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     <title>SD: State's only planned community turns 20</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As the state's only planned community celebrates its 20th anniversary, it also is looking forward to the day when it will join the ranks of other South Dakota communities as an independent town run by its residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:40:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080908/NEWS/809080303/1003/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>UT: Donations Keep Pouring in for Fire Victims</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The event was put on by the Columbia Village Homeowner's Association, but people from all across the Treasure Valley came to donate items and help where needed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:07:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=8928106</link>
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     <title>UT: Residents want HOA roads to be made public</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A week after a 4-year-old Saratoga Springs boy was struck and killed by an underage driver, residents are saying the neighborhood's homeowners association is partly to blame.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:17:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/278821/17/</link>
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     <title>NV: HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY: Office of the Ombudsman fills need</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Among Nevada's homeowners associations, it's known simply as "the ombudsman." Part of the Real Estate Division, it's an office that fills an essential niche in modern life: helping communities govern themselves fairly and responsibly.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:18:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/27694009.html</link>
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     <title>UT: Blaze prompts Boise to look at new rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the most devastating fires in Boise's history was made worse by the number of cedar-shake roofs in the neighborhood it hit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:32:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/485880.html</link>
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     <title>American flag flap in Rhodes Ranch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But just last week, Rebecca received a letter from her homeowners' association telling her that the flagpole did not meet the community's landscaping guidelines. Meaning, she would need to submit a set of plans outlining the placement of her flagpole for review and approval.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:25:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8880799&nav=menu107_2]]></link>
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     <title>NV: Meridian said to have run illegal hotel</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Meridian, a luxury condominium property just east of the Strip, owes approximately $568,000 in taxes for operating an illegal hotel, according to preliminary results of an audit by Clark County's business license department.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:18:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/business/27267774.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Condo residents fighting homeowners association over $27,500 a piece bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a Reno housing complex are upset over being hit with $27,500 assessment bills from their Home Owner's Association with little help from the courts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:18:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26210789/</link>
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     <title>NV: Theft from 1,100 NW Reno Mailboxes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Postal Inspectors say they have a couple of suspects in a massive mailbox theft case]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:02:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvn.com/Global/story.asp?S=8831269</link>
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     <title>UT: Water worries over for condo residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of an Ogden condominium complex who were threatened with a loss of water service no longer have to worry about being left high and dry.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:49:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.standard.net/live/news/140325/</link>
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     <title>NV: Subcommittee wants foreclosed homes maintained</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A legislative subcommittee wants banks and others that take over homes in foreclosure to keep the residences from becoming a blight on neighborhoods.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:09:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/04/subcommittee-wants-foreclosed-homes-maintained/</link>
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     <title>NV: Condo Controversy Heats Up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condominium controversy is getting heated in North Las Vegas. A homeowner said he is upset with the condition of the property and is fighting to keep it from turning into an apartment complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/17043735/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Downtown Reno condo tower fire stopped quickly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Reno firefighters stopped a fire at a downtown condominium project Tuesday afternoon in less than an hour after it produced thick, heavy clouds of black smoke and forcing nearby evacuations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:36:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080730/NEWS06/807300441/1321/NEWS</link>
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     <title>NV: Foreclosed condo leaves residents in the dust</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It is a sign of the time - unfinished housing developments. With the housing crisis growing daily, more and more builders are having a tough time selling and completing their projects. And News 3's Dan Ball has found that this situation has left a lot of home owners literally in the dust.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:20:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8763013&nav=menu107_2]]></link>
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     <title>OK: Horse Controversy In Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's a big controversy over a small horse, a horse in a backyard in Broken Arrow. We first told you about it last month and got hundreds of web hits on the story, on fox23.com. This is going on in the gated Lakeview Addition just east of 81st and Garnett. The city says the horse has to go. But the owner is not budging.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:06:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f4662b2f-cb51-4a00-af36-0591cc5cf3f7</link>
