrigue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Amid charges of vote stealing and conspiracy, the Arlington Park Community Association election may well be the hottest race in town - at least for a few people in the northeast subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:11:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/JG/20080314/LOCAL03/803140314</link>
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     <title>IL: Chicago bank's condo woes grow</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Corus Bank doesn't have a single Florida employee, but the Chicago-based bank has more than $2 billion on the line in the form of nearly 6,400 condo units it has funded in South Florida. The performance of these projects is pivotal to the future of the bank, which has nearly $8.8 billion in assets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:55:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://washington.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/03/17/story1.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Incorrect property-tax bill riles Crestwood condo owner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property taxes can make anyone's blood boil, but when John Lavelle sees his bills, he gets downright honked. Due to an error in the original legal description of his Crestwood condominium, Lavelle pays roughly twice what he should for his two-car garage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:46:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-problem_lavelle_12mar12,1,6840260.column</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL:  Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Are there any ordinances to restrain condo boards that have gone wild with expensive projects? I have lived in this condo for more than 21 years. In the last 10, boards have undertaken many large projects, leading to a debt of more than $4 million. Now we face another loan and special assessment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:50:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/news/chi-re-pearl-condo-qampa-0309mar09,0,1993754.story</link>
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     <title>MN: Troubled Sexton now caught up in fraud probe</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sexton, a downtown Minneapolis condominium development already caught up in foreclosure and a tangle of lawsuits among its partners, now is at the center of a mortgage fraud investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:24:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/business/16484021.html</link>
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     <title>WI: Fire damages condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire did extensive damage to a condominium Thursday at the Dells Club Condominiums,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:16:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wiscnews.com/wde/news/276133</link>
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     <title>OH: Pullins’ lawsuit dismissed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Kathryn Pullins’ most recent lawsuit against the Apple Valley Property Owners Association was dismissed in its entirety on Wednesday]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:22:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/08/03/06/pullins.avpoa.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[IL: Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: A new roof was recently installed on our 75-unit building. In the second phase of the project, my unit was damaged from rainfall that apparently came through the new roof. I have a $1,000 deductible, and the damage to my unit was $800.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:15:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/news/chi-pearl_re_03-02mar02,0,6279060.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Trump tower tenants sue over deal changes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More condo buyers in the new Trump tower are griping about promises the flamboyant developer allegedly has failed to keep, according to lawsuits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:12:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tue_trumpfeb12,0,5737419.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Builder can't be found</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Motor Row was planned as a 91-unit project on a historic stretch of South Michigan. Fitzgerald, of the firm Fitzgerald Associates Architects, said he stopped working on the project months ago when he wasn't being paid.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:58:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suntimes.com/business/823699,CST-FIN-Augunas04.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo developer needs to relinquish control now</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. We are wondering what we could do to get the developer to turn over the condominium association to us. The last of the six units sold several months ago. The developer told us several times that he has requested his attorney to set up the transfer meeting but nothing happens.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:29:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/818336,mack29.article</link>
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     <title>MN: Purged: Six Jonathan directors ousted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Jonathan Association annual meeting on Tuesday night resulted in the removal of six of nine directors who serve on the homeowner group’s board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:00:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/jonathan-association/purged-six-jonathan-directors-apparently-ousted-3726</link>
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     <title>WI: Madison Homeowners Assoc. Finds Solution to Fighting Expensive Snow Removal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There are massive snow piles in front of the homes in the Highland Village community on Madison's west side. But those snow piles are about the only winter problem facing the residents there, because the village board and homeowners association president signed a long-term snow removal contract.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:52:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wkow.madison.com/News/index.php?ID=19214</link>
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     <title>IL: Lawyers take hard view of late payers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Should an association show leniency toward unit owners who find they are unable to pay their assessments because of upwardly adjusting interest rates on their ARMs? What if they have to contend with foreclosure actions?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:47:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/808262,mack22.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Roselle condominium fire injures 2 people</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two people were injured in a condominium fire in west suburban Roselle Tuesday night, fire officials said.  Firefighters from 10 suburban fire districts and departments responded to a box alarm]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:02:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-roselle_fire_webfeb20,1,2804607.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Icy reception for plow request in S. Elgin</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For years, the village has banned on-street parking during snows of 2 inches or more. The buildings in Sandhurst have four units, each with a one-car garage shared by a large driveway. There's room for one car outside the garage, but the townhouse association tows cars parked two deep because it blocks the common driveway.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:17:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=138306&src=5]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Ensenberger building owner sues condo project developer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owners of the Ensenberger building have filed a lawsuit claiming the condominium project developer diverted money and failed to close on the sale of the property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:17:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/02/15/news/doc47b66cb0af503268256621.txt</link>
