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  <title><![CDATA[Northwest Condo & HOA News from CAN]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[News items about Condominium and Homeowner associations in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, compiled by the Community Associations Network]]></description>
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     <title>WA: Kennewick reservist faces threats over landscaping</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Now, Lt. Jensen is being told to get an irrigation system and landscaping on his property as soon as possible or face legal action from the Oak Hill Country Estates Homeowners' Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:29:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008231428_reservist06m.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Former Roy mayor charged with theft from HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eldridge allegedly stole more than $11,000 from the McKenna Meadows Homeowners Association between February 2003 and September 2007.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:21:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.yelmonline.com/storynews.php?subaction=showfull&id=1223065808&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1]]></link>
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     <title>OR: Barton sentenced for embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Josephine Marie Barton, 55, of Waldport was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to 11 months of incarceration and ordered to pay $86,750 in restitution to the Waldport Chamber of Commerce and the Sandpiper Village Homeowners Association for monies she embezzled between 2005 and 2008.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:42:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.southlincolncountynews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=613]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Don't let condo dues catch you by surprise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But before she moved in, the dues rose notably -- and the concierge ended up on duty just six hours a day.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:04:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/380924_condodues29.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Plants in condo hallways - against fire code?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q:I live in a five-unit condominium on Capitol Hill. One of the owners put a jade plant outside his front door this summer in a corner on the landing on the third floor. Another owner complained to all owners about this and said this is against the by-laws.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:08:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattle911/archives/149676.asp</link>
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     <title>WA: Investigators: Some condo conversions crumbling (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On home video he and his wife documented their new condo's rapid slide into disrepair.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:56:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_092208INV_condo_coverup_KS.8bb62578.html</link>
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     <title>OR: The Round Owners Assn. denies city claim to collect on unpaid utility bills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Round Owners Association is fighting back and pointing to Dorn-Platz Properties Commercial Investment as the culprit in failing to forward payments to the city for utility bills dating back to May 2007.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:07:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=122170204326886000</link>
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     <title>OR: Some cry foul over Mountain Park political sign rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Mountain Park homeowners say their free speech rights are being violated while they are forced to take down political signs in their yards and homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:01:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122108776913560900</link>
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     <title>WA: Condo building protest allowed to continue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Spokane man may continue his bizarre protest of a condo building near his house, so long as he does not target a Realtor with signs or call her, a Spokane County District Court commissioner decided today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:28:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=16545</link>
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     <title>WA: Condo partner files lawsuit over cost statements</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A partner in Don Barbieri’s high-profile riverside condo building is suing the Spokane businessman, alleging Barbieri and companies he owns overstated costs by more than $3 million to avoid sharing project profits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:14:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=16423</link>
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     <title>WA: Office condos see growing interest in Seattle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Office condos -- white-collar work space that is sold, not leased -- have had a slow start in Seattle, but now they may be catching on here as they have in some other parts of the country, say real estate marketers and analysts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:17:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/377306_officecondos02.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Portland condo buyers win $2.3 million salve</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners of Northwest Portland's Hilltop Condominiums at Uptown have won $2.3 million in their long legal battle against prominent local developer Marty Kehoe.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:19:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1219116322264780.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Sudden Valley services restored</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eight people lost their jobs and almost all recreational programs were cut after a $14.13 monthly dues increase failed to achieve supermajority approval in March.  But a resident-supported petition brought a June 14 revote, which passed with 65 percent approval.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:50:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/501175.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Hoffman files $15.8 million lien on condo project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hoffman Construction has slapped developers of the Waterfront Pearl condominium project with a $15.8 million construction lien.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:27:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/08/hoffman_files_158_million_lien.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Bremerton Condominium Developers Ask for More Time to Repay Loan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Slow sales of condos along Bremerton's waterfront has the project's developer asking for more time on its loan.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:34:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/aug/02/housing-authority-negotiating-loan-extension-on/</link>