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     <title>NV: Fire safety or eyesore?: Recent campground work sparks debate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of Spring Creek residents is fuming over recent ground work at the homeowner association's private campground, while others say the area is improved and will be fully restored and safer if a fire prevention project is completed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:06:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.elkodaily.com/articles/2008/07/26/news/local_news//cake3.txt</link>
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     <title>OK: DEQ orders complex to shut down water system</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state Department of Environmental Quality has issued an emergency order for a condominium complex to shut down its water system because dozens of people have become sick.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:15:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=8739528</link>
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     <title>NV: Condo buyers struggling for closure amid credit squeeze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tighter credit requirements squeezed some buyers out of financing. They could have qualified for a mortgage when they bought a unit in the preconstruction stage, but not now.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:31:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/business/24905714.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Banks, buyers loath to seal condo deals</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Of 2,558 units that opened escrow this year in projects of 50 or more units, 77 percent are still in escrow. Of 3,095 units in this category that opened escrow in 2007, a third are still in escrow.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:25:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jul/12/banks-buyers-loath-seal-condo-deals/</link>
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     <title>NM: Uphill Battle for Man Suing HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A majority of the Paradise Ridge homeowners Monday night voiced their discontent with Roger Kuhn, who last month won a lawsuit that requires the HOA to pay for repairs on an eroding slope behind Kuhn's and 11 other residents' homes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:59:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abqjournal.com/west/02121537w1hoa07-02-08.htm</link>
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     <title>ID: Saddlebrook residents will continue lawsuit to stop installation of modular</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A majority of Saddlebrook subdivision residents in Star voted late Thursday to pitch in about $100 each to continue a lawsuit to stop the installation of more modular homes in their community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:33:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/426744.html</link>
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     <title>NV: HOAs have recourse in lien times</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations trying to force owners of foreclosed homes to comply with neighborhood rules have at least one safeguard: liens.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:23:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/27/hoas-have-recourse-lien-times/</link>
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     <title>ID: Judge won't stop construction of modular homes in Star subdivision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A judge declined Thursday to stop the construction of modular homes in the Saddlebrook subdivision of Star.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:42:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/409823.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Snowbird flies east for summer, HOA bills lag behind</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I am a snowbird living in Las Vegas. In 2007, I returned to the Midwest to spend the summer and notified the postal service to have my mail forwarded. When I returned to Nevada, I was mortified when I received notice that my association had filed a lien against my property for delinquent dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:29:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/19939884.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Blaze breaks out just after repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire safety at the Meridian, an upscale condominium property near the Strip, might have been restored in the nick of time. One day after a vital fire line to a Meridian building was repaired, the building had a small fire, which was quickly extinguished by a ceiling sprinkler fed from a newly fixed pipe]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:16:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/news/19758289.html</link>
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     <title>ID: Smaller homes run into opposition across the Treasure Valley</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The interests of homeowners who are watching their investment values sag and builders who are looking for a new "sweet spot" in the tightening housing market clashed in Star last week, when Sawtooth Custom Homes began installing modular "systems-built" homes in the Saddlebrook subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:27:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/406086.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Who dropped the ball?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Banks and other mortgage lenders are turning out to be lousy neighbors. Foreclosed homes featuring brown lawns and fetid swimming pools litter the Las Vegas Valley because the lenders that hold title have failed to keep the properties up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:46:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/09/who-dropped-ball/</link>
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     <title>UT: Heavy rain floods 8 condo basements in Tooele</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The first sign of trouble from Glenna Butler came about 4 a.m. Thursday when she got a knock at her front door]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:15:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700232148,00.html</link>
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     <title>ID: Crowd Blocks Driveways to Stop Modular Home Project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents and a builder clashed in Star Thursday night - with residents complaining that planned modular homes violate neighborhood rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:07:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jun0608-star_saddlebrook_dispute.6ad5bae.html</link>
