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  <title><![CDATA[Southeast Condo & HOA News from CAN]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[News about Condominium and Homeowner associations in N, and S. Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, compiled by the Community Associations Network.]]></description>
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     <title>LA: Restoring old park isn't child's play for neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[By all accounts, the Kingswood subdivision in eastern New Orleans attracts more children these days. In many cases, young families have replaced the older folks who never returned after Hurricane Katrina sent 8 feet of water through the area, residents say.  But the same storm that brought a shift to a younger population left the subdivision's only playground a wreck.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:02:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base//news-0/1219036893168760.xml&coll=1]]></link>
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     <title>SC: Condo owners suing for repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Structural defects slowly surfaced after Keli Tolley bought an apartment-turned-condo last year in West Ashley. The roof leaks. Windows do too. The city of Charleston condemned the balcony because it’s structurally unsafe.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:06:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/14_17/news/12603-1.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Residents' dispute may end in lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A lawsuit pitting neighbors against neighbors may be the only recourse for property owners in Chadwick Shores who want to stay out of its homeowner's association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:45:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.enctoday.com/news/association_58739_jdn__article.html/property_owners.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Follow-Up on man in battle with his HOA over tow truck</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We have an update tonight on the New Hanover County man at war with his homeowners association over his tow truck.  Eddie Gilsinan has given up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:39:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wwaytv3.com/followup_on_man_in_battle_with_his_hoa_over_tow_truck/08/2008</link>
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     <title>AR: Group meets with POA to seek release of documents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Despite a judge's ruling last year that the Bella Vista Property Owners Association does not have to follow the rules of the Freedom of Information Act, a local group continues to make demands on the POA for the release of documents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:33:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwanews.com/bvwv/News/6830/</link>
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     <title>SC: Gated communities put brakes on scooter use</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The problem is that driving mopeds, scooters and motorcycles is forbidden in Sea Pines, as it is in many other area plantations. That makes it challenging for some people, who have found those forms of transportation good options when it comes to the saving money on gas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:19:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/575937.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Wilson County Residents Unhappy With Subdivision (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Right now, the Seven Springs Homeowner's Association is considering legal action against the subdivision's developer because they say he cut too many corners building up this property]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:12:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wztv.com/newsroom/top_stories/vid_4046.shtml</link>
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     <title>SC: Palmetto Dunes moves closer to beach club victory</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Palmetto Dunes is close to winning a year-long fight to turn a rarely used beachfront building into a bustling beach club.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:42:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/572090.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NC: Real estate Q&A: Concern over homeowner's associations]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Is there a governing body that regulates or oversees HOAs? I have already researched the Planned Community Act of North Carolina, where I live, and didn't find all the answers I was looking for.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:34:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lakeexpo.com/articles/2008/08/08/top_news/15.txt</link>
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     <title>GA: Homeowner groups often eco-unfriendly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In recent years, a dozen state legislatures have passed laws that restrict the ability of HOAs to ban solar panels and solar water heaters. Florida and Colorado now protect the rights of homeowners to replace irrigated, chemically dependent lawns with more natural landscaping that requires little or no extra water or other artificial life support.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:03:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/08/05/homeownersed_0806.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Homeowner's Plant Box Battle Could Reach Courts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A neighborhood battle over a garden box may end up in an upstate South Carolina courtroom.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:10:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wyff4.com/news/17095035/detail.html#-</link>
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     <title>NC: Code battle may head to state</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Afshin Ghazi may appeal EpiCentre’s code violations to a state board, with the possibility of pursuing changes to N.C. laws to make his structure legal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:30:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/08/04/story4.html?b=1217822400%5E1677817</link>
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     <title>NC: Homeowners Want Answers After Builder Goes Out Of Business</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the Autumn Trace subdivision, a "sold" sign sits on a lot with a concrete foundation and lumber, but the builder responsible for the project is no longer in business, according to the neighborhood's home owners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:11:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=108553&catid=57]]></link>
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     <title>LA: Former condo treasurer pays restitution, gets out of jail</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After spending about two months behind bars, a former Slidell area condo association treasurer who embezzled more than $100,000 from the organization turned over $31,000 in restitution and was released from prison over the weekend.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:42:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/former_condo_treasurer_pays_restitution_gets_out_of_jail.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Condos charred in morning blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A blaze in a Surfside Beach condo complex damaged four homes this morning, but nobody was injured, according to Horry County Fire Rescue spokesman Todd Cartner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:55:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/breaking_news/story/534523.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Subdivision lake drained, dam to be upgraded</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The work is being handled through the Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources. Currently the dam is considered a "high Hazard," as defined by the Georgia Safe Dams Act. The state ordered the dam to either be upgraded or removed and the lake permanently drained.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:22:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://gwinnettherald.com/Articles-i-2008-07-18-173569.112113_Subdivision_lake_drained_dam_to_be_upgraded.html</link>
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     <title>SC: 5 leave in Sun City board shake-up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Five people who support incorporating Sun City Hilton Head resigned or were removed from their leadership positions within the community association Thursday during a heated meeting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:34:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/559294.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Pins and needles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As more of Nashville's condo towers near closing dates, there's concern about how many buyers might make the same decision as the Bryants and steer clear of the closing table.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:26:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/07/28/story1.html?b=1217217600%5E1674673</link>
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     <title>SC: Pulte Homes delays residents' takeover of Sun City</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sun City Hilton Head residents eager to take control of their community were dealt another blow last week when developer Pulte Homes said it would not turn over the reins until the community is completely developed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:48:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/557113.html</link>
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     <title>GA: County to drain lake ahead of dam upgrade</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As a consequence, the Berkeley Lake Manor Subdivision Homeowner's Association has hired a pond management company to remove the fish during the initial phase of draining the lake and then to be on hand to remove any remaining fish during the second phase.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:23:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://gwinnettherald.com/Articles-i-2008-07-11-173412.112113_County_to_drain_lake_ahead_of_dam_upgrade.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Lawsuit, foreclosures haunt Uptown condo project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday morning, the developers of The Park condominium tower will head to court. It is a foreclosure hearing for a project that’s seen its share of ups and downs]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:47:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stories/wcnc-071408-mw-parkcondolawsuit.55e67f47.html</link>
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     <title>AR: Buyers Beware: Property Owners Associations Good and Bad</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The real estate boom in Northwest Arkansas spawned hundreds of property owners associations in Benton and Washington counties as residential developers tried to distinguish their product.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:29:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/07/12/business/071308poapromises.txt</link>
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     <title>NC: New Hanover County Man in a Battle With His Homeowner's Association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eddie Gilsinan is in a tight situation. he lives in Whitney Pines sub-dividion and works for Phillips Towing Service, a company that assists emergency crews in removing cars from crisis situations. When he's on-call, he brings his truck home. According to Whitney Pines homeowner's associtation guidelines, he can't park it there.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:43:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wwaytv3.com/node/8956</link>
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     <title>GA: Asian cultures spice up John's Creek neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Blackstone subdivision was built by Pulte Homes between 2002 and 2005 and has about 286 homes.  Its residents are 41 percent Indian and 40 percent Chinese and Korean, according to former homeowner association president Rajul Patel. Patel, originally from Bombay, was one of the first to buy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:41:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/northfulton/stories/2008/07/02/asian_subdivision.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Condo groups left holding the trash bag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many owners of condominiums and town homes in Fayetteville will be paying higher monthly fees after Fayetteville scrapped its subsidies for garbage collection]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:49:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=298115</link>
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     <title>MO: Branson Timeshare Company (from NC)  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 12:55:57 -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>AR: Bella Vista Getting Help from Geese Peace</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bella Vista may not be getting rid of 100 geese after all...if a non-profit steps up to the plate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:54:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8560269</link>
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     <title>SC: Cedar Grove Plantation group fights developer's plans</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At issue is a long-standing feud between Cedar Grove developer Steve Vaughn and the Cedar Grove Homeowners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:32:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/26/cedar_grove_plantation_group_fights_deve45621/</link>
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     <title>TN: Germantown subdivision wants gates</title>
     <description><![CDATA["We're trying to be proactive here and not just sit back and wait for the next one to happen," said Robert Jurgens, homeowner association president.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:00:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jun/25/germantown-subdivision-wants-02/</link>
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     <title>AR: Backlash May Come With Geese Culling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Bella Vista Property Owners Association killed 11 vultures last year without residents' protest, but the association expects some backlash when it follows through with a plan to kill Canada geese that are fouling its lakes and golf courses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:54:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/06/23/news/062408bzgeese.txt</link>
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     <title>SC: Family trying to "live green" runs into red tape</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But becoming environmentally friendly has not come without obstacles. Several of the Puzerewski's "green" ideas were in violation the property owners association and had to be removed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:49:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=8548429</link>
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     <title>NC: Ghazi sues condo tower developer, seeks $92M in damages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The developer of the EpiCentre complex in uptown Charlotte claims the Indianapolis company that's building a condo tower on the site is using a permitting dispute to "extort millions of dollars," according to a lawsuit filed Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:25:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/06/23/daily15.html</link>