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     <title>WI: Banks: Urgent Action Needed In Condo Development Foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the two banks foreclosing on a downtown condo project said late Thursday that construction on it has "ground to a halt" and that the condo project is out of money and heavily in debt.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:36:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.channel3000.com/news/15306830/detail.html</link>
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     <title>MN: Condominium owners tell smokers: Take it outside</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents at La Rive in Minneapolis voted to make their building smoke-free. It brings the fight over smoking bans]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:03:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/local/15617577.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Broadfield residents seek flooding answers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At a meeting of the Broadfield Property Owners Association on Wednesday night, Lake County Surveyor George Van Til told residents, "We're not quite there with a solution. Flooding is like an illness. You need to find the cause before you can fix it."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:02:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/02/14/news/lake_county/doc1804ab4b98431f58862573ef001dc012.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Trump tower tenants sue over deal changes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More condo buyers in the new Trump tower are griping about promises the flamboyant developer allegedly has failed to keep, according to lawsuits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:41:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tue_trumpfeb12,0,5737419.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Corus: A Condo Lender Hangs Tough</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Corus has become a poster-child for the real estate crunch. Its stock, worth nearly $33 a share adjusted for splits in early 2006, has skidded to $11. Earnings have plunged so sharply that Glickman, in his yearend report, called the period "clearly the worst quarter we have seen in many, many years." The bank's fourth-quarter profit: a scant $1.9 million, down 96% from $47.2 million a year earlier.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:54:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2008/db20080211_624542.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_companies</link>
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     <title>OH: Condo Blaze Injures 4</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investigators said a fire at a 30-year-old condominium complex Sunday morning may have started in the kitchen.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.10tv.com/?sec=&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200802/676552520.html]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Condo associates feeling subprime fallout</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Associations are beginning to feel some pain over fallout from the subprime mortgage debacle. How serious is the impact of bad subprime lending on associations?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:22:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/782650,mack08.article</link>
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     <title>OH: Firefighter Injured In Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A firefighter was injured Friday morning while battling a blaze at a condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:59:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.onnnews.com/?sec=home&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200802/466356243.html]]></link>
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     <title>WI: QUIET CONDOS</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo buyers are developing an ear for "acoustic isolation," as neighbor-containing noise is known among acoustical engineers. Downsizing empty nesters, especially, may want to trade the deadening quiet of single-family suburban houses for a livelier urban setting, but they want the freedom to make their own noise whenever they want, be that from sound surround or a vacuum cleaner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:58:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montereyherald.com/business/ci_8205173</link>
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     <title>OH: Whitehall condo owner promises fixes, avoids trial</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owner of much of a rundown Whitehall condominium complex has agreed to make the required fixes and give up managing his property. Part of the agreement between Thomas Olander and Whitehall officials is that no condo can be rented until it's deemed safe after inspection. Raw sewage has bubbled up into basements and mold has spread across walls.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:24:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/06/Woodcliff_Condos.ART_ART_02-06-08_B4_EF997SP.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101]]></link>
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     <title>MN: 'Model' community goes to war with itself</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Utopia is dead -- or at least on life support -- in the planned community of Jonathan, which finds itself in the midst of a not-so-civil war of words.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:45:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/local/west/15124111.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Sun City's annual meeting draws attentive crowd</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Sun City's governing board, Community Association Management, conducted its annual meeting as required by the articles of incorporation. The meeting was attended by nearly 150 residents and offered numerous items of interest.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:15:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/lifestyles/771877,3_6_EL02_CAM_S1.article</link>
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     <title>OH: Condo seeks Sylvania annexation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A petition for annexation to the city of Sylvania by residents of a condominium development has some members of the One Sylvania merger committee wondering if they should continue their petition drive to get a merger commission on the November ballot.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:29:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080131/NEIGHBORS05/801300312</link>
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     <title>MN: Jonathan residents ready to fight for association's future</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They gathered Tuesday night to give input as to whether or not the Jonathan Association Board of Directors should go to court to seek a judge’s opinion on neighborhoods annexed into the association after 1979.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:55:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chaskaherald.com/node/2773</link>