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     <title>UT: Miller broke no laws, investigation documents say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Miller asked her Republican counterpart, Attorney Gen. Mark Shurtleff, to investigate after neighbors accused her of hosting underage drinking parties, running an unlicensed day-care in the home and violating several bylaws of the neighborhood homeowners' association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:06:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700231211,00.html</link>
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     <title>OK: Tulsa partners plotting chain of green condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tulsa Loft Project wanted that LEED statement as validation. The Tulsa firm hopes to build a chain of environmentally friendly duplexes in the Tulsa area over the next few years, depending on how its first two sell.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:52:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=89448</link>
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     <title>NV: Condo owner's dog outgrows HOA restrictions, could be banned</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I bought a condominium that I have lived in since May 2002, and made a great investment. In January 2006, I found my dream dog, a border collie. The love that I have for my dog is overwhelming and he has a better social life than I do.  Our condominium community covenants state that each unit can have up to two 25-pound dogs and that no pet can exceed 25 pounds. When I first purchased my dog he was under the weight restrictions, but now he weighs more than 25 pounds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 14:02:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/19422924.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NV:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I live in a community that has an association. I wanted to install wind power and solar panels. My question is, can an association restrict a homeowner from installing wind power or solar panels, and if they can restrict me, can it involve minor details such as color? I have looked at NRS 278.0208 and NRS 116.2111, but I want to make sure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:06:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/19245979.html</link>
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     <title>NV: No neighbors, no neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Inspirada, near Anthem in Henderson, was envisioned as a 13,500-home, 2,000-acre New Urbanist community where people could walk to parks, schools and a casino, but the housing slump has called into question the commitment of developers and buyers and perhaps lowered the value of some of the homes by about $100,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:39:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/21/no-neighbors-no-neighborhood/</link>
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     <title>NV: Strip’s vaunted condo-hotels losing their luster</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Like some Vegas act that landed with big expectations but is struggling to gain traction, condo-hotels are having a tough time on the Strip.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 10:31:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/20/strips-vaunted-condo-hotels-losing-their-luster/</link>
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     <title>UT: Unfinished and incensed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[...fellow Hickory Ridge resident and former homeowners-association president, wonders whether any city action would help his subdivision force builders' hands. The HOA has successfully coerced a handful of builders to follow through with projects, but it has had trouble tracking down owners of some sites.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 20:30:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9299150</link>
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     <title>UT: Condo owners beware: You just lost more of your rights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[New legislation passed this year in Utah allows some condominium association boards to incorporate associations without approval or even notification of their members]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 20:21:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_9294692</link>
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     <title>NV: SULLIVAN SQUARE: GSG sues Harcourt for contract breach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The honeymoon is over for the development partners of Sullivan Square, a planned $800 million luxury condominium and retail complex at Durango Drive and Sunset Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:43:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2008/05/12/news/iq_21367257.txt</link>
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     <title>NV: Embezzler gets the slammer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 61-year-old Nevada City woman who embezzled more than $100,000 from her homeowner's association received a six-month jail sentence Tuesday and was led away in handcuffs as 33 of her elderly victims watched.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:24:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theunion.com/article/20080507/NEWS/530658632</link>
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     <title>NV: Community champion shows with pluck, little guy can win</title>
     <description><![CDATA[North Las Vegas man fights for cheaper switch from gas lamps, likely saving homeowners groups thousands yearly]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:09:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/07/community-champion-shows-pluck-little-guy-can-win/</link>
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     <title>NV: Who can sue? Case may decide</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state's largest -- and possibly longest -- construction defect case, pitting about 1,000 Sun City Summerlin residents and seven homeowners associations against Del Webb, Pulte Homes and four subcontractors, could also decide which class of homeowners has the right to sue for defects in Nevada.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:42:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2008/04/30/news/iq_21105184.txt</link>
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     <title>OK: Fire kills woman in OKC condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire officials say a fire that was contained to a single Oklahoma City condominium unit killed a woman.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:40:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kjrh.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=d512d71a-0881-4981-bab1-0c75d7b8b63f</link>