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     <title>AR: Lawsuits, Liens Seek More Than $6 Million From Grandview Heights Developers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A property owner who sold land for the development of the Grandview Heights at Beaver Lake condominium project claims she has not been paid $2 million she is owed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:31:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/06/18/news/061908rzcondosuit.txt</link>
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     <title>GA: Feds indict seven in metro Atlanta mortgage fraud ring</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Atlanta federal prosecutors have indicted seven metro Atlanta residents in alleged straw-buyer mortgage fraud scam, centered around an East Lake condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:39:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/06/16/daily60.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Life is solitary in unfinished subdivisions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of just two residents in what was to be a 105-home development, the 54-year-old information technology manager strolls down lonely streets past silt fences, weedy lots, nearly 20 vacant homes and a sign cheerily announcing that a pool and cabana are "Coming Soon!"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:02:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/06/15/ghost_town_0616.html</link>
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     <title>MS: Battling A Bad Element</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners Association members Mary Polk and Lee Simmons worry about a bad element that's creeping in: property neglect. "We just don't want you to come in, rent a house, let it go," Polk says.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:38:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8483865&nav=2CSf]]></link>
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     <title>AL: Bankruptcy filings show deep debt of coastal investors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three of Bon Secour Village's five developers have filed for bankruptcy, putting the already imperiled Gulf Shores development at further risk and illustrating how south Baldwin County's burst real estate bubble has hit even the most moneyed investors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:56:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/121291658051620.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>GA: Hard times pinch homeowner associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Get ready for another ripple of victims from the souring economy and increased home foreclosures: Neighborhood pool parties, flowers at subdivision entrances and lifeguards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:32:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/06/04/homeowner_associations.html</link>
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     <title>KY: Troubleshooter investigates mandate for new roofs at local community condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of residents at the Village of Beckley Woods condos contacted WAVE 3's Troubleshooter Charla Young after getting a letter from the condo's management team and volunteer board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:36:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=8421293&nav=menu31_3]]></link>
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     <title>MS: Chateau de Eyesore</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In its heyday in the 1980s, the Chateau de la Mer was a thriving 144-unit beachfront condo complex. Had it survived Katrina, the Chateau de la Mer likely would've struggled to compete with the giant luxury towers that have sprouted up along the shoreline]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:39:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/596382.html</link>
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     <title>NC:  Raleigh firefighters rescue 2 from burining condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Firefighters rescued two elderly people when their condominium caught on fire early Saturday, officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:58:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2969160/</link>
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     <title>NC: Couple stole from homeowner group</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A husband and wife have been charged with taking more than $200,000 from their homeowners association, police said Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:34:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/2957353/</link>
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     <title>LA: Temporary repairs made after parish president declares state of emergency</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner Association President Bou Baldwin said after the dam was built in the 1980’s to control the amount of water flowing from the retention pond in Parc du Lac downstream to Golden Glen, the parish put restrictions on the structure, limiting the amount of water it could handle]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 10:01:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thesttammanynews.com/articles/2008/05/28/news/doc483d69b23d14a830729374.txt</link>
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     <title>SC: Wild Dunes finally gets a dose of sand</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Wild Dunes beach is being pumped back to life, two years after owners began wrangling with regulators for permits and a year after tens of thousands of sandbags that shored up eight beach-front properties and the resort's prized Links course washed away in storm tides - littering the coast and marshes for miles.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:42:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/may/27/wild_dunes_finally_gets_dose_sand42303/</link>
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     <title>TN: Man Prosecuted for Raw Sewage Debacle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man under investigation for allowing raw sewage to flow in a subdivision for the past three years is now being criminally prosecuted by the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:17:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1401504/chattanooga_man_prosecuted_for_raw_sewage_debacle/</link>
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     <title>NC: A painful principle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Martin Bynum isn't behind on his mortgage. No problems with the bank, no problems with the loan. But his house is still being foreclosed on - not due to the hundreds of dollars he can pay, but for the $30 a month he won't. The creditor foreclosing: his homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:11:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/NRSTAFF/288584848</link>
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     <title>SC: Fires leave DeBordieu on edge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The most recent fire in the upscale DeBordieu community caused about $6 million in damages, said an official with Midway Fire Rescue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:43:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/460532.html</link>
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     <title>LA:  Supreme Court sides with insurer in Rita case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An insurance company does not have to pay for the full value of a Louisiana home demolished by a combination of Hurricane Rita's wind and flood water, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:15:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/21/america/Hurricanes-Insurance.php</link>
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     <title>AL: Condo buyers change minds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But like many of the new towers, Turquoise Place now faces legal challenges from condo buyers who don't want to close the deals they made as far back as three years ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:12:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/1211447749211480.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>NC: NBC17 Investigates Home Owners Association Rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners' association woes may become a thing of the past as experts give NBC17 the low down of how to successfully challenge tough HOA rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:36:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-05-21-0001.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[KY: 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 09:21:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story.aspx?content_id=4f778bfe-f405-48b4-811c-77374c685723</link>
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     <title>KY: Edgecliff condo owners settle with developer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Edgecliff Condominium Owners Association Inc. and Louisville-based Jefferson Development Group said Monday they've resolved a dispute that had led the owners' group to file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court earlier this month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 10:16:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/05/19/daily8.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Drop in property owner fee payments hurting smaller communities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property management companies in southern Beaufort County say they are seeing an increase in delinquencies on property owners association assessments in small communities, a problem that is leading to more aggressive collections in some neighborhoods.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/502017.html</link>
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     <title>MS: Subdivision in the Dark</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In order to get their lights back on residents must form a Homeowner's Association, pay their dues, then set up a new account with Southern Pine...a process that could take several months.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 21:10:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8342378&nav=2CSf]]></link>
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     <title>LA: Post-Flooding Scams</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shaw collected more than a dozen of those business cards inside this normally gated community called Normandy Village Condominiums, off Fairfield Avenue in Shreveport that suffered heavy flooding damage.  Their main gates must stay open with all the work underway.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 16:28:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=8338993&nav=menu50_1]]></link>
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     <title>SC: Probe into missing couple focuses on property firm</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The investigation into the disappearance of John and Elizabeth Calvert is now focused almost exclusively on the finances of the property management company that kept the books for the couple's four island businesses, authorities said last week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 14:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/619011.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Woman Worries About Sewage Sitting Outside Her Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A neighbor in south Charlotte’s Quail Run community called Eyewitness News after sewage backed up into and outside her home. She said the homeowners association of her condominium complex refused to clean it up]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:05:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsoctv.com/news/16203917/detail.html</link>
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     <title>AR: Inflation: Thief of POA incorporation windfall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Throughout the summer months, the Board will be looking at the inflationary impact on the 2009 budget. We will be evaluating assessment levels, looking at needed changes in the Declaration and reviewing all of the long-range plans for the amenities. The Board will try to set a long-term course for stabilizing, managing and improving Bella Vista's amenities]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:02:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwanews.com/bvwv/Editorial/6257/</link>
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     <title>NC: Condo hustle: The market's last gasp?</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Condo conversions are definitely over and done with now," says realtor Jim Duncan. Meanwhile, many condo buyers have been left holding the conversion craze bag. Indeed, a look at properties that went into foreclosure this year reveals a surprising number of condos on the auction block.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:39:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2008/05/01/ONARCH-condosCooled-B.aspx</link>
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     <title>TN: Tansi POA rejects city trade offer of sewer for water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City fathers felt the offer they made to the Lake Tansi Property Owners Association (POA) was too good to reject. The board for the Tansi POA saw it different and rejected the offer as one they could not even consider accepting]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:05:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.crossville-chronicle.com/local/local_story_119151314.html</link>
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     <title>SC: HOA bill set for more study</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A bill proposing to make homeowners’ associations more open and require notice for new rules was met with skepticism Wednesday in a Senate subcommittee, though there was agreement that something needs to be done.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:44:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/breaking_news/story/426944.html</link>
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     <title>AR: Planning board to discuss regulations for condominiums</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium developments in unincorporated areas of the county continue to vex the Baxter County Planning Board which is in uncharted and unregulated territory.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:57:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080423/NEWS01/804230315/1002/NEWS01</link>
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     <title>SC: Neighboring house in disrepair concerns Lake Carolina resident</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Baldwin appealed to the Lake Carolina Homeowner's Association for action, but to no avail.   Larry Ridlehoover is the president of Southern Community Services, the company that manages the homeowners association. "If we go on the property without the homeowner's permission and somebody gets hurt, then we can get sued.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:19:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8184054</link>
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     <title>NC: Condo Fire Forces Evacuations in Greensboro</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An early morning fire near The Gables condos in Greensboro forced hundreds to be evacuated from their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:47:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6338784&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>SC: Strand split on HOA bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A state bill that would put more rules on homeowners associations has sparked mixed reactions from Grand Strand residents]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:57:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/418358.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Bill would govern HOA boards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There's no hope this late in the legislative session to get the bill passed, but the intent is to get it rolling, hold some hearings and build a consensus on the wording, Cleary said.  "It's to throw things out there and get it started," he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:50:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/417141.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Wild Dunes to pay $18,000 for littering coast with sandbags</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state and property owners along the eroding beach at Wild Dunes have agreed to a fine of $18,000 for the thousands of sandbags that ended up littering the coast and marshes after storms last spring.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:32:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestate.com/statewire/story/374825.html</link>