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     <title>IN: Silver Hawk subdivision given emergency status</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Board of Works and Safety declared a state of emergency for Silver Hawk subdivision Wednesday in order to legally find a solution for the residential development's flooding problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:29:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.post-trib.com/news/769364,cpworks.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Chicago police look into condominium complaints about Regent Realty firm</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Chicago police said today they're investigating dozens of complaints against a Chicago realty company over the possible loss of millions of dollars belonging to condominium associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:25:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-condo-probe-webjan29,1,342888.story?ctrack=1&cset=true]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Police Investigating Realty Company  (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police are looking into allegations a realty company is stealing millions from condo associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:20:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://video.nbc5.com/player/?id=210754#videoid=210754</link>
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     <title>MN: State's largest homeowners group hit by alleged $18,000 theft</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Already under pressure from internal bickering, the Jonathan Association in Chaska has been rocked by allegations that a former bookkeeper stole more than $18,000 from the group.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:11:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/local/west/14298231.html</link>
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     <title>IL: No magic fix for ponds, homeowners told</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Upon completion of their subdivisions, developers have turned over ownership and maintenance responsibilities of the ponds to private homeowner association comprised of the homeowners in each subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:27:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ledgersentinel.com/article.asp?a=6900</link>
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     <title>IL: Subdivisions win battle to own water, sewage district</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowner association voted to create the Lost Lake Utility District in 2006, then the seven-member Lost Lake Board spent 21 months fighting for control of its water supply. The sale was finalized Dec. 14.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:41:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2008/01/18/news/local/292274417432074.txt</link>
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     <title>MN: Fight against milfoil creates even more battles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hired by the Christmas Lake association to survey the plants in the lake, McComas put a rake in the water and pulled out what was growing at more than 100 locations on Christmas Lake. He added 2007 data to similar surveys he had taken several times since 2001. The results show milfoil is increasing and native plants are decreasing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:56:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/local/west/13722001.html</link>
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     <title>OH: Wind blows out side of condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wind gusts blew through a wall of a condominium under construction on Beavercrest Drive causing debris to fall on the gas meter of a neighboring condo, according to Lorain fire officials.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:45:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19180923&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Neigborhood split over association woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While such arguments are not uncommon, this one took an interesting turn when a group of Squire's Mill homeowners came to the Joliet City Council meeting last week to ask city hall to oversee an attempt to replace the existing homeowners association board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:10:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/728814,4_1_JO07_SQUIRE_S1.article#</link>
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     <title>IL: Dredging money hard to find</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Public funds generally cannot be used to dredge private lakes, and Wonder Lake’s Master Property Owners Association is dedicated to maintaining the lake’s privacy, President Dick Hilton said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:51:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2008/01/05/news/local/doc477f51b26d6e5655261432.txt</link>
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     <title>IA: Conservation a part of housing projects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About half of the site will be open spaces, which will be maintained by a homeowners association.  Construction will use the land's natural slope to drain storm water into shallow depressions in the soil. The soil and vegetation planted there filter the water and spread it out so it can soak more slowly back into the earth.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:58:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/NEWS/801040316/-1/SPORTS12</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo assn. blocks St. Joseph Hospital</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Lake View condominium association has won a "huge victory" in a legal battle that has stymied expansion of St. Joseph Hospital.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:01:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suntimes.com/business/719696,CST-FIN-Hosp31.article</link>
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     <title>IL: First board faces big job, tight deadline</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Illinois Condominium Act says that the election of the first owner-controlled board shall take place no later than 60 days after the developer has closed on the sale of 75 percent of the units. Turnover has greater implications for a new association than simply the seating of a board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:09:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/715180,HOF-News-mack28.article</link>
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     <title>IL: Heavy agenda for condo dwellers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Kick off your community association's New Year with these reminders, announcements and updates:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:03:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu_condo_1227dec27,0,2569747.story</link>
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     <title>KS: Neighborhood deals with an uncooperative neighbor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner association president Nick Roberts sent two letters to Clark, informing him of subdivision rules, asking him to sod his lawn or face punitive enforcement. In the River Meadows Declaration of Restrictive Covenants, the association has the power to take a violator to court to recover damages and put a lien on his house.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:49:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kccommunitynews.com/articles/2007/12/26/kearney_courier/news/doc477278a66f497870894039.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Problem Solver helps a cancer patient avoid condo-association penalty</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because Fefer's chemo had run out the day before, she was desperate for the pills. She sent her friend to the custodian's apartment, located in the building. The custodian had finished working at 3 p.m., and according to the condo association's bylaws, he was not to be disturbed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:33:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-problem_fefer_12-26dec26,1,5583430.column?ctrack=2&cset=true]]></link>
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     <title>MO: Immigration bill would target businesses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Just days after condominium developer Michael G. Schlup was ordered to pay almost $1 million in fines, penalties and back taxes, Nixon announced a plan to work with the legislature to impose sanctions on Missouri employers who use undocumented workers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:23:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://westsidestar.net/articles/2007/12/24/westside_news/22.txt</link>