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     <title>NV: Foreclosure Behind Las Vegas Gates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's easy to find those neighborhoods hit the hardest by the real estate crisis -- just look for the nicest communities surrounded by brick walls and elegant wrought-iron gates. Weekend America's Krissy Clark recently visited the upscale Las Vegas suburb of Southern Highlands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:54:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/24/gated_foreclosure/</link>
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     <title>NV: Garage goes up next door, and condo owners want out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Despite the bad real estate timing, several dozen Turnberry Place residents in the two towers that sit next to the under-construction Fontainebleau Las Vegas closest to the Strip are selling their units because they don’t want to look at the parking garage of the under-construction Fontainebleau Las Vegas]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:15:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/apr/22/garage-goes-next-door-and-condo-owners-want-out/</link>
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     <title>NV: Christopher Privett's Memorial Will Not Be Taken Down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Summerlin North Community Association has not directed anyone to remove the temporary memorial for Christopher Privett.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:32:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8210824</link>
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     <title>OK: Tulsa condos open Wi-Fi Web umbrella downtown</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Now, the owner of Morelaw.com has acted on his ideas with the Tulsa’s Central Park Homeowners’ Association, providing free wireless Web to condominium owners in the two towers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:41:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=88243</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NV:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: We live in a condominium on the first floor. The covenants clearly state that the second floor cannot have hardwood floors or tile flooring.  He (our upstairs neighbor) did not get prior approval from the board before installing his new flooring.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:04:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/17953814.html</link>
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     <title>UT: SunCrest developer surrenders, hopes to sell in June</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Almost a decade after a Texas developer began creating a village atop Traverse Ridge in Draper, an embattled relationship between the city and the developer is taking its final breaths]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:00:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695270440,00.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Las Vegas Foreclosed Homes Becoming Eyesore</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It may be the house on the corner or maybe it's the one at the end of the block. It has the brown grass, dying plants and thriving weeds. Foreclosures have become ugly messes all across the valley. But who pays to turn it around?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:58:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=8165153&nav=menu102_2]]></link>
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     <title>NV: Las Vegas Condo Communities on Bank Blacklist</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Remember when a Las Vegas high rise condo was the hottest thing in real estate? When the bottom dropped out of the market, nothing had further to fall. At least one bank has put several Las Vegas condo projects on a so-called blacklist, refusing to finance their mortgages.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:14:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=8151315</link>
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     <title>NV: Corus faces high exposure from local condo loans</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Corus Bankshares, a Chicago-based lender responsible for $360 million in Las Vegas condominium-project loans last year, now faces high financial risk from the market's dramatic downturn. The firm has bet almost exclusively on luxury condominiums, with a $4.34 billion loan portfolio at the end of 2007.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:09:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2008/04/07/news/iq_20690332.txt</link>
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     <title>WY: Former Fox Park bookkeeper faces charges</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Circuit Court hearing, originally scheduled Monday, has been continued for a Gillette woman facing 11 felony counts stemming from her work as bookkeeper for the Fox Park Homeowners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:54:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2008/04/05/news/local%20news/news04.txt</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NV:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: As you know NRS 116.31151, section 3 states that in order to reject an association budget, a minimum of a majority of unit owners, or any larger vote specified in the declaration, is required. Failing this requirement, the proposed budget is automatically ratified. For better or worse, the governing documents of our association of more than 7,100 units require a vote of 90 percent of the owners needed to reject a budget.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:19:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/17335254.html</link>
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     <description><![CDATA[Q: I would like your insight concerning a difference of opinion that I have with my association. This concerns a display of the American flag. I enclose a copy of the association's letter to me and the two photos that show this "unsightly" display.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:15:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/17138161.html</link>