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     <title>SC:  Beach seems to be coming back on own</title>
     <description><![CDATA[John O'Hare, the president of the homeowner's association at Seascape, one of a half-dozen condominium complexes now threatened by tides washing underneath them, said high tide Wednesday continued to swamp the bags.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:10:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/apr/12/beach_seems_be_coming_back_on_own37025/</link>
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     <title>SC:  Condo Lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Homeowners Association has filed a lawsuit claiming negligence and fraud on the part of Julian LeCraw & Company, the group that converted these apartments to condos. The suit claims not only should the company have known about building problems, including defective windows and inadequate roofs, but also that it covered up the deficiencies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:07:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcbd.com/midatlantic/cbd/news.apx.-content-articles-CBD-2008-04-11-0018.html</link>
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     <title>LA: State Supreme Court sides with insurance companies</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected arguments that homeowner insurance policies should have covered damages caused by levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina, saying the disaster clearly involved a "flood" not covered by such policies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:38:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/state_supreme_court_sides_with.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Some Neighborhoods Paying More for Security</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It is their HOA that has helped them get officers-for-hire. "The fees that we collect from the residents there is all going to go towards this," said Chris Wendt of the Windy Ridge Home Owners Assocaition.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:01:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wbtv.com/news/topstories/17440039.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Fire damages condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Maryville fire personnel are investigating the cause of a fire in a condominium complex Tuesday that kept firefighters on the scene for nearly five hours.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:47:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20080409/NEWS/896635912</link>
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     <title>SC: No change to beach condo rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Despite the threat of hurricanes and rising costs to taxpayers, state regulators Tuesday decided against toughening rules that allow high-rise condominiums on one of the most flood-prone beaches in South Carolina.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:27:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/410293.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Flooding leaves Mud Island strewn with debris</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Harbortown Community Association president Bob Cornish says the group has fought the trash problem for years. The association says the city or the U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for cleanup. Cornish notes the homeowner's association has spent nearly $100,000 over the years clearing out the trash.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:03:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/29d58303-www.fox17.com.shtml</link>
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     <title>LA: Golden Glen residents fear collapse of dam, flooding inevitable</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Golden Glen residents are sitting in angst as the cement weir keeping a 2,000-foot retention pond from spilling into their neighborhood, crumbles before their eyes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:48:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.slidellsentry.com/articles/2008/03/31/news/doc47f10aef691e3399793506.txt</link>
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     <title>TN: Resident Upset Over Condo's Condition</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A south Nashville woman said her condominium unit is in bad shape and that she can’t get her landlord to do anything about it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:56:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wsmv.com/news/15733530/detail.html?rss=nash&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Developers, builders protest stormwater proposal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developers and builders are protesting a proposal before the Fayetteville City Council that would require homeowners to maintain ponds intended to trap stormwater runoff]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:17:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=289530</link>
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     <title>SC: Firefighters Respond To Mauldin Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters from the Mauldin Fire Department have responded to a fire at Hadley Commons Condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:14:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wspa.com/midatlantic/spa/news.apx.-content-articles-SPA-2008-03-24-0005.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Visions of a 'green' condo community implode as project faces foreclosure an</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Construction work has stopped on his $325,000 luxury condo at Park Ridge Pointe, a “green community” at Country Club Road and Park Ridge Circle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:15:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173355060963&path=rss]]></link>
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     <title>SC: Failed Bahama Island condo buyers may see payout</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investors in the failed Bahama Island condominium project could get their money back when the resort's property is sold at a foreclosure auction, but it isn't certain whether there will be any money left for them to split.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:49:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/385964.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Fire guts PTC condo building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One person was injured, but all residents escaped with their lives when a fire destroyed a building in the Twiggs Corner condominium complex early this morning, Peachtree City fire officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:42:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/node/26421</link>
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     <title>LA: Hearing postponed in Slidell area condo association embezzlement case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Despite the victims' presence and the district attorney's and Covington parole offices' assurances that some resolution would come Thursday, a court hearing was delayed for a former Chamale Cove treasurer who has neglected restitution payments to the condo association from which he embezzled more than $100,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:34:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/hearing_postponed_in_slidell_a.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Complaint over swimming dog ends in neighbor's death</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A brawl between two neighbors at an upscale Midtown condominium complex over a dog swimming in the property's pool left one man dead and another awaiting his fate today on murder charges.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:33:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/03/13/pooldeath_0314.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Dues Rise Sharply At Heritage Landing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner assessments are going up sharply at Heritage landing in North Chattanooga, but George Kangles of Waldorf Property Management said there were $800,000 in needed repairs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:04:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_123727.asp</link>
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     <title>TN: Developer promises to pave street in Sumner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After more than three years, Maddox complains, the Mansker Farm street has still not been paved and has large potholes that she says are a danger to her children when riding bicycles. She's annoyed that they pay the same homeowner association dues as others and that the city of Hendersonville says it's waiting on the developer to finish work before it accepts the street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:29:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080311/COLUMNIST0128/803110346/1008/OPINION01</link>
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     <title>SC: Woman's body discovered five hours after condo fire put out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Authorities say a woman's body was found in her burned-out condo Saturday five hours after a fire there was put out. Her son found her body long after firefighters left the scene.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:42:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7993834&nav=0RaPbyEf]]></link>
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     <title>AR: POA recognized for safety conditions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Bella Vista Property Owners Association has been recognized for going more than two years without a lost-time accident.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:27:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/59557/</link>
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     <title>KY: Leader's e-mail angers pool foes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The president of the Springhurst homeowners association told residents at a meeting last week that it was unlikely he would seek the office again after an e-mail surfaced revealing he intended to use questionable methods to push a controversial expansion of the community pool.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:06:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080305/ZONE04/803050564</link>
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     <title>NC: Faulty outlet sparked condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accidental fire that destroyed two condominiums Sunday night started because an electrical outlet failed, a High Point fire official said today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:54:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NRSTAFF/446035992</link>
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     <title>KY: Springhurst president to step aside</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Springhurst Community Association President Greg Troutman promised not to seek the office again last night after an uproar from the community over an e-mail that Troutman sent to a handful of residents last fall.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:43:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080229/ZONE04/80229031</link>
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     <title>GA: A gas stove in your high-rise condo?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The gas pipeline company is striking deals with developers of condominium towers to install gas meters for each unit - a new concept in metro Atlanta.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:28:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/business/stories/2008/02/29/condogas_0301.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Should association be branded?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The association's board of directors should investigate the status of trademarks associated with the community. The developer may have already registered them on a state and/or federal basis]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:45:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/homefinder/content/homefinder/stories/2008/02/21/lawyer_0224.html</link>
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     <title>AL: Lessons learned in condo market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The past four years on Alabama's beaches have provided plenty of learning experiences for condo owners]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:10:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/press-register/baldwin.ssf?/base/news/1203934536244340.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Board tempest roils Raleigh suburb</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Last fall, a member of the Harrington Grove homeowners association board collected enough votes from his neighbors to kick two members off the board.  Now the board member, Dutch Dasanaike, is trying to hold onto his own seat in a fight that includes allegations of improperly collected proxy votes, an anonymous Web site and a YouTube video with scenes from an emotional board meeting. Dasanaike says he has done nothing wrong.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:57:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/963072.html</link>
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     <title>AR: POA taking part in Cell Phones for Soldiers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Bella Vista Property Owners Association is accepting used cell phones to donate to a nonprofit organization that helps soldiers call home, according to a POA news release.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:19:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/59053/</link>
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     <title>SC: Winds whip up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But lawns throughout the area had been scorched black. Bermuda grass doesn't die during winter, but it becomes dry and brittle and doesn't revive until spring, said Dick Delahunty, the former Reavencrest Homeowner's Association president.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/261/story/502848.html</link>
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     <title>AL: Regions owed millions after Florida condo deal collapses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A swanky condominium development in Fort Lauderdale has gone belly up, leaving Birmingham's Regions Financial Corp. and a lending partner owed $18.6 million in unpaid loans.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:18:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1203498914299290.xml&coll=2]]></link>
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     <title>AL: Developer files suit over condo project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The complaint alleges that Jones and Waters fradulently induced CRS to invest in The Paramount and Spartan projects by knowingly misrepresenting the stability and financial backing of both projects, and later broke an oral contract with CRS to return the money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:13:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080219/NEWS/334759537/1007</link>