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     <title>OH: Condominium tells resident to take down Nativity display</title>
     <description><![CDATA[No one is objecting to its significance or appearance. But the Blendon Park Condominium Association recently served Petersen with a notice: Move the scene to the front porch or backyard, or dismantle it. Her front yard is considered the condominiums' common grounds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:06:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/12/22/nonativ.ART_ART_12-22-07_B3_AO8RQRU.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101]]></link>
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     <title>IN: Retention pond woes erode residents' good will</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The pond overseen by the Auburn Meadows Community Association is eroding so rapidly that one resident called in a representative from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They were told that in five years the shoreline could erode into the pathway that surrounds it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:09:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/12/20/news/lake_county/docad0a3cce73ebc347862573b8001c5283.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo group asks Loves Park to send plows through</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city may soon take over some road maintenance services for a condominium association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:14:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x2005621260</link>
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     <title>OH: Condo catches fire, again</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's not a good week to live at Lexington North Condominiums]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:05:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071219/NEWS01/312190008</link>
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     <title>IA: Arson suspect wants change of venue for trial</title>
     <description><![CDATA[VanDeWoestyne lived on the middle floor of the 12-condominium building at 4341 26th Ave. and was attempting suicide when he caused a gas explosion that started the fire, prosecutors claim.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:12:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2007/12/18/news/local/doc476764ac33bb1178090616.txt</link>
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     <title>OH: Two escape condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire officials were working to determine the cause of a two-alarm fire in a West End condominium complex Saturday that trapped a father and 3-year-old child on the balcony.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:19:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/NEWS01/712170390/1056/COL02</link>
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     <title>IL: Foreclosures on condo projects rise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's an indignity more developers are facing. As weak condo sales make it harder to pay off construction loans and skittish banks try to reduce their exposure to the depressed market, condo developers are increasingly facing a fate similar to that of the thousands of Chicagoans who may lose their homes to foreclosure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:54:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?rssFeed=news;id=27467&seenIt=1]]></link>
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     <title>MO: Condo fire in Lake Ozark ruled accidental</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Missouri Fire Marshall's office has ruled the fire Wednesday at Cedar Hill Condominiums as accidental.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:42:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lakeexpo.com/articles/2007/12/07/neighborhood/06.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Towering troubles?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As soon as Trump International Hotel & Tower, the city's first new-construction condo-hotel, gets a city permit to begin its phased opening, developer Donald Trump will find out for sure whether Midwesterners and others are willing to fork over megabucks to buy a pad in his luxury inn.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:08:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun_trump_1202dec02,0,6614603.story?coll=chi-navrailtechnology-nav</link>
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     <title>IL:  A Case of Christmas</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Loretto Towers Condominium resident has bolstered the building’s history by adding annual Christmas cheer. More than a decade ago, resident Bob Case took up with gusto where a few past residents left off with Christmas decorations in and around the building and its entryway.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:58:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/case_8476___article.html/building_christmas.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Neighbors claim Spire story twisted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The construction of the world's tallest residential tower, the Chicago Spire, could face a daunting obstacle just a few months after it began if nearby residents win a lawsuit they filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:35:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu_spire_1129nov29,0,4784226.story</link>
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     <title>OH: Owners of condos flooded in 2006 can collect insurance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 16 months after a historic flood destroyed their riverfront condominiums, about 100 residents will get insurance settlements to buy new homes and pay off debts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:01:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/lake/1195637810175740.xml&coll=2]]></link>
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     <title>IL: LaSalle files foreclosure suit against Lincoln Park condo project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[LaSalle Bank has filed a foreclosure lawsuit to collect $5.33 million on a past-due loan for a 41-unit condominium project at a prominent Lincoln Park intersection, one of the larger foreclosures this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:09:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=27166</link>
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     <title>OH: Ohio case might add to lender problems</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A mortgage lender cannot proceed with plans to foreclose on 14 homes because it does not have proof that it owns the properties, a federal judge said in a ruling that could pose a new complication for the nation's troubled mortgage industry]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://topicInfoLink</link>
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     <title>IA: Showdown looms over Village Cooperative</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Village Cooperative vs. the Pebble Creek Homeowners Association. They’re combatants in a boxing match, punching and counterpunching, bobbing, weaving, jabbing, each looking for the opportunity to land a haymaker.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:21:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2007/11/17/latest_news/doc473e815c68c1a919611638.txt</link>
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     <title>MO: Cheated residents' group will inherit man's condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 88-year-old is now a felon as well, who avoided prison after agreeing Friday to deed his own condo to the association after his death to repay money he stole from owners' dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:11:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/61E64BE7F35D3C9F86257396001322A4?OpenDocument</link>