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     <title>OR:  Condominium fire started by flames from barbecue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that did $200,000 damage to a Eugene condominium unit on Wednesday night was started when flames from an outdoor barbecue ran up and under the eaves of the building, Eugene fire authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:07:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=124379&sid=4&fid=1]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Tree dispute a knotty problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A real-estate agent who has made a nice living out of selling condos on Alki - and owns two beach bungalows on the strip - is in a property dispute with her neighbors in the condo next door.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:15:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008043226_tree10m.html</link>
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     <title>WA: New condo owners caught in legal dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners of condominiums in an award-winning Belltown building are caught up in a legal dispute between the developer and the general contractor.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:11:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369889_mosler08.html</link>
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     <title>WA:  New law helps condo buyers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new law goes into effect Thursday to enlighten prospective buyers about what special assessments could be lurking in the condo they covet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:06:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_061208WAB_condo_laws_LJ.24f57b6c.html</link>
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     <title>WA:  Sudden Valley votes on dues again Saturday</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A controversial $14-a-month dues increase is facing its second vote Saturday after it failed to receive supermajority approval from residents on March 29.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:04:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/436894.html</link>
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     <title>ID: Crowd Blocks Driveways to Stop Modular Home Project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents and a builder clashed in Star Thursday night - with residents complaining that planned modular homes violate neighborhood rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:15:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jun0608-star_saddlebrook_dispute.6ad5bae.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Law guides condo repair funds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new state law takes effect next week that will require residential condominium associations to do annual studies of whether they have enough money for future repairs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:44:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/469280.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Lawsuit ends up costing more than just money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[THERE are no winners in lawsuits like Slayback v. The Estates at Gig Harbor - literally. Neither the plaintiffs nor the defendants won the suit, since it was settled out of court and the terms were not disclosed. None of the parties involved are admitting fault in the neighborhood dispute, either.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:29:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/1566.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Homeowners Say Wall Built Too High</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Temouri says the McKays built the wall despite homeowner rules that specifically state that retaining walls can't be higher than three feet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:43:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvewtv.com/news/?sect_rank=1&section_id=1&story_id=5813]]></link>
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     <title>OR: Condo pipeline dries up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It offers a telling example of why condominium developers are waiting for the market to improve before launching new projects, a situation that, ironically, could turn into a condo shortage in two to three years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:49:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/06/02/story1.html?b=1212379200%5E1643110</link>
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     <title>OR: Bend condo owners, family fail to settle feud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The bitter feud between the wealthy Pape family of Eugene and condo owners at the Inn of the Seventh Mountain in Bend is headed for court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:43:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1212116120312410.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Condo aid goes wanting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Though thousands of Seattle renters have been displaced by apartment-to-condominium conversions, a chunk of money the city set aside to help them with cost of relocation has barely been touched.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:45:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ballardnewstribune.com/articles/2008/05/25/news/local_news/news05.txt</link>
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     <title>OR: Seventh Mountain dispute in mediation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With a pair of court cases looming over who will govern Bend’s Seventh Mountain Resort and how its owners will pay for much-needed improvements, two judges met with the resort’s new and old boards of directors last week to try and work out a solution to avoid going to trial.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:50:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/BIZ0102/805120356/1002&nav_category=]]></link>