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     <title>SC: Rose Hill's cover is blown when trees in protected buffer are cut</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bluffton officials have said they don't believe the Willow Run developer, Reed Development, had anything to do with cutting down the trees. They believe that someone else cut them to sell for lumber. Reed Development officials could not be reached for comment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:23:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/229693.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Man, banjo survive fire at Oconee Street condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that destroyed a man's condominium in East Athens on Friday morning spread so fast he had only enough time to grab his banjo.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:16:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/021608/news_20080216057.shtml</link>
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     <title>TN: Fire Destroys Condo Building In Franklin</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An early morning fire destroyed a condo building in Franklin Friday morning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:32:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/fire-destroys-condo-building-in-franklin/136205.htm</link>
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     <title>SC: Wild Dunes sandstorm settled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wild Dunes beachfront property owners and the state on Tuesday settled a stalemate over removing sandbags in front their properties on the severely eroding beach]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:20:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/feb/13/wild_dunes_sandstorm_settled30434/</link>
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     <title>GA: West Augusta Condo Fire Forces Family From Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA["There is a firewall that help tremendously. It slows the movement of the fire, and gives us a fighting chance to extinguish the fire before it spreads to the condos that are located next door."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:11:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wjbf.com/midatlantic/jbf/news_index.apx.-content-articles-JBF-2008-02-12-0007.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Ruling Expected Soon in Pinewild Lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A ruling is expected soon on the village of Pinehurst's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed in Moore County Superior Court by some Pinewild residents seeking to block annexation of their gated community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:07:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20080213/news/local/20080213Lawsuit.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Are those lagoons with the pretty views really doing their jobs?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They may be nice to look at, but the myriad lagoons that dot area neighborhoods and gated communities are supposed to serve another function: keeping dirt and runoff from roads and construction sites from seeping into rivers and streams.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:57:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/223360.html</link>
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     <title>MS: Firefighters Battle Blaze At Pass Condo Site</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Pass Christian and Long Beach firefighters both rushed to Highway 90 and battled what appeared to be a raging fire just inside the Pass city limits. But as soon as they got water on the burning condo, the thick black smoke pouring out of Gulf Villa Condos dissipated.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:26:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=7840362&nav=menu40_2]]></link>
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     <title>GA: Some water restrictions lifted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Georgians in the state’s drought-ravaged northern third will be able to splash in swimming pools and sprinkle their lawns under an easing of outdoor watering restrictions announced by Gov. Sonny Perdue. The governor partially lifted limits on water use in landscaping and exempted outdoor pools altogether from restrictions the state imposed last fall in 61 counties.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:19:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.albanyherald.com/stories/20080207n4.htm</link>
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     <title>SC: Residents plan to be ready if disaster strikes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Area residents say the only thing worse than a community disaster may be a community unprepared for one.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:52:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/344487.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Association fees another casualty of meltdown</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Foreclosures have a devastating impact on community associations that is not felt by other creditors. A foreclosure wipes out the assessments/dues owed on the property. A foreclosure does not have that effect on  on credit cards, auto loans and other consumer finance products - those debts remain intact.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:16:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/02/05/homeownersed_0205.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Residents speak out at Brier Creek meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thieves have stolen things from at least a couple dozen people. The homeowners association took suggestions from residents at a meeting Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:14:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=5935551]]></link>
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     <title>AR: Motion denied in summary judgment against Bella Vista POA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Benton County Circuit Judge Jay Finch denied a motion for summary judgment filed on behalf of Roger Norbeck in his case against the Bella Vista Property Owners Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:40:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/58405/</link>
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     <title>LA: Slidell condo association embezzler not living up to restitution agreement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former Chamale Cove treasurer who embezzled more than $100,000 from the condo association during his tenure is not paying his court-mandated restitution and therefore could soon wind up behind bars.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:29:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/slidell_condo_association_embe.html</link>
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     <title>AL: More Burglaries/Robberies in Wetumpka and Millbrook; Part of a Ring?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some people in the area say they have changed their living habits because of the burglaries and robberies. The homeowners association has also installed video cameras to track whoever drives in and out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:53:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=7777363&nav=0RdE]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Park Lane condos suit on hold</title>
     <description><![CDATA[State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dillon has reserved his decision about whether a lawsuit aiming at preventing the construction of a Delaware Avenue condominium project can move forward.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:14:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2008/01/21/daily41.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Pulte takes back control of Sun City board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sun City Hilton Head’s developer took majority control of the Community Association’s board of directors today during the board’s quarterly meeting.   While Pulte officials said the majority takeover will help protect their investment in Sun City, residents say the move is a “smokescreen” for problems that aren’t being disclosed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:08:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/front/story/140841.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Green subdivision in Fletcher may be wave of the future</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Want to live in an industrial park?  How about in an affordably priced condominium and townhouse community next to a bottomland hardwood forest and a stream, within walking distance of hundreds of jobs and where solar energy will provide three-quarters of household energy needs?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:03:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080120/NEWS01/80119053</link>
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     <title>NC: Panel rejects sandbags request from Kure Beach complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[State regulators say a Kure Beach condominium complex cannot keep the sandbags it has used to protect from erosion for more than two decades.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:41:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354263681]]></link>
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     <title>TN: "Filth, Trash Consume Bellevue Condo" (Video Report)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For the past 10 years, neighbors living in the Creekside Meadows Condominiums, like Zack Van Arsdale, said mountains of trash, some more than five feet high, have been crammed into the condo.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:08:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/filth-trash-consume-bellevue-condo/135674.htm</link>
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     <title>MS: Forest Meadows builder agrees to demands</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City attorney Kenneth Stockton urged homeowners to quickly establish a homeowners association, still in its formative stages. "There doesn't need to be any guesswork here," Stockton said. "To me, the homeowners association should be established now. We've been through this before, unfortunately, and it's not been a pleasant experience."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:05:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2008/01/16/news/news03.txt</link>
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     <title>MS: Not just eyesores; danger looms</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fire could have spread to the other buildings in the complex or to neighboring houses and businesses. Firefighters evacuated 25 units from Legacy Condominiums as a precaution.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:09:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/305975.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Isle of Palms aims to get rolling on beach renourishment by spring</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Construction of a new beach that would offer protection to dozens of condominiums threatened by tides at the erosion-scarred northeast end of the island is likely to begin six months earlier than projected,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:24:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jan/15/isle_palms_aims_get_rolling_on_beach_ren27593/</link>
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     <title>NC: HOA meeting moves from bleak to encouraging</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The annual meeting of the Forest Pond Homeowners Association could have ended in despair.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:41:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/274/story/444107.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Fire breaks out at old mill revamped as condo project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Former workers, community members and families gathered at the chain link fences that wrap around the old Inman Mill on Saturday night, watching as smoke seeped from the openings of the four-story brick structure that represents so much of this community's history.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:05:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.goupstate.com/article/20080113/NEWS/801130365/1051/NEWS01</link>
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     <title>SC: Financier and investors' deposits missing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investors' money is missing from a second failed condominium project here, and a familiar story is emerging of an elusive financier who local developers say took off with millions of dollars in condo deposits, never to be heard from again.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:58:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/312794.html</link>
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     <title>AR: Cooper Communities eliminates 2,000 lots</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cooper Communities Inc., the original developer of Bella Vista, recently deplatted 2, 000 membership lots, which could have an effect on a pending lawsuit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:05:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/57509/</link>
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     <title>TN: Benson Says New State Law Could Bring Back "Jim Crow"</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City officials said sections of a new state law dealing with undesirable homes being moved into subdivisions need to be amended.  The law says a homeowner association or neighborhood group would have say-so on whether a home can be moved in.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:34:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_119714.asp</link>
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     <title>GA: Atlanta's Aquarius Tower To Get A Boost From Windpower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 500-foot tower will have a serious commitment to alternative power: a five-floor wind tunnel with about 60 small turbines and rooftop solar panels could provide more than half of the building's power.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:48:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/01/08/atlantas-aquarius-tower-to-get-a-boost-from-windpower/</link>
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     <title>GA: Neighbors should act neighborly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Rolling Meadow Homeowner’s Association Board got a tongue-lashing last month from the Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources Customer Service Division.  It is all a simple misunderstanding really.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:36:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.waltontribune.com/story.lasso?ewcd=d49f027cda73a5cd</link>
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     <title>AR: Cooperation Key In Bella Vista, Says Attorney</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bella Vista incorporated in 2006, but the community still faces regulations from the Bella Vista Property Owners Association and the Architectural Control Committee. The commission is working on zoning, subdivision ordinances and a master street plan for the city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:25:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/01/03/news/010408bzvistaplanning.txt</link>
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     <title>AR: Bank goes to court to claim condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Legacy National Bank asserted its rights to claim a new Fayetteville luxury condominium building in payment of outstanding mortgages of more than $ 18. 17 million owed on it by its developer and one of his investment companies. The bank also petitioned the court to appoint a receiver to oversee the building’s operations until it is sold.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:17:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/212700/</link>