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     <description><![CDATA[Q: I am a board member of a townhome association. Our board has pledged itself to bringing our association into full alignment with NRS 116 as well as our governing documents.  One member of the board has a background in corporate law and as we are incorporated he insists that we must follow these laws to the letter, as well.  Other board members feel that these laws are too cumbersome and would make our job much more difficult than necessary.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:11:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/16937046.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Settlement solves Calvada snafu</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A settlement was reached in U.S. Bankruptcy Court last week over common areas in Calvada Units Six and Seven, cleaning up another piece of the puzzle left by the Preferred Equities Corp. bankruptcy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:13:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2008/Mar-21-Fri-2008/news/20472835.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Some inflamed over BBQ ban at apartments, condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While a controversy has flared up on the North Shore regarding the use of barbecue grills on the balconies of apartments and condominiums, South Shore communities have their own barbecue rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:50:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/TD/20080317/NEWS/18459516/-1/REGION</link>
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     <title>ID: Second suit filed over roof slide</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Another negligence lawsuit has been filed over a snow and ice slide from a condominium on Schweitzer Mountain which seriously injured at least two people last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:34:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2008/03/09/news/news04.txt</link>
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     <title>NV: HOA, management company should explain budget overruns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: What is the legal responsibility or requirement for an association and/or management company to keep spending within a budget that has been approved for a fiscal year? Our association, after being over budget for most of the months during the year, ended up nearly $28,000 in the hole at the end of 2007.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:17:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/16429671.html</link>
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     <title>ND: Stalled south Fargo condo project to be auctioned off</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bank officials say the developer of a south Fargo condominium project ran out of money, so it's going on the auction block.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:18:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kxmc.com/News/216480.asp</link>
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     <title>UT: Limits on suing builders OK'd</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Salt Lake attorney Lincoln Hobbs, who represents homeowners associations, accused the Utah Home Builders Association of attempting to protect contractors from negligence claims]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:40:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695258697,00.html</link>
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     <title>NV:  Condo fire displaces 11 people</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A smoke column visible in most of the Reno area on Monday afternoon billowed from a southeast Reno condo, where a fire displaced 11 residents but caused no injuries.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:14:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS06/803040347</link>
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     <title>UT: SB220 would stop certain building suits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The House passed legislation Monday that backers say will help prevent frivolous lawsuits over construction flaws, but that opponents say could prevent homebuyers from getting their day in court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:06:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_8446177</link>
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     <title>NV: Withdrawing from an HOA can be virtually impossible</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. As regular readers of your column, we felt perhaps you might be able to enlighten us regarding the feasibility of withdrawing from our homeowner association. We are on the fringe of our association's property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:11:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/16160607.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Plea change likely in embezzle case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nevada City resident Linda Balch, accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from her homeowners association where she was treasurer, is expected to withdraw her not guilty plea next week, the district attorney said Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:15:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theunion.com/article/20080220/NEWS/994728876</link>
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     <title>MT: Belgrade condo catches fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters responded to a house fire in Belgrade early Friday morning. The blaze broke out at condo complex on Iowa street at around 7:30 a.m. No one was home at the time.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:40:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/global/story.asp?s=7881211</link>
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     <title>NV: Buyers sue Pinnacle Las Vegas condo developers for undone project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium buyers have filed a class action lawsuit against the developers of the Pinnacle Las Vegas condo tower, which still has not been built despite its announcement three years ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:59:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvn.com/Global/story.asp?S=7851112</link>
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     <title>NV: Condo developers seek bankruptcy protection</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Las Vegas-based Westmark Homes, doing business as HDB LLC, has filed for bankruptcy protection on its 134-unit Mira Villa mid-rise luxury condominium project in the master-planned Summerlin community, near the JW Marriott.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:07:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/business/15347686.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NV:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: My association just informed us that they will be charging fees to review our landscape plans and any improvements being done to our properties. This was decided by the board. Previously, there was no fee. Is this allowable]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:14:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/15155321.html</link>