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     <title>AK: Townhouse Blaze Claims 8 Homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An early morning blaze ripped through eight townhouses in East Anchorage. According to Anchorage Fire Department spokesman Tom Kempton, at around 4 a.m. the condos on East 41st Court, off of Baxter Road, flamed up as fire spread from townhouse to townhouse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.aksuperstation.com/news/local/18899539.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Seventh Mountain dispute in mediation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With a pair of court cases looming over who will govern Bend’s Seventh Mountain Resort and how its owners will pay for much-needed improvements, two judges met with the resort’s new and old boards of directors last week to try and work out a solution to avoid going to trial.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:35:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/BIZ0102/805120356/1041&nav_category=]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Queen Anne condo manager accused of stealing from neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The live-in manager of a posh Queen Anne condominium building with multimillion-dollar views has been accused of stealing from her well-to-do neighbors, possibly for up to two years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 05:48:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004387383_condoburglaries02m.html?syndication=rss</link>
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     <title>WA: Sudden Valley dues hike rejected</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eight people have lost their jobs and almost all recreational programs have been cut after a March 29 vote for a $14.13 monthly dues increase failed to achieve supermajority approval.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 05:32:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/397957.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Woman dies in Lake Oswego condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 56-year-old woman is dead after fire roared through her condominum in Lake Oswego's First Addition neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:35:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=120964540382565800</link>
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     <title>WA: New state law requires condos to report money set aside for long-term maint.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Attention, condominium shoppers: Washington soon will become one of a half-dozen states requiring condo associations to provide a financial-wellness check that can predict whether the place is a potential money pit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:42:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2004374541_reserve27.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Seattle's condo pipeline expected to dry up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With 40 condominium projects in the pipeline for downtown Seattle one might expect a glut of new units on the market. But tight-fisted lenders and hesitant buyers, both reacting to the nationwide credit crunch, have severely hobbled the once high-stepping market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:04:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/28/story1.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Fire causes about $10,000 damage at Seaside condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The blaze was initially reported as a chimney fire but upon arrival, firefighters found the walls surrounding the gas fireplace were on fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:02:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=50585&TM=51470.91]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Bellevue prepares for flooding</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Two years ago the homeowners of Riverside Drive paid for all of the emergency work," said Anderson. He said the city of Bellevue and Mike Harris have agreed to pitch in with the Riverside Drive Homeowner's association this year for prevention efforts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:12:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005120283</link>
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     <title>OR: Where there's smoke</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People in Portland who live in newer buildings with those built-in sprinkler systems enjoy the high-tech equivalent of a personal firefighter on duty 24 hours a day. People in older buildings, with no sprinklers, must rely on luck and basic safety measures -- including regular fire inspections.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:56:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/12082209027160.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Condo Owners Fuming over Uninvited Guests</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While Seattle Suites - which owns 6 of 26 short-term rental condos inside the Elektra Condominiums, just east of the Washington State Convention Center at Hubbell Place - is booked solid, it's not so popular with some residents of the Elektra.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:55:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=552742&hp]]></link>
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     <title>OR: Portland condo developers hit best of times, worst of timing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo king Homer Williams gambled that Portland's condo mania had reached such a fevered pitch that he could sell Pearl District luxury on a humdrum stretch of Southeast Portland.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:15:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1207373121140540.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>WA: A View Without a Room</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seattle is mad for views, probably because we have so many of them. It may just be the best view city in the country. There's Puget Sound, Lake Union, Lake Washington, the Olympic Mountains,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:33:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=546109&hp]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Homeowners group sues Seattle Housing Authority</title>
     <description><![CDATA[...the suit also accused the housing agency of maintaining insufficient reserves for the association, setting unrealistically low homeowner dues and not properly handling the transition of the board from SHA control to homeowners control last year.  The New Holly Homeowners Association is seeking damages for relocation, loss of use, medical expenses and funding for its reserve accounts, but not punitive damages.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:00:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/356408_lawsuit26.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Lawsuits threaten Clark County developer’s future</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Columbia Credit Union in January won a $17.4 million judgment in Clark County Superior Court against Bowler’s Two Creeks condominium complex adjacent to Camas Meadows Golf Course.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:06:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.columbian.com/business/businessNews/2008/03/03232008_Lawsuits-threaten-Clark-County-developers-future.cfm</link>