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     <title>LA: Kenner building blaze investigated as arson</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Kenner police have opened an arson investigation at a condominium destroyed in a blaze that investigators blamed on errant New Year's fireworks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:25:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/119934191233840.xml&coll=1]]></link>
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     <title>TN: Two Kids Dead After Overnight Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An overnight condo fire at the Alden's Gate Community, killed two boys,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:36:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5366112&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>TN: Condo fire damages two units, leaves three homeless in Johnson City</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Johnson City firefighters were on the scene of a fire at the Northridge Condominiums for more than three hours on New Year’s Eve.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:08:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9004497</link>
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     <title>SC: Curfew to take effect next year in Hilton Head Plantation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The gated community will institute a curfew banning children from being in the plantation's public areas between midnight and 6 a.m. beginning Jan. 1, becoming the first area neighborhood to do so, officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:39:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/88686.html</link>
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     <title>TN: GENERALLY SPEAKING: From the desk of Dave Sutton</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The "Roswell Incident" and the "Kennedy Conspiracy" have nothing on Tansi. Information has been circulating that the POA board and yours truly are conspiring to "give our water away."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:25:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.crossville-chronicle.com/laketansi/local_story_361163821.html</link>
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     <title>AR: POA employees bring holiday cheer to several local families</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Christmas will be a little brighter this year for several Bella Vista families, thanks to the efforts of the Property Owners Association's Membership Services Department and those who gave donations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:09:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/56938/</link>
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     <title>SC: Private island to get $31 million facelift</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three decades after the first residents and golfers moved to this 2,200-acre oceanfront paradise, Seabrook Island is poised for a makeover.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:18:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/13_26/news/11042-1.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Smoke detector not working in condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The man who suffered serious injuries from a fire inside a Myrtle Beach condo continues to recover]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:38:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.scnow.com/midatlantic/scp/news.apx.-content-articles-BTW-2007-12-20-0007.html</link>
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     <title>AR: JPs act on measure to help Village POA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Saline County Quorum Court has approved first readings of two ordinances that would make it possible for Hot Springs Village to enforce some of its Property Owners Association rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:30:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bentoncourier.com/content/view/100062/</link>
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     <title>GA: Fire destroys condo building near Clarkston</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A spectacular fire destroyed a condominium building near Clarkston on Wednesday evening, displacing an unknown number of residents, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:02:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2007/12/19/dekalbfire_1220.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Angry Condo Resident Shoots Construction Worker</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Atlanta police are questioning a man who is accused of shooting a construction worker in the face.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:10:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/georgia/news-article.aspx?storyid=98307</link>
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     <title>TN: Light Years Apart - HOA's and holiday lighting problems</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dr. And Mrs. Sheng Tchou and neighbor Timothy Vandersommen have chosen to go it alone against the Hunter’s Lake Homeowner Association, which voted in November to enforce a policy forbidding the use of any Christmas lights on the exterior of homes except for white lights.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:30:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=60934]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Midsouth Golf appeals ruling on amenity fees at Fairfield Harbour</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Midsouth Golf has appealed a State Court of Appeals ruling that the company cannot force condominium time-share owners at Fairfield Harbour to pay higher amenity fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:26:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newbernsj.com/news/owners_37882___article.html/midsouth_time.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Calling all Roswell homeowners associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To better inform its citizens on important issues, events and meetings that could affect them, the city of Roswell is looking to update its homeowner association records.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:28:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2007-12-06-168590.112113-Calling_all_Roswell_homeowners_associations.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Pink beach house owner vs. neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jean Morrison, the owner of the well-known pink house along the Intracoastal Waterway in Little River, is suing her property owner's association.  Morrison says the association does not legally exist and therefore cannot conduct business as such because the Olde Harbour Property Owner's Association was dissolved in 1989.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:30:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_news/story/403854.html</link>
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     <title>AR: CCI throws hat into lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new party may be added to the litigation between the Bella Vista Property Owners Association and disgruntled member Roger Norbeck.  David Matthews, an attorney in Rogers, filed paperwork seeking to allow Cooper Communities Inc. to intervene in a lawsuit contesting the POA's 2007 election]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:42:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwanews.com/bcdr/News/56633/</link>
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     <title>GA: Vandals Smash Gwinnett Holiday Decorations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Vandals went on a weekend spree in a Gwinnett County neighborhood, smashing Christmas decorations, spray-painting cars, egging houses and painting obscene messages on garage doors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:57:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14810230/detail.html</link>
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     <title>AL: Opinion - Of spindles and trailers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[SOMETIMES RULES collide with common sense, with absurd results. Two such absurdities have received wide public attention this week: A Baldwin County woman has been ordered to move her trailer off the lot where her house burned down, and a Mobile attorney has been told that his new porch spindles are too wide and must be replaced.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:51:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/opinion/press-register/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1197022780104310.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Appeals Court upholds ruling on amenity fees at Fairfield Harbour</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that Midsouth Golf cannot force condominium time-share owners at Fairfield Harbour to pay higher amenity fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:11:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newbernsj.com/news/midsouth_37845___article.html/owners_court.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Nation's largest solar thermal development slated for Fletcher</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The sun will heat and cool 400 units of what's being called the largest use of residential solar thermal technology in the country.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:56:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071208/NEWS/712080344</link>
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     <title>GA: DeKalb Condos Damaged in Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to witnesses and firefighters, the fire broke out at about 2 a.m. Saturday at the Blue Sky Condos on Memorial Drive. A total of four condos were damaged by the fire. Two of those units were heavily damaged.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:52:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=107698</link>
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     <title>MS: Madison man cleared in covenant case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A judge has found resident Richard Atkinson not guilty of violating a provision of the city's zoning ordinance that makes a violation of one's homeowners association covenants is a crime.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:03:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071207/NEWS/71207036</link>
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     <title>MS: Is renting a crime? Answer may come in Madison court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The case centers on concerns over property values and the ability to protect them, but some say Madison has chosen an unconstitutional approach by criminalizing the violation of restrictive covenants.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:47:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071207/NEWS/712070382</link>
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     <title>NC: Man at Odds With Homeowners' Association Over Clothesline</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Not everyone is laughing, though. Reck recently received a notice from his Wake Forest neighborhood's homeowners' association saying that a neighbor had complained about the clothesline and that the association does not allow them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:26:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2119468/</link>
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     <title>SC: Condo owners still dealing with building repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[DiLorenzo is one of many Grand Strand homeowners who feel they were duped by Heritage Communities Inc., which developed The Gardens at Cypress Bay and other condo complexes along the Grand Strand. The Gardens last week won a $6 million judgment against the company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:56:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/266741.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Downtown condo owner calls buildings 'lemons'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Memphis - Downtown condo owners are concerned about mold in their building. The builder, however, is telling a different story.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:50:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wmctv.com/global/story.asp?s=7411710</link>
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     <title>MS: Move to divert aid upsets flood victims</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The governor of Mississippi wants to use federal money to expand tourism while very few homes are being rebuilt.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:25:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1571207.html</link>
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     <title>AL: Lawsuit parties await Circuit Judge’s ruling on Colony at the Grand</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The lawsuit over an eight-story condominium development in Point Clear was back in court last week in Bay Minette.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:08:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2007/11/21/local_news/doc474219497d320689990841.txt</link>
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     <title>N.C. coastal fight builds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Figure Eight homeowners association has spent $15,000 this year on three lobbyists, including former Democratic Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker and Peter Hans, a former top adviser to Republican U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Elizabeth Dole, according to state records. A political action committee, which the homeowners call Preservation Island Society, has given at least $44,750 to state political candidates since 2004.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:07:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/171/story/368026.html</link>
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     <title>AR: State Regulated Dams Considered Potential High Hazard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In Arkansas there are more than 1200 state regulated dams and about a hundred of them are considered to be high hazard potential dams. This means that if one of those dams was to fail, there would likely be a loss of life. Some of those hazardous dams are in central Arkansas, located in areas you may pass by everyday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:54:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1107/473480.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Woman, sons jump to flee fire in condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two of the building’s units on Greencastle Drive burned, Haines said, and the women and children jumped from a balcony to escape. Their names were not available.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:32:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/nov/16/woman_sons_jump_flee_fire_condo/</link>
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     <title>MS: Right to rent homes at stake in Northbay suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Madison residents Andy and Lorrie Bourland had difficulty selling their house in Northbay in 2006, they did what they say would come naturally to any homeowner: they decided to lease it out. The board members of the subdivision's homeowners association had other ideas. They banned any renting or leasing in Northbay a few months after the Bourland's lease agreement was signed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:19:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=19499&TM=29965.6]]></link>