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     <title>IL: Are overscheduled building inspections putting homes at risk?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Costly problems with houses across the region are turning proud home buyers into riled residents worried they made a bad choice that could wreck their finances for years to come.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:06:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=77740&src=5]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Condo fire displaces 11 families in Glendale Heights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Smoke was seen coming from the top floor of the three-story building, and residents were evacuated]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:55:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=75438&src=2]]></link>
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     <title>IL: North Side Neighbors Battle Over Noise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While getting along with neighbors isn't always easy, a battle between four condo owners resulted in a lawsuit Friday. Owners of a North Side condo unit are suing their downstairs neighbors who allegedly told them they cannot wear "hard-soled shoes" or play with their dog,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:54:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21717003/</link>
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     <title>IL: Marina Towers Owns You</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because of the architectural significance of our building, the condominium association holds a common law copyright on the use of the association name and building image. This means under federal and Illinois law, advertisers, movie-makers, and others cannot use the association name or image without first obtaining express written permission from the association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:31:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chicagoist.com/2007/11/09/marina_towers_o.php</link>
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     <title>IL: Vintage condo owners seek sprinkler relief</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners of condominiums in Chicago's vintage residential buildings urged a City Council committee on Thursday to relax a three-year-old high-rise sprinkler ordinance that relatives of those who died in a Loop high-rise fire have argued is too weak already.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:56:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/642025,sprinkler110807.article</link>
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     <title>From the BBC: Foreclosure wave sweeps America</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This could destabilise the US housing market and may also lead to further turmoil in financial institutions, who collectively own $1 trillion (£480.6bn) worth of sub-prime debt]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:01:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7070935.stm</link>
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     <title>IL: Next-door condo owners in dispute with Spire developer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condo owners in the River View complex next to the proposed Spire skyscraper are fighting a plan by Irish developer Garrett Kelleher to build a portion of the tower’s foundation on a narrow strip of land owned by their condominium association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:10:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=27055&seenIt=1]]></link>
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     <title>IL: No-stroller rules in condo elevators banned</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the council's human relations committee approved a Burke-sponsored ordinance that makes it a crime, punishable by a $500 fine, for condominium associations and landlords to declare passenger elevators off-limits to people pushing strollers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:40:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://dailysouthtown.com/news/638233,110707strollers.article</link>
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     <title>OH: Copley Township concerned with chemical vapors in condo basements</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But a September report named another danger from the chemicals, tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene, which can cause myriad health problems, including skin irritation, naseau and sometimes even death. Vapors from the chemicals have entered the basements of some nearby condominiums]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:54:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/summit/1194255487284170.xml&coll=2]]></link>
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     <title>OH: HarborWalk residents have sore spots on the shore</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 35 residents living in the HarborWalk housing development want Council to help fix what they say is their new development’s shabby appearance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:49:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/11/05/harborwalk-residents-have-sore-spots-on-the-shore</link>
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     <title>WI: Condo association for businesses? A new trend comes to Onalaska that changes</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It’s a way for small businesses to own their own building; most times they have to lease space." Hammers said. "I read about it happening in Milwaukee and Madison. I went to see the Madison condos and the idea has taken off there.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:03:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.onalaskalife.com/articles/2007/11/01/features/00condo.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Daley agrees to ease condo inspections</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mayor Daley agreed Wednesday to reduce the frequency of costly façade inspections - and ease inspection and reporting requirements - to reduce the financial burden for condominium owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:13:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/629640,fall103107.article</link>
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     <title>MO: Some residents of condos near Plaza bar sue over its late closing time</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners of some condominiums in luxurious Townsend Place next door have sued the city and members of the Liquor Control Board for granting a 3 a.m. closing permit to 810 Zone, which opened this year on the Country Club Plaza.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/335180.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Developers of condo project sue alderman</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The developers of a South Loop condominium project have gone to court to block a zoning change by Alderman Robert Fioretti that would shrink the 490-unit development, which some neighbors have criticized as too large.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:17:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=26919</link>
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     <title>OH: Racial Slurs Found At  Complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A woman told police that she found racial slurs written on a door of her northwest Columbus condo complex Friday morning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:44:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.10tv.com/?sec=home&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200710/2053844771.html]]></link>