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     <title>WA: Change comes to Canterwood - and not all appreciate it</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Canterwood resident Bruce Meyer says life hasn’t changed all that much inside the 750-acre enclave since he moved in more than 10 years ago. But the changes are dramatic in north Gig Harbor, where development is taking shape at an unprecedented rate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:46:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thenewstribune.com/front/topphoto/story/311662.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Why Your Condo View Could Be In Jeopardy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We have a warning for anyone preparing to buy a home or condo: That view you love could be in jeopardy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:17:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kirotv.com/money/15477338/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>WA:  Bay View Tower refunds deposits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developers of the 23-story Bay View Tower project proposed for the 1200 block of North State Street are refunding deposits from would-be condo purchasers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:20:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/339080.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Condo Problems (+audio)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Most new homes in Seattle these days are condos. But buyers may be unaware of construction flaws hidden in some new buildings. And when problems emerge, the new owners don't know who to blame.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:30:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://kuow.org/DefaultProgram.asp?ID=14428</link>
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     <title>OR: Condo roofs collapse under heavy snow</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It’s the most snow this buildings seen in thirty years or so," explained Matt Carroll, caretaker for the 40 year old 30 unit condominium complex. The building’s roof is now starting to give way. The tons of snow has split support beams and busted through walls. It weighed so heavily on the elevator shaft, the building’s manager had to shut it down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:09:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_021908_environment_government_camp_snow.a71b8b7.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Too wet for Chinook? North Salmon Creek Neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This is homeowner association country, where rules regarding toys in the yard and basketball hoops in the street are strictly enforced.  "Where are (the children) supposed to go?" wonders Anderson. "Where are they supposed to play?" They were supposed to go to a patch of ground named Chinook Park,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:59:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/02/02132008_Too-wet-for-Chinook-North-Salmon-Creek-Neighborhood.cfm</link>
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     <title>WA: Children's Hospital eyes condo complex for expansion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In May, the hospital's board authorized buying Laurelon units if owners approached the hospital wanting to sell, said Lisa Brandenburg, Children's Hospital senior vice president and chief administrative officer. The idea was that, over time, Children's Hospital would accumulate enough units to expand there.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:42:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/350889_laurelon12.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Storage units going condo, becoming playhouses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In response, a growing number of self-storage units are ditching the bright lights, long hallways and sterile atmosphere to become destinations unto themselves. Some, like the units Hunt owns at GarageTown USA in Coeur d'Alene, are bought and sold like homes and come with cable television, high-speed Internet, individual thermostats and even clubhouses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:51:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2004172416_storagehomes10.html?syndication=rss</link>
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     <title>WA: Daughter adds to builder's troubles as she walks away from condo deal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Toll Brothers, the nation's largest builder of luxury homes, said this week 28 percent of customers canceled agreements in the fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31. Toll Brothers, beset by customers walking away from agreements to buy new homes, said that one cancellation last month came from the daughter of co-founder and Vice Chairman Bruce Toll.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:45:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004173143_toll09.html</link>
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     <title>WA: "Re-apartments" blooming</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The newest trend in the Seattle rental market is a "re-apartment" — an apartment that was converted to a condo and is now being converted back to a rental.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:25:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2004159179_rentalconversions03.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Blaze burns Government Camp condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to firefighters, a middle condo unit was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene. More than 40 firefighters from several departments responded.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:44:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.katu.com/news/local/14306712.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Lawmakers could put cap on condo conversions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Should lawmakers put a cap on condo conversions? That could be the hot issue on the House floor in Olympia Friday, where lawmakers may take their first vote on a proposal to limit condo conversions]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:30:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_011808WAB_condo_conversion_LJ.3447e6e0.html</link>
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     <title>ID: Woman wants neighborhood groups to make decisions in public</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sparks, who lived through a bitter dispute over landscaping in her own Foothills subdivision, is pushing for the state to require open meetings between homeowners associations and residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:20:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/241361.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Quatama homeowners settle with Brownstone for $5.5 million</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Brownstone Homes and its subcontractors have agreed to pay Brownstone Orenco Park homeowners $5.5 million to fix their townhomes, six of which have been condemned.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:22:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2008/01/quatama_townhome_owners_settle.html</link>