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     <title>GA: Neighborhood coyotes have a friend</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Michael Gaertner, president of the Oakhurst Neighborhood Association, has not seen a coyote, but he said his neighbors have. "I know somebody who said that she had one or two cats disappear," Gaertner said. "There have been people who have seen them late at night along College Avenue."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:17:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/living/stories/2007/11/14/coyotes_1115.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Carborro Condo Cuts Down Water Consumption</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you've every wondered whether one person can make a difference in saving water during the drought, someone did just that at a condominium complex in Carrboro.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:12:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-11-13-0027.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Building a green community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While this may seem like an alternative type of land ownership, Appelbaum commented, "It's just a condo neighborhood of smaller houses ... a neighborhood with houses that try to share the same building principles and hopefully lessen the traditional (environmental) impact."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:45:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/LIFESTYLE/711110310/1024</link>
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     <title>SC: Homeowners taking associations to task</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As the number of residents in these associations grow, so does the number of disputes and the need for regulation over associations' governing boards, critics say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:32:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/246518.html</link>
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     <title>VA: November is Volunteer Recognition and Promotion Month</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Volunteers are the heart of South Riding and without them, the Association would have much less of a community feeling than it does. The Board of Directors (who are volunteers) and Staff of the HOA enjoys the support of 8 standing committees, numerous working groups and about a hundred additional residents who routinely support the community events sponsored by our excellent events staff]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:23:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.loudouni.com/getnote.php?contentid=1558</link>
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     <title>SC: Political Boxing Match</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There has been some controversy with two mailings in particular which state the Committee for a Republican Council strongly endorses the same candidates which the Community Association supports. The Charleston Republican Committee calls these mailings deceptive and says they have not endorsed anyone. The Community Association says it is not behind the mailing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:05:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcbd.com/midatlantic/cbd/news.apx.-content-articles-CBD-2007-11-06-0034.html</link>
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     <title>GA:  Condo contamination cleanup</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since July, workers have been moving tons and tons of dirt in, and out, of the Sixth Street site, cleaning six acres of contamination to make way for the Watermark Condominium project. The cost was a lot more than expected, but the city could be getting more than was expected, as well.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:11:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wjbf.com/midatlantic/jbf/news_index.apx.-content-articles-JBF-2007-11-01-0029.html</link>
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     <title>LA: Road Home Slowest For Mobile Homes, Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Louisiana's hurricane homeowner grant program, the Road Home, has been slowest in making payments to the more than 15,000 owners of manufactured homes and condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:30:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wdsu.com/news/14460182/detail.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Back-outs by condo buyers raise alarm in nervous market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So imagine the shock when the Bristol West End finally opened a few weeks ago and immediately units were offered for sale. Turns out, the assurances were wrong. Flippers had edged their way into the building after all.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:19:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071029/BUSINESS02/710290337</link>
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     <title>SC: Isle Of Palms Residents Battle Over Rental Homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Isle of Palms neighbors are at odds with each other as the debate over property rights on the island continues]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:31:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abcnews4.com/news/stories/1007/467031.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Towns seek legislative change in beach club taxation regulations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Town officials from Ocean Isle Beach and Oak Island are lobbying to change legislation governing the local taxation of beach clubs operated by nonprofit homeowners' associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:00:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.brunswickbeacon.com/articles/2007/10/24/free/04-free.txt</link>
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     <title>GA: Trying to keep community alive</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Perhaps it is because this is my first house, or perhaps because I am a hopeless optimist. In any case, seeing such a lack of interest in getting anything accomplished, replaced rather with hapless bickering of only self-interest, I jumped on a grenade.  I joined the board of my HOA.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:03:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.waltontribune.com/story.lasso?ewcd=3af280cd279f1221</link>
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     <title>NC: Slope Failures Cause Extensive Property Damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mountain Air Development Corporation, developer of the nationally known Mountain Air Resort, is being sued by a group of property owners whose condominium units have been damaged by slope failures.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:10:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=50659</link>
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     <title>MS: FEMA trailers concern residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Rifle Ridge Estates Phase I are concerned about 40 FEMA trailers, which they fear might be contaminated, moving into the subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:34:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/NEWS01/710190302</link>
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     <title>NC: Homeowners association boards deserve respect</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I have served on the boards of three homeowners associations, and I've talked with people who have served on other boards. The problems are much the same in each: snarling residents who don't get their way, rules ignored, deadbeats who don't pay their dues, personal attacks, loud music and/or entertainment and, of course, lonely binge-barking dogs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:59:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/10/19/opinion/commentary/18_27_4510_18_07.txt</link>
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     <title>MS: Fate of Brookwood Country Club uncertain</title>
     <description><![CDATA["I don't play golf, but I bought here because I was going to be next to a golf course," said the president of the Brookwood Homeowner's Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:46:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/NEWS/710160380/1001</link>
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     <title>GA: Measure passed to make way for speed humps</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For residents who live on Windmere Drive in the Hidden Creek subdivision, the cause for alarm about how people traversed the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare was a call to action. Now the subdivision will be the first in unincorporated Walton County to utilize the new speed hump ordinance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:15:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.waltontribune.com/story.lasso?ewcd=5ffd76902451271f</link>
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     <title>N.C. group pays tribute to HOA off Lawyers Rd.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Emerald Lake say that spirit of familiarity and looking out for one another is part of what makes their neighborhood great. The N.C. chapter of the Community Associations Institute agreed, awarding Emerald Lake the 2007 Homeowners Association of the Year award for a large single-family neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:13:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/union/story/318597.html</link>
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     <title>LA: Subdivision to vote on drainage fee</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Meadowbrook Homeowner's Association worked with 5th District parish Councilman Marty Gould to commission an engineering study of the neighborhood's drainage system.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:48:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1192257561118510.xml&coll=1]]></link>
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     <title>SC:  Alligator invades HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Resdents say they got a permit to remove the gator, but homeowner's association hasn't given the go-ahead.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:22:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wpde.com/news/viewarticle.asp?view=7136</link>
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     <title>GA: Members of Richmond Place Homeowner's Association Board respond to accusatio</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Campaign signs were removed from front yards in Richmond Place recently because they were in violation of the subdivision's covenants, representatives of the homeowner's association said Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:46:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.savannahnow.com/node/373017</link>
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     <title>SC: Residents want to limit homeowner association authority</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In South Carolina, homeowner associations are still evolving, unlike states such as Florida and California, which have more laws governing how homeowner associations should act, Cromer said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:38:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071008/NEWS01/71008037/0/rss</link>
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     <title>NC: Checks Stolen From Mailboxes in Greensboro Neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A check Reynolds had written to the Adams Farm Community Association for her homeowner's dues and placed in a sealed envelope inside her mailbox had been changed to read "Grace Hall Only."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:11:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4578641&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>SC: Eagle Landing neighborhood to get 9-hole, par-3 layout</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property owners at Eagle Landing are bracing for changes that will bring public golf back to the Hanahan neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:05:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/oct/06/golf_course_makeover18334/</link>
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     <title>NC: Neighbors angry over Homeowners Association dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some homeowners contacted us hot under the caller. They say after living in their houses for four years, they've unexpectedly been told they have to start paying for a Homeowner's Association that they don't want.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:30:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wspa.com/midatlantic/spa/news.apx.-content-articles-SPA-2007-10-04-0019.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Renewable energy: the power of the sun</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The cohousing community uses solar energy in more ways than one. Another set of panels is used to heat water, others operate to power pathway lights and the homes are designed with passive solar principles to harness sunlight efficiently]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:21:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2007/10/04/renewable-energy-the-power-of-the-sun/</link>
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     <title>GA: Condo officials discriminated against handicapped, in Justice Dept suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners and developers of two condominiums in west Chatham County are accused of discriminating against the handicapped by failing to provide disabled-access features.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:51:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.savannahnow.com/node/368175</link>
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     <title>AL: Gulf Coast condo glut stalls projects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two years of slow sales have killed many new condo development plans and put others on hold. The inventory glut -- almost 3,000 units for sale on Alabama's Gulf Coast -- has kept bankers away and Realtors hunting for buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:29:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071001/NEWS02/710010312</link>
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     <title>SC: Ruling upheld in Johns Is. condo case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state Court of Appeals has rendered its decision in a dispute over a condominium conversion on Johns Island.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:08:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/oct/01/ruling_upheld_johns_is_condo_case17659/</link>
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     <title>GA: Homeowner associations: Friend or foe?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[My husband was skeptical about moving into a covenant community. I was too, based on similar past experiences. We previously lived in a condominium. Although we paid a mortgage and maintenance fees, we only felt like homeowners when repairs needed to be made and at tax time.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:48:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/Metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/claytontalk/entries/2007/09/24/home_owners_associations_frien.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Pigeons Be Gone</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The newest section of the Stone Hill neighborhood in Durham has some brand new unwelcomed guests. The guests are about one hundred pigeons.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:25:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=5674087]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Be wary when walking, jogging</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The incident that started the series of events happened in the Wellington community off Prosperity Church Road in late August, according to several neighborhood association officials.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:28:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_news/story/289495.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Renewable Power For Atlanta Condo Tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The future residents of the Aquarius Tower, a 38-story condominium high-rise now under construction in downtown Atlanta, will be getting more than just a deluxe apartment in the sky. The building will keep its energy costs down by incorporating solar cells and wind turbines into the structure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:56:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.aer-online.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.870</link>