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     <title>MO: It's deja vu all over again for wrecked condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents of a villa at 2421 South Lakeridge Court must have had a feeling of deja vu times two when a car smashed into the back of their home about 8 p.m. last night.  Fire officials say it's the third time a car has crash landed in the past five years at the same address,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:07:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/1FB9AA454A9AF1A58625738000475F09?OpenDocument</link>
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     <title>IL: Tenants want a voice on condo task force</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A year after city officials announced the creation of a task force to help renters squeezed by the condominium conversion boom, the panel has yet to meet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:10:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-condo25oct25,1,3676877.story?ctrack=1&cset=true]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Neumann Homes to File for Bankruptcy Protection</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neumann Homes, which has been on a downward trajectory for more than a year, succumbed to market conditions and its own aggressive expansion when it announced yesterday afternoon that it would file for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:51:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.builderonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss26&sectionID=26&articleID=595593]]></link>
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     <title>MN: Foreclosures 'like a cancer' for some communities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Of the 21 town homes, nine are in foreclosure, according to Rocco, the association's 37-year-old president. The group can't fix Riverview's rotting siding because it has just $37 - plus $5,000 in debt it can't pay and a ledger filled with unpaid monthly dues and late fees totaling more than $35,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:00:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_7231029</link>
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     <title>IL: Suit Blames Condo Management Firm For Tenant's Rape</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A North Side woman Wednesday accused her condo’s management company of leaving a wall unfinished, allowing a man to sneak into her unit and sexually assault her.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:26:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc5.com/news/14365374/detail.html?rss=chi&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Condo owners upset over plan in Lombard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a recently completed Lombard luxury condominium building along St. Charles Road spoke out against a proposal by a Naperville-based Asian association to change the second phase of their development from 40 more condo units to up to 52 apartments for fixed-income seniors funded by public money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:50:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=58045&src=2]]></link>
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     <title>KS: Condo Fire Damage Estimated at $750K</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A gas grill may be to blame for the massive condominium fire at a Northeast Wichita complex.  It took fire crews nearly two hours Thursday night to contain the blaze at the Silver Leaf Condominiums in Tallgrass.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:25:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wibw.com/kakeheadlines/headlines/10491632.html</link>
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     <title>MO: Daycare Parking Lot Blocked</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent vote by management at a condominium complex will make it more difficult to access a daycare facility on one of Columbia's busiest roads.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:09:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/9200d819-c0a8-2f11-0012-8cbde0373ba4</link>
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     <title>WI: Builder's woes pile up, costs city manager his job</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The financial meltdown of local real estate developer Robert Niebauer is reverberating across the state, including the resignation of the Oshkosh city manager in part for failing to alert officials about a bank foreclosure on a high-profile downtown apartment project backed with $2.2 million in public money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:51:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.madison.com/tct/business/250630</link>
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     <title>WI:  Manager of 11 condo groups sent to prison</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A McFarland woman was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday for stealing more than $140,000 from 11 local condominium associations with which she had contracts to oversee operations.  Tina M. Wendt, 37, who ran Prestige Property Management, will also spend the next 25 years on probation, Dane County Circuit Judge Diane Nicks said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:42:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=250558</link>
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     <title>OH: 'Jazzman' singing the blues</title>
     <description><![CDATA["They were going to lose and they were going to lose big," the association’s Hamilton attorney, Rex Wolfgang, said Tuesday. "They were going to get hit with the association’s attorney fees. That’s about $10,000 to $20,000."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:08:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071009/NEWS01/310090043</link>
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     <title>IA: Sunset Bay condo project still hopes for walls by winter</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Construction on the $20 million Sunset Bay Condominiums project in Storm Lake will resume "soon," after several weeks in which the site has been shut down]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:00:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18897376&BRD=1304&PAG=461&dept_id=180485&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>OH: Problems persist at Whitehall complex, residents say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Across from the rolling hills of the Columbus Country Club stands a Whitehall condominium complex where raw sewage has gushed up into basements and mold has spread across walls.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:47:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/10/08/Complex_Sued.ART_ART_10-08-07_B4_LB84HPR.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101]]></link>
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     <title>IN: Fire victims see progress</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly five months after a devastating fire ripped through Princeton Townhomes, the affected properties sit untouched.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:24:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/10/07/news/lake_county/doceee53c87ba6411368625736d0003dc9d.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Boards shouldn't skimp on insurance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since our office serves as the Registered Agent for most of our clients, we have the opportunity to review most of the lawsuits filed against our association clients.  Most common in frequency are simple personal injury actions, i.e. slip and falls]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:16:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=51111</link>
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     <title>MN: Jonathan residents ready to fight for association's future</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Jonathan Association is a large homeowners association encompassing almost 8,000 Chaska residents in 2,900 households, spread across 23 neighborhoods. But the validity of up to 60 percent of those neighborhoods, essentially anything added after the Jonathan Development Corporation ceased to exist, has been called into question by Jonathan lawyers who believe those neighborhoods were brought into the association illegally.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chaskaherald.com/node/2773</link>