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     <title>OR: If these walls could talk, they would quarrel</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As president of the Brownstone Homes Condominium Association, it fell to Dietterick and his fellow board members to figure out what to do. But their plan to trap the peacocks drew fierce resistance from a small pocket of Brownstone residents, who thought the idea was cruel.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:52:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1199591722212850.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>OR: Owners revolt over $17.7 million condo repair bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of central Oregon condo owners says it narrowly voted out the Inn of the Seventh Mountain's board of directors Monday and promptly killed plans to charge the homeowners nearly $18 million to repair their units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:04:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/11991687053250.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>OR: Pape family at center of dispute over condo repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two members of a prominent Eugene family have been sued by a group of condo owners upset over attempts to raise almost $18 million to pay for repairs at the Inn of the Seventh Mountain in Bend.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:54:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-22/119874324118140.xml&storylist=orlocal]]></link>
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     <title>OR: Repair bills stun condo owners at Bend resort</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of other Seventh Mountain condo owners are in similar straits as the Association of Unit Owners board, which owns and oversees the resort, attempts to raise $17.7 million to pay for long-needed repairs to the resort's condo buildings. Owners of the largest condos were assessed for $108,000]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:25:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1198545917152760.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>OR: Woman sues for false arrest, battery</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to the suit filed this week in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Lyudmila Trivol arrived home at her Southeast Portland condo on May 27, 2006, to find a tow truck hooked up to the family minivan. The minivan was parked in its proper spot, but its wheels were intruding a half-foot into the condominium association's bark dust.....The suit seeks $221,000 from the city and the county and $700,000 from the condo association and the association's president.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:37:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/119768731110600.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Condo owners worry about big boats blocking their view</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Boating enthusiasts and riverfront condo owners are battling in Richland over a 40-foot-wide stretch of water at Columbia Point.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/9501395p-9412256c.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Why are condos always the bad guy?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the local legend and lore that chronicles Seattle's attitudes toward its own development, the same villain keeps creeping up.  The condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/127157.asp</link>
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     <title>WA: Condo owners struggle for views as Seattle rises</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This tale of two towers raises questions about the city's rules for tower spacing, the process for notifying neighbors and reviewing potential effects, and the obligations of a developer to tell buyers about plans for adjacent projects.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:33:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/342003_cosmopolitan03.html?source=rss</link>
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     <title>OR: Greenest Condo in the U.S. Opens in Portland</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents began this week moving into The Casey condominiums, on track to be the first multifamily residential building in the United States to receive LEED Platinum certification, the highest level of green building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:16:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,234328.shtml</link>
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     <title>WA: Home Owners' Associations: Love-em or Hate-em--Love em!</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In one of the non-real estate forums I frequent, not much brings up as much heated debate as home owners' associations (HOAs). Some people love HOAs, but some people hate them. The latter group often bases their opinion on news reports of a HOA board gone wild, but a lot of it is beyond that. It's based more on the belief that it's your property and you should be able to do what you want with it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:18:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/realestate/archives/126904.asp?from=blog_last3</link>
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     <title>OR: Builders put heat on buyers with cold feet</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Facing a painful sales slump, two of Portland's largest condo developers are taking a hard-nosed stance toward buyers trying to back out of their purchase agreements.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:01:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1196043915236090.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Make your homeowners association nonprofit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 35 members of Lacey Homeowners Association boards learned how to file as nonprofit corporations at a meeting led by the city last week. Bill Kellington, policy manager for the Secretary of State's Office, provided tips on how to maintain good standi]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:54:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theolympian.com/laceytoday/story/277599.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Condos a bright spot in housing market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Overlooked for years as a significant housing source, condominiums are now a rapidly growing presence providing a ray of sunshine in an otherwise gray local housing-sales scene.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:28:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2004019451_condos17.html</link>