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     <title>SC: Homeowner says 'no' to taking down American flag (also video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Driving through the Bethelfields neighborhood in York, you can see it's a very patriotic community as American flags are flying outside many homes. But there's one flag that the homeowners association has a problem with.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:27:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcnc.com/news/southcarolina/stories/wcnc-092007-jmn-flag_SC.f39e4d2f.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Manager gets 3 years probation for fraud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ray, 37, of Blackshear, plundered the bank accounts of the Laurel Grove Homeowners Association and Belle Point Homeowners Association to finance Internet shopping sprees for clothes and other personal items, an FBI investigation showed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:38:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/091907/geo_200964421.shtml</link>
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     <title>SC: HOA sues owner of unfinished home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The damage caused by the movers has since been repaired, according to Lakeview Landing Home Owners Association President Rod Trump, but after six months, no work has been done on the house. Now, the homeowners association is suing the owner of the home, Alan Cauthen of Matthews, N.C., for violating covenants.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:56:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortmilltimes.com/local/story/6668492p-5943222c.html</link>
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     <title>LA: Urban, suburban, and now, ‘exurban’</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City, country lifestyles, problems blur as BR residents relocate farther away]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:06:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/9808447.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Condo troubles squeeze lenders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For the nation's real-estate lenders, the other shoe may be about to drop: condominiums. Already plagued by rising home-loan defaults and foreclosures among overstretched consumers, major markets across the country - including parts of Florida, California and Washington, D.C. - are seeing rising foreclosures and bankruptcies of entire condo projects.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:34:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/189747.html</link>
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     <title>AR: Prairie Creek Roads Unlikely To Be Fixed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The roads are supposed to be as smooth as the state highway, said Pat McMahon, a member of the Prairie Creek Property Owner's Association. Now, several areas look like gravel roads or have crumbled so badly cars can't stop, she said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:31:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/09/13/news/091307bzcrow.txt</link>
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     <title>SC: Community files injunction against Horry County</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Conway community has filed an injunction and restraining order against Horry County. The president of the Myrtle Trace Homeowners Association, Jay Sharp, told us the H.O.A.'s lawyer has filed the request with the county.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:35:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wpde.com/news/viewarticle.asp?view=6617</link>
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     <title>SC: Limits for homeowner associations sought</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Orbik and other homeowners are organizing a new homeowners rights group, with a goal in part, of getting laws passed that will place more oversight and accountability on homeowner associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:35:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070910/NEWS01/70910014</link>
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     <title>NC: Grass must be green, HOA decrees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Amid record drought and heat that have pushed Raleigh into severe water conservation measures, residents of the Margot's Pond community off Ligon Mill Road have been told by their homeowners association to keep the grass green.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:11:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/695176.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Letters sent to homeowners associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Horry County sent a letter to the HOA's in several Conway subdivisions, telling them to remove the gates in front of their communities, after council voted to remove the gates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:37:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wpde.com/news/viewarticle.asp?view=6567</link>
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     <title>MS: Diamondhead Stepping Up Efforts To Incorporate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Diamondhead Property Owner's Association has ramped its efforts to turn the Hancock County community into a city. Volunteers began hitting the streets Tuesday, going door to door collecting the necessary signatures needed to file an incorporation petition in court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=7026201&nav=6DJI]]></link>
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     <title>SC:  Backyard burial ground a shock to homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bell suggested that the Camerons deed the portion of their property containing graves over to the Legacy Park Homeowner's Association, which has been restoring the cemetery.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:47:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/111761.html</link>
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     <title>AL: Coast condo industry pushes for action on rising insurance rates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As Labor Day tourists take an end-of-summer beach trip, owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they're getting burned by soaring insurance premiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:36:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-34/1188680080225150.xml&storylist=louisiana]]></link>
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     <title>SC: Hope and Ho-hum at the High Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Take, for example, Case No. 06-1635. You might as well take it, for the Supreme Court almost surely will not.  In that dour prediction lies this week's meditation from the high court. The case is Paone v. Heritage Plantation Owners Association . In this less-than-landmark litigation, an unreconstructed Yankee couple ask the Supremes to reopen a state real estate case in the light of an intervening federal act.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:08:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucjk/20070829/cm_ucjk/hopeandhohumatthehighcourt</link>
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     <title>AR: Sewage holds up condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An amended state law regulating sewage systems is among the unexpected snags keeping a New York-based company from beginning construction on its first 15-story complex along Beaver Lake,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:05:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/199772/</link>
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     <title>LA: Tracage condo construction to begin by year’s end</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since Katrina, there has been a great deal of talk and very little action on the condo front in New Orleans,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:57:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=20065</link>
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     <title>NC: Shalt-nots that shape neighborhoods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Your neighborhood is more likely to have this pairing than not: rules, enforced by a homeowners association. These rules, called covenants, can dictate everything in a neighborhood from the look of a mailbox to whether homeowners can build a shed or fence.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:11:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/261/story/251469.html</link>
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     <title>AL: Chapelwood residents debating pros and cons of homeowners association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[residents of Dothan’s largest neighborhood are debating the merits of creating a homeowners association to help address issues the city government cannot.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:55:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dothaneagle.com/gulfcoasteast/dea/local_news.apx.-content-articles-DEA-2007-08-25-0002.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Homeowners may face liens from city</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The codes department has placed a lien on the North Park homeowners association, but since it effectively dissolved last year - after years of diminishing efficiency, residents say - it has no way to collect.  In a letter to the neighborhood's 250-plus residents earlier this month, the city flatly explained it would no longer mow the properties. Moreover, if residents don't devise a solution, they were told liens could be placed on their homes — preventing them from being sold.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:51:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825/NEWS01/708250333</link>
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     <title>TN: Be aware of fine print when buying a condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We asked real estate experts and condo owners to come up with a guide to making a condo purchase, including what kinds of questions to ask before buying. Among the areas to review:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:00:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825/BUSINESS01/708250339</link>
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     <title>NC: Neighbors Want Noisy Nuisance to Go Away</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors say the problem is so bad, they want her out. However, there is nothing they can do because Cate's father owns the town home she lives in. Despite being fined by the homeowner's association for previous violations it is unlikely neighbors will see any money from the fines or peace until she leaves.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:32:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6857</link>
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     <title>SC: Stench From Sewer Plant Gets Stronger - New Condos Downwind</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For years, much of the land near the plant went undeveloped in large part because of the smell. But about six years ago the city took steps to change that, capping open parts of the plant and piping away the worst smelling waste. When the smell went away, developers came in and built hundreds of high-end condos downwind.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:14:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsoctv.com/news/13943468/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Commissioners say "Yes" to Westport septic tanks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The second condition for approval consisted of requiring the developer to establish a reserve fund that would be funded by the buyers of the lots in the development that would cover all the estimated costs of the future connection to the sewer system once service becomes available in the future.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:12:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6831</link>
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     <title>GA: Condos Add Pet-Friendly Amenities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A lot of empty-nesters are moving from single family homes, where their pets have been a key member in their family life, Reese explained. While they’re ready to park the lawn mower and live in a more manageable space, they remain devoted to their furry friends.  "The one thing they don’t want to give up when they move is their pet," Reese said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:59:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://rismedia.com/wp/2007-08-16/condos-add-pet-friendly-amenities/</link>
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     <title>AL: Katrina Aid Goes Toward Football Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With large swaths of the Gulf Coast still in ruins from Hurricane Katrina, rich federal tax breaks designed to spur rebuilding are flowing hundreds of miles inland to investors who are buying up luxury condos near the University of Alabama's football stadium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:28:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6846947,00.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Developer facing legal trouble</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tony Porter wanted to build instant villages where homes, hotels, shops, restaurants and parks spring up in no time, inviting the rich and retired. He tried creating a town near the tallest peak in the East in the N.C. highlands. He tried building stores and 400 homes in the Lowcountry marshes of Beaufort County.  He tried a $300 million makeover of the former Richland Mall in the Midlands.  All three projects flopped. Now, he's in legal trouble.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:06:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/155655.html</link>
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     <title>LA: Fire Destroys Condo, Injures 2</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condo did not fare as well. The fire destroyed it, burning through the roof. It did not, however, spread to any other units. Crawford credits a firewall, designed for just that purpose. "There's no doubt about it," he said. "There's one unit that's destroyed and another one with the lights still on."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:15:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=6908386&nav=menu50_1_3]]></link>
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     <title>SC: NMB resort unbuilt; buyers want refund</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A North Myrtle Beach condominium project has not been built, and it's unclear where the buyers' escrow money has gone.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:43:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/150639.html</link>
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     <title>GA: $2.3 million Rose Hill Golf Club offer to be put to vote</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fate of the Rose Hill Golf Club is now in the hands of the property owners of Rose Hill Plantation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:05:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/6609473p-5886863c.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Firefighters Battle Two-Alarm Condo Fire (and video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The call went out at about a.m. Wednesday, and 14 fire trucks rushed to the scene.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:03:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/firefighters-battle-twoalarm-condo-fire/110350.htm#top</link>