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     <title>MN: Condo auction a painful epilogue for historic Armstrong-Quinlan home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three luxury condos in the historic Armstrong-Quinlan House remain up for grabs after a live auction Thursday fetched only $880,000 in bids - about half the amount its sellers had hoped.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:17:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.twincities.com/ci_7088466?source=most_viewed</link>
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     <title>OH: HarborWalk residents upset by mess, want area spruced up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While all residential developments have taken a hit as the housing market slumped, Kobylka said properties like the HarborWalk develop first at the river and spread out, leaving undeveloped land visible from the street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:08:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18882315&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>WI: Tangled in the clothesline</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seems to me that the HOAs are missing the point. If they're all about local control, property values, and cloning Disney World's Main St., they should position themselves as a community of forward-thinking innovators who are striding bravely into future while re-inventing the best of all the back-to-the-earth techniques of the hippies and pioneers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.jsonline.com/realestate/archive/2007/10/03/tangled-in-the-clothesline.aspx</link>
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     <title>MN: Shadow over Minneapolis condo market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Banks are foreclosing on three condominium projects in downtown Minneapolis, adding to the growing list of canceled or postponed condo developments]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:47:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/535/story/1460924.html</link>
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     <title>MN: Tailgating is fun, unless you own the condo next door</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two kickoffs 17 hours apart meant a rowdy weekend around the Dome. As the neighborhood gets more residential, can tailgaters coexist with residents?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:32:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1455854.html</link>
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     <title>IL: State shuts down condo 'flipping' scheme</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A suspicious property manager has helped uncover a real estate fraud ring in suburban Palatine]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:38:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bnd.com/326/story/140625.html</link>
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     <title>OH: House closes loophole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. House of Representatives agreed Thursday to close a federal loophole that had made many home insurance flooding policies worthless for former residents of the Gristmill and Millstone condominiums in Painesville.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:45:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18863559&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Mom Told: Use Service Elevator</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Moms pushing baby carriages have grown accustomed to juggling purses, bottles and diaper bags and navigating elevators and revolving doors. But what about being forced to use the service elevator at your own high-rise building?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:43:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wbbm780.com/Mom-Told:-Use-Service-Elevator/1017408</link>
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     <title>IL: Trend Points to Neighborhood Privatization</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While a complete change in the structure of local government is unlikely in the near future, the trend toward private neighborhood ownership is becoming increasingly evident.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:10:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.muninetguide.com/articles/Trend-Points-to-Neighborhood-Pri-244.php</link>
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     <title>OH: Condo owners file suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of former Millstone Condominiums owners have united to file a court complaint, saying their mortgage lenders failed to make sure adequate flooding insurance was in place during the flooding of July 27 and 28, 2006.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:38:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18839678&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>MO: AG alleges condo developments at Lake of the Ozarks discriminate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The design and construction of eight condominium developments at the Lake of the Ozarks violate the Missouri Human Rights Act by discriminating against the disabled,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:35:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lakeexpo.com/articles/2007/09/21/top_news/02.txt</link>
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     <title>KS: Mailbox Thefts Continue to Rise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In August, Eyewitness News first told you about mailbox thefts in the neighborhood and how the local homeowner's association bought more than 100 new, locked mailboxes at $80 apiece to deter further thefts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:42:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kbsd6.com/Global/story.asp?S=7088296</link>
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     <title>IL: South Loop condo collapse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the most striking example of the local condo market slowing, the nation's second-largest homebuilder scrapped a 1,000-unit project in the South Loop and sold the development site to a firm that wants to build apartments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:28:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=26385&seenIt=1]]></link>
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     <title>MN: A senior condo puzzler: Safety vs. privacy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Balancing the rights of the individual and the community is a legal minefield.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:52:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1426618.html</link>
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     <title>IL: After the Fire: Return to normal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A State Farm Insurance Cos. agent told me the average policyholder has a claim on a homeowner's insurance policy once every eight years. For a condo association, that's once every 12 years]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:02:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/09/14/life/doc46eaead27456d741495074.txt</link>
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     <title>MN: City denies Wheatridge's appeal of water bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city Street/Utility Committee voted unanimously Tuesday evening to deny an appeal of a high water bill brought forth by the owners of Wheatridge Condominiums]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:21:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.crookstontimes.com/articles/2007/09/13/news/18news4.txt</link>