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     <title>AK: Fire damages east-side condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An early morning fire today caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to an eight-unit condo in East Anchorage, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:21:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.adn.com/front/story/9453775p-9365322c.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Fire put out at apartment site</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seattle firefighters have put out a blaze on the top floor of a seven-story apartment complex under construction in Lake City.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:34:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004003324_webfire08m.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Bulldozers join floodwaters as threat to neighbors' homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a tiny white house that's been home to her family for three generations, Melody Walker sits with her kitten and considers hard choices: Hang on to the house and risk yet another flood — like the one in December that submerged her basement in four feet of filthy water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003992788_madisonvalley04m.html</link>
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     <title>OR: CONFLICT on Petes Mountain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Schlessers say they formed a homeowners association (now with 140 families as members) to fight the claim because they don’t believe that the aquifer will sustain 41 more mega homes on 63 acres if it is unable to even take care of existing homes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:48:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php?story_id=119325322842212100</link>
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     <title>WA: Downtown condo owners cry foul</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Heritage Place Condominium Association is suing developer Heritage Place LLC and Craig E. Angelo, a managing partner of the company. The amended suit, filed Oct. 9 in Clark County, also alleges Angelo withheld information regarding the defects, improperly retained control of the homeowners association board and blocked an effort by residents to investigate the quality of the construction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:35:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.columbian.com/business/businessNews/2007/10/10242007_Downtown-condo-owners-cry-foul.cfm</link>
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     <title>NW: Condo crowd opposes planned vocational skills center</title>
     <description><![CDATA[...residents of both the Willow Lake and the nearby Aspen Lake condominium communities complained that the school would bring heavy traffic, vandalism, drugs, lower property values and heightened liability risks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:40:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/293076102423302</link>
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     <title>WA: Dealing with a combative owner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: How can condo boards protect themselves from an association member who harasses and insults board members on a continuous basis? In our case, the individual has a long track record of circulating hateful letters about the board to other owners, attacking individual board members' actions and character. This person also calls board members at home to shout at them and insult them. Since this person's behavior is getting worse, we want to protect not only ourselves, but future board members.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:31:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/elizabethrhodes/condos_and_condo_associations/</link>
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     <title>WA: Cause of condo fire unknown</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About a half-dozen fire crews responded to a blaze at a Bellevue condominium complex Wednesday afternoon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:34:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003941643_glance11e.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Condo complex in Bothell built right on the line</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The county divide splits the complex so that three of the buildings are located in King County and 13 in Snohomish. And then there's one building that's split down the middle between the two counties so that a home might have a bedroom in one county and a bathroom in the other.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:30:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2003936748_bordercondo10n.html?syndication=rss</link>
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     <title>OR: Condo craze quiets in Portland's newest towers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Portland condominium craze appears to have run out of steam.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:02:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.katu.com/news/business/10341772.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Bella Vita downpayments returned</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cook said 12 people have put money down for condominiums, ranging from $1,000 for reservations to $5,000 for an earnest money contract. He said it's only fair to offer them a refund and release them from those agreements because of the project's missed deadlines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:30:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071003/NEWS/710030321</link>
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     <title>OR: Brooks Resources doing clothesline 'research'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Brooks Resources today announced it will be exploring acceptable solutions to address the issue of screening clothes-drying apparatus on Awbrey Butte.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:53:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=7154355</link>
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     <title>WA: Off-color fence dispute leaves $85,000 stain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People often get "way too emotional" in cases of this kind, said Seattle real-estate lawyer Jim Strichartz, who works on disputes between homeowners associations and their members but was not involved in this one.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:52:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/eastsidenews/2003911813_redmondfence29e.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Hi Neighbor, Welcome to The Condo Project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Whatever the reason, let's say you just did such a thing: Hi neighbor, welcome to the condo project. You just gave up some of your individual rights for the good of the community. Now you may not act that way, and that is the reason I write this article.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:37:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/realestate/archives/122738.asp?from=blog_last3</link>