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     <title>NC: Lake Rugby excavation remains stuck in the mud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The lake bed, which sits in a valley between Haywood Knolls and South Rugby Road, has been drained of water since January. That's when Carriage Park settled a lawsuit filed by the 31 property owners of the Lake Rugby Homeowners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:19:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20070728/NEWS/707290358/1170/NEWS/NEWS/Lake_Rugby_excavation_remains_stuck_in_the_mud</link>
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     <title>SC: Charleston area awash with condos for sale</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The upshot is that some condo sellers are cutting prices or offering incentives to lure buyers. Also, several new projects have been delayed, and plans to convert at least one apartment complex into condos have been scrapped.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:28:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/jul/23/charleston_area_awash_condos_sale11092/</link>
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     <title>NC: Residents: Sign enforcers go too far</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Charlotte zoning enforcers are responding to neighborhood association requests to crack down on illegal portable signs, but residents of least one neighborhood are worried the city has gone too far.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:23:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/202767.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Regulations may prompt lawsuits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One risk is a mandate that developers set aside 25 percent of a new development as open space. The measure applies to all subdivisions of eight lots or more. The open space has to be held in trust by the homeowner’s association of the subdivision. That could be a taking - a legal term for when the government denies someone use of their property without compensating them for it,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:21:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/07_07/07_18_07/fr_regulations_lawsuit.html</link>
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     <title>GA:  Residents worried skate park will disrupt neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This was going to be a skate park without any lights and certainly not any speakers," Dunwoody North Homeowner's Association president John Heneghan said. "The community around the park never intended to have it open that late. The county took action without taking into consideration what we thought."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:55:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/northfulton/stories/2007/07/16/skate_0717.html</link>
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     <title>KY: What deed restrictions mean for you and your home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When you buy a home, that's your property and you think you can do whatever, whenever to it. But maybe not. As WAVE 3 Troubleshooter Charla Young found out neighborhood associations can have control over your home -- and there's not much you can do to fight it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:53:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=6782417&nav=0RZF]]></link>
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     <title>SC: HOA sees red over pink</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On Olde Harbour Court, the house that was painted pink over 15 years ago and painted pink again seven years ago has become a landmark for boaters and businesses, said Jean Morrison, 74, who owns the home. But the color of her home has become a problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:24:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/126227.html</link>
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     <title>NC:  Homeowner hassles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last week was more than the season for fireworks and cookouts. As second-home owners descended on the mountains to kick back in their vacation abodes, it also marked the high point for homeowners association annual meetings, timed to coincide with when the most members would be in town.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/07_07/07_11_07/fr_homeowner.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Your right to know: HOA meetings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Can I attend meetings of my condominium, townhouse or neighborhood homeowner association?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:52:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/632131.html</link>
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     <title>KY: Late Night Fire Damages Condo Complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several people lost their homes Saturday night after a three-alarm fire ripped through a northern Kentucky condominium complex.  Nearly 50 people had to be evacuated, many of who were elderly.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:37:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/wlwt/20070707/lo_wlwt/13639614</link>
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     <title>AL: Wharf condo buyers try to back out of deals</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As work wraps up on the 190-unit Levin's Bend tower at The Wharf in Orange Beach, a string of buyers is heading to court to avoid closing on their waterfront condos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:25:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1183799880307760.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>MS: Hancock County condo ordinance challenge before Appeals Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The May 2005 zoning change created the way for construction of new resorts, hotels and condos without height restrictions. The lawsuit was filed by several members of an anti-condo group, who wanted to prevent the development and who argued local residents had been kept in the dark about the condo projects.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:18:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070702/NEWS/70702007</link>
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     <title>AL: Daphne condo project halted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A controversial condominium project, which in 2005 set off the city's creation of guidelines for how and where developers can build high-rises, is officially on hold]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:16:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/118345420614670.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Better read the fine print</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In North Carolina alone, the number of homeowners associations has grown from 3,000 two decades ago to more than 15,000 today, according to the Homeowner Associations of North Carolina. In the Triangle, the number has soared over the same period from 481 to 2,915.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:16:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/623151.html</link>
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     <title>KY: Senior community target of vandals, pranks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People who moved to the Greenhurst community off Hurstbourne Lane in east Louisville were counting on rest and relaxation, but what some have found is fear and frustration. They're tired of being victims and they plan to do something about it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:58:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=6722809&nav=0RZF]]></link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NC: Friends & neighbors]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[From the beginning, STPOA has also worked to better the lot of all residents of Sunset Beach, backing such issues as bringing the Food Lion and the CVS to the town. In addition, the group's members work together and as individuals as volunteers and contributors to a number of local causes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:45:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/article/20070627/NEWS/706270323/-1/State</link>
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     <title>AL: Bocce unites at Villas</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many residents at the Villas of Madison are retired, although Don Gardener, 48, still is employed. "Bocce provides a fun activity without a lot of physical stress," he said. "Our community doesn't have required space for other traditional activities, while bocce can be played on almost any level surface."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:56:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1182950669292390.xml&coll=1]]></link>
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     <title>GA: PTC allowing HOA to replace speed bumps with ‘cushions’</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Planterra Ridge Homeowners Association will pay the full $36,000 to replace speed bumps in its Peachtree City subdivision with less intrusive speed cushions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:09:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecitizen.com/node/18072</link>
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     <title>MS: Diamondhead Leaders Moving Forward With Incorporation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Should Diamondhead incorporate and become a city? The idea has been talked about for years, but Tuesday community leaders announced they would pursue the issue with more vigor than ever before. The Property Owner's Association has hired consultants and an attorney to handle the incorporation issue for the Hancock County community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:55:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6682157&nav=6DJI]]></link>
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     <title>TN: Wheelchair accessible windows spur fight between disabled resident and condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A disabled Hermitage woman who claims she was harassed, intimidated and even threatened by her condo association for installing handicapped-accessible windows is now fighting back in federal court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:54:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=56741]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Condo developer to rent, not sell, Raleigh units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Crosland, which was planning to sell 179 condominiums near Glenwood South, will rent the units instead -- a decision that illustrates how surging interest rates could dampen downtown's growing condominium market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:53:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/608968.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Age Restricted Subdivision In Lakeland Points To Growing Trend</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This is the first active community Keith and David Grant Homes has built. But Grant said the area was perfect for it because of no city taxes and because there's a strong demand for housing in the area. Plus, age-restricted communities are gaining ground around the U.S.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:48:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Editorial/StoryLead.aspx?id=97613</link>
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     <title>AL:  5 homeowner associations oppose shops</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents of Woodridge no longer stand alone. By last week, four more homeowners associations voted to oppose the North River Town Center, a 100-acre, multi-use development planned for Rice Mine Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:31:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070617/NEWS/706170352/1007/dateline&cachetime=3&template=dateline]]></link>
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     <title>SC: Isle of Palms Sandbag Controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Under normal circumstances, anyone who built a condo development worth tens of millions of dollars so close to the waves to say nothing of the people who bought the condo units might be judged mentally unfit to manage their own affairs. But the developer and the buyers of Wild Dunes have an ace in the hole. They and millions of property owners like them are covered by National Flood Insurance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:29:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A28478</link>
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     <title>NC: Desire for regulation may boil down to personal philosophy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But under a slate of proposed development regulations in Jackson County, the development as it stood would fail miserably. The homes were either too close to streams or along roads that weren’t wide enough. Even houses that were invisible to their closest neighbor would be on lots that are too small.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:09:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/06_07/06_13_07/fr_desire_reg.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Condo Building Boom In Raleigh And Durham</title>
     <description><![CDATA[By next year there are more than three thousand condominium units expected to be under construction in both downtown Raleigh and Durham]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:33:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-06-12-0018.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Insurance rate relief becomes law in Myrtle Beach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in South Carolina, especially the hurricane-prone coast, can now receive grants and tax credits for making their homes more wind resistant, thanks to a bill signed into law Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:46:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/96983.html</link>
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     <title>AL: Judge halts condo work to protect beach mouse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction against construction of the 40-acre Beach Club West condo development at Fort Morgan, ruling in favor of protecting the endangered Alabama beach mouse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:16:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070602/condo.shtml</link>
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     <title>MS: Condo owners cleared to sell land</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Windjammer Condominium owners are free to sell their shares of one of the choicest parcels of waterfront property on the Biloxi strip, between the Beau Rivage and Hard Rock casinos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:19:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/62739.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Condo Goes Up in Flames, Hints at Bigger Problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Condo Association's Vice President says there are 173 units with different owners, some who can't be tracked down. The association boards up vacant units, but the vagrants still break in and rig up their own electricity.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:05:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=6566347</link>
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     <title>LA:  Condo groups run insurance gambles as fees spike</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Concerned higher insurance rates would drive condo fees through the roof, the association voted to drop wind and hail coverage, he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 17:30:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=19077</link>
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     <title>SC: Downtown business owner files lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Once construction was finally completed on the Laurens Centre Condominiums, Sarah Power Barber says she was hoping to be able to welcome her new neighbors with open arms.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 06:56:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.aikenstandard.com/homepage/288896964626732.php</link>
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