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     <title>MO: Negligent dishwasher usage harshes plaintiffs' mellow</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Brian and Crystal Kennedy of St. Louis filed suit against Dirk and Amy Schaumleffel of Belleville over a water leak that occurred last year at the Harbour Towne Condominiums in Lake Ozark, Mo]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:20:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.stclairrecord.com/news/200731-negligent-dishwasher-usage-harshes-plaintiffs-mellow</link>
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     <title>Groups tell Lisle new code is trouble</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two homeowners association leaders told board members Monday evening that the new safety guidelines require upgrades that are too costly to implement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:37:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=35453&src=2]]></link>
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     <title>OH: Lawsuit alleges unneighborly behavior</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jeffrey and Mary Standen aren’t the best of neighbors, according to a lawsuit filed against the Avon Lake couple Monday in county Common Pleas Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:33:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/09/11/man-pleads-guilty-in-drunken-driving-accident/</link>
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     <title>IL: Study focuses on Oswego pond woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new study calls for the Village of Oswego to work with each of the village’s subdivision homeowner associations “where feasible or possible” in maintaining the stormwater drainage systems owned by those associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:39:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ledgersentinel.com/article.asp?a=6491</link>
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     <title>IL: No plan to disband Mill Race Assoc.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Mill Race Creek Subdivision’s Homeowners Association isn’t going anywhere, according to members of the association’s board of directors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:37:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ledgersentinel.com/article.asp?a=6492</link>
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     <title>IL: Creative Realtors Give Condos New Lease on Life</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Desperate times call for smarter marketing, even in the upscale market of condominiums, where developers dangle such luxury hotel-type amenities as spas, five-star restaurants, health clubs and maid service as part of the perks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:38:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.brandweek.com/bw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003637362</link>
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     <title>OH: Federal money to help victims of 2006 flood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[...the city of Painesville will receive a $3 million federal grant so it can buy out the 40 or so owners of the Millstone condominiums and turn the low-lying property into a park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:05:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wdtn.com/Global/story.asp?S=7040098</link>
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     <title>OH: Judge to decide if dog can stay during pending case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A preliminary injunction hearing will be held Friday afternoon to determine if a dog can stay with its owners, who are claiming racial discrimination from their condominium association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:29:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fairfield-echo.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/30/fe083007dogsuitupdateweb.html</link>
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     <title>IA: Truce reached in smoking fight at condo building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It didn't make the headlines, but peace and understanding seem to be breaking out between the smoking and nonsmoking factions at 3663 Grand.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:46:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070830/NEWS/708300390</link>
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     <title>IN: In Greenwood, Home Projects Might Need Neighbors' OK</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Greenwood's city council is considering an ordinance that would require homeowners to get approval from their neighborhood association before obtaining a city permit for home additions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:55:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theindychannel.com/news/13998604/detail.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Bird lover on limb over feeder rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Her world was given a seismic jolt last month, when her condo's management company, Lieberman Management Services, ordered her to take the bird feeder down. Saying the old feeder was attracting rodents, the property manager told Scott she must replace the open-tray feeder with a new one featuring an anti-squirrel device, or face a $25-a-day fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:52:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-problem_scott_29aug29,1,546502.column</link>
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     <title>MN:  A colorful history, but not too colorful</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The resulting community is a highly unusual one, governed by a triad comprising a homeowner's association, a city government and the North Oaks Company, the development firm founded by Louis Hill that to this day releases a limited number of new lots -- fewer than 20 -- every year]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:31:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/142/story/1383601.html</link>
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     <title>IL: The rise of rain gardens</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A professional conservationist in Schaumburg recently volunteered to plant a large rain garden for his condominium association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:11:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=24769&src=109]]></link>
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     <title>OH: Problem ponds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But what happens when the retention pond doesn't function properly? Who's to blame when the ponds leak or sediment builds up? And who fixes the problem when algae blooms begin to stink? Homeowners in several local communities have learned the hard way that getting answers to such questions can take years - and can cost a lot of money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:40:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070826/NEWS01/708260445/1056/COL02</link>
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     <title>OH: Dog owners countersue Columbiana condo group</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Columbiana couple being sued by their condominium association over where they let their dog go to the bathroom has filed a counterclaim.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:57:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.morningjournalnews.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=6915</link>
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     <title>IL: Building something? Covenants, conditions and restrictions may apply ...</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I often have discussions with clients who want to build, remodel, tear down and rebuild or are concerned with neighboring construction projects. Typically, in the case of their own projects, the clients have already spoken to the city and feel that once they have the city's permission to build, their construction project can proceed freely.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:26:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/business/522278,6_3_NA23_LAWTALK_S1.article</link>
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