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     <title>OR: Wyatt in Pearl scraps condos, switches to apartments</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Portland's recent slowdown in condo sales has claimed another victim: The 15-story Wyatt in the heart of the Pearl District will switch to apartments, Bob Ball, the developer, said Tuesday]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1190168743118860.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Could Calif. smoking ban happen here?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seattle condominium associations have confronted conflicts between smoking and non-smoking owners, and even considered buildingwide regulations, but so far there hasn't been an overall push for city regulation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:26:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/331642_condos14.asp</link>
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     <title>WA: Seattle may allow taller condo buildings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city of Seattle may allow taller apartment and condo buildings near downtown -- up to 125 feet -- if developers make some units available for middle income residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:33:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.king5.com/business/stories/NW_091107BUB_seattle_taller_condos_LJ.bdd9fda0.html</link>
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     <title>OR: JUICY SUITS: Pearl District Condo 'Proctologist' Sued</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A building inspector who described his services as a structural "proctology exam" is being sued by Pearl District condo owners for alleged negligence and breach of contract.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:09:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wweek.com/wwire/?p=9060</link>
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     <title>AK: Where would you live?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[First Anchorage was overtaken by ugly site condos, those plain, boxy duplexes and single family condos packed in tightly on strips of vacant land. Then site condos fell into disrepute, and the site condo building boom died down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:22:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/9231488p-9147248c.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Feds called in to deal with coyotes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[McNary HOA board member Teresa Girod and general manager Stan Stuttaford say there's little their organization can do directly to actually remove the coyotes. Girod declined to provide specifics about what the McNary HOA was doing to address the issue, but said the group is "working with the appropriate authorities."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=8429</link>
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     <title>WA: Can Kitsap's Condo Boom Continue?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While Kitsap averages about 9 new condo projects a year, there were 19 in 2006, and there are already 9 in the works this year,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/aug/12/can-condos-continue/</link>
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     <title>OR: In Sisters, you can now buy a condo - for your vintage car. Well, why not.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The growth in Central Oregon continues to amaze those who thought, back in the good old 60s, that Petersen Rock Gardens was very cool. (It still is). Then came an eruption of growth and a "what could possibly be next" fascination. Well folks, here's another one. There is now a condo complex in Sisters for nice cars,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:23:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.oregonlive.com/nwheadlines/2007/08/in_sisters_you_can_now_buy_a_c.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Seniors shoved aside by condo conversions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the past few years, condo conversions have sent thousands of Puget Sound renters in search of affordable housing. It's not easy for the young and able-bodied, with a regional vacancy rate at 4.3 percent. For senior citizens, the search is that much harder.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:00:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003833870_seniorrenters13m.html?syndication=rss</link>
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     <title>OR: Question of conflict adds to condo flap</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Was it a conflict of interest for Brubaker to have voted on the project, since he works for a securities company that's owned by the banking group that also owns the bank that financed Stillwater?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:59:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/08/10/c1.cr.conflict.0810.p1.php?section=cityregion</link>
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     <title>OR: Governor signs condo conversion bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a bill requiring developers to give 120 days' notice to tenants before converting their apartments into condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:19:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://washington.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/08/06/daily33.html</link>
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     <title>WA: How other cities handle clash of clubs and condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seattle is hardly alone in struggling to find the right balance and tools for achieving a safe nightlife. Across the country, the return of suburban baby boomers to urban areas, the rise of a 24/7 work force and the demand for vibrant nightspots have revived downtowns but also led to conflicts as different generations and income levels try to live and play in the same general spaces.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:37:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003824896_nightlife07m.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Condo owners threaten to hold up proposed Sellwood Bridge fixes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although Murphy says he wants to reach an amicable agreement, he and the other owners of Sellwood Harbor Condominiums' 38 condos say they're going to put up a fight if needed. That could "absolutely" include a lawsuit "if they try to condemn our properties," said Murphy. "We will not accept condemnation as a friendly gesture. It will be hostile."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:59:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3338/9323/</link>
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     <title>WA: Luxury Condos at Heart of Alleged Pyramid Scheme</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The cease-and-desist order and lawsuit paint a scenario where investors attracted by generous interest rates went along with advisers they liked and trusted. But those trusted persons couldn’t keep promises they made when the Bainbridge Island condo market softened, construction slowed and the Meridian units didn’t sell fast enough.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:52:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/jul/27/luxury-condos-heart-alleged-pyramid-scheme/</link>
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     <title>AK: Soldotna to renovate condo development rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In response to complaints about condominiums being built along the Sterling Highway voiced at the last Soldotna City Council meeting, the council will meet in a joint work session with the Planning and Zoning Commission this afternoon to discuss residential use in commercial districts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:30:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/071107/news_3062.shtml</link>
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     <title>WA:ATF rules condo fire suspicious</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fire that leveled an unfinished Yakima condominium complex appears to have been human-caused, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:01:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yakimaherald.com/page/dis/289310189632805</link>
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     <title>WA: Latest in string of suspicious fires guts Yakima condo project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The latest in a string of suspicious fires has destroyed an unfinished condominium project, three days after a couple died in an apartment fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:27:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP07062007news164226.cfm</link>
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     <title>WA: Condos buoy housing market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo sales were up more than 20 percent from June 2006, contributing to a 2.1 percent, year-to-year increase in total home sales, despite a drop in house sales]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/322587_housing06.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Condo plan stalled in southwest Bend</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But, in the worst-case scenario, the wrangling over its planning approvals could force the developers to turn their project into something that they don’t necessarily want to build, and the neighbors will like even less than what has been proposed so far.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:56:35 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>OR: Condos grow from disputed sale</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condominium complex with a twist - small, entry-level units with low price tags aimed at first-time and single buyers - will hit the local housing market Saturday. The condos are part of Westmoreland Village, formerly student housing owned by the University of Oregon, until a controversial sale last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:07:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/06/20/a1.condos.0620.p1.php?section=cityregion</link>
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     <description><![CDATA[The blaze earned its place as the biggest fire loss in Anchorage history after starting with a small error. The June 5 fire tore through the four story Downtown condos and caused an estimated $19 million in damage. It was started by a bit of carelessness on the part of a plumber repairing baseboard heaters in a fourth floor unit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:44:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=6683300</link>
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     <title>WA: Live-work condos present own problems</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With more people working at home for at least part of the week, it's not surprising that condominium developers around the country are beginning to promote live-work units as part of their mix of offerings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:30:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/money/320087_real16.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Subdivision is OK'd despite water concerns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The commissioners did require landowners to have a homeowner's association and conditions that would help homeowners manage their water supplies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:40:47 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>WA: Affordable rentals vanish as apartments go condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Renters across the Puget Sound region are feeling a similar pinch. Nearly 7,000 apartments in the area were converted to condos last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:27:29 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>OR: Rising condo controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Check the pulse of this coastal town these days, and you might think Donald Trump himself had descended on Old Town Florence. From the old-timers in coffee shops to the long lines at the public comment microphone at City Hall to the letters to the editor in the local paper, the Siuslaw News, something isn't quite right.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:54:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/05/28/a1.condos.0528.p1.php?section=cityregion</link>
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     <title>WA: Jail for arsonists in Edmonds condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two men who started a multimillion-dollar condominium fire in Edmonds will get prison time and were ordered to pay nearly $6 million in restitution.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:17:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/05/26/100loc_b1arson001.cfm</link>
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     <title>Accountant can judge health of condo books</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I'm considering buying a condominium. Who can I go to who can examine the condo association's finances? If I could hire someone to do this investigating, maybe it could save me from a lot of problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 08:36:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2003712740_homeforum20.html?syndication=rss</link>
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     <title>WA:  At the moment, future of Seattle is just a facade</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Greater Seattle Condo Expo, which takes over the ballroom this weekend, aims to give prospective condominium buyers a clearer idea of their possible future neighborhood by setting up building booths in the little downtown where they would be located,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 14:47:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/316222_condo18.html</link>
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