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     <title>NV:  Tow predators</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Here’s a case from late November: A foot soldier for your homeowners association is sick of seeing that champagne Celica parked on the street when it’s supposed to be — so sayeth the HOA — parked in a driveway. Unwilling to tack another breezily hostile note onto the windshield, he calls a tow truck company to have the car hauled.   The tow truck driver works on commission and in the same neighborhood he sees 16 other cars guilty of the same parking sin. So without getting approval from the homeowners association, he tows each car to a nearby desert lot]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:26:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/feb/03/tow-predators/</link>
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     <title>NV: Trump being sued for $4 billion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Real estate mogul Donald Trump is facing a $4 billion lawsuit from a Las Vegas property management company after he was accused of monopolizing the market in the city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:14:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc4.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=d2d7325a-8d77-4164-add8-10879a60ab46</link>
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     <title>NV: Nevada Supreme Court denies Mesagate petition</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Writ of Mandate, filed in District Court charged the City of Fernley did not follow its regulations governing building permits, development codes, and design review conditions for a secondary access to the Water Treatment plant which is being constructed at the terminus of Mesa Drive.  During the December court proceeding, Judge Estes told the court that he would only hear testimony on harm to the Mesagate Homeowner's Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:41:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/FERNLEY01/801300327/1044/FERNLEY</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NV: Cigarette Causes Alta & Rampart Condo Fire]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters say a cardboard box of light bulbs caught on fire in a pump room because of a lit cigarette.   The blaze in the basement of the Queensridge condos was out by the time firefighters got there.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:32:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktnv.com/global/story.asp?s=7786003</link>
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     <title>NV: Age-qualified community's rules might violate Fair Housing Act</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Does a grandfather clause exist or is it applicable to the covenants and rules and regulations within an age-restricted community? When the rules for occupancy existed when I moved into the community they had no impact to my situation but after some amendments to the covenants, it appears the new changes could very well affect me, after living there for several years. It would also affect other individuals in the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:26:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/14465212.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Owners need to attend budget ratification meetings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I am a one-bedroom homeowner. Our board will soon try to pass a budget requiring an 18 percent fee increase. The fee structure between the one- and two-bedroom units is not in compliance with our covenants. The one-bedrooms are currently paying 90 percent of the two-bedroom monthly fee rather than the 80 percent as specified in our covenants. This has been going on for possibly more than 20 years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:55:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/13931402.html</link>
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     <title>UT: Homeowners complain to P.G. over $168K bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Pleasant Grove officials discovered that the city had been underbilling a homeowners association for years, they sent a bill to make up for it -- $168,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:47:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/251988/17/</link>
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     <title>NV: Vegas Project Facing Foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That led some observers to speculate that the project may have suffered from the weakening condominium market. But the company said demand for the units was strong, with 84 percent of the 2,184 units sold, and added it was not the cause of the financing problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:26:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/16/ap4540748.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Water Wanted: Royal Gorge seeks water from various sources</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Joe Gray, a board member of the Serene Lakes Property Owners Association, said at Friday’s meeting that surge happens over three to four days, inundating some properties along the lake, but not for months as would happen with a raised dam.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:18:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/SS/20080114/NEWS/921359847</link>
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     <title>UT: Homes sinking in West Jordan subdivision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homes have been repaired by Richmond with expensive helical pier systems, but lingering foundation problems, crumbling concrete driveways and unfinished roads have infuriated residents and prompted the neighborhood homeowners association (HOA) to consider a lawsuit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:34:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695239828,00.html</link>
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     <title>SD: Water study causes concern for Shirt Tale Gulch residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recent discovery of radium in different water systems around the Black Hills has some people wondering if their water is safe to drink. Residents of Shirt Tail Gulch just outside of Deadwood had just those thoughts, but since have found that steps are being taken to insure safe water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:11:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=156925&newsid=19136174&PAG=461&rfi=9]]></link>
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     <title>NV: Las Vegas Condo Portfolio Sells for $75M</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While the Las Vegas condo market continues to move slowly, two condominium complexes just sold to an undisclosed buyer for a combined $75.4 million.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:15:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.commercialpropertynews.com/cpn/content_display/property-types/multi-family/e3i618a96174df093782ef18c08df08087c?imw=Y</link>
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     <title>WY: Evicted, The High Cost of Condo-ization</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A town that once pulled back the curtains to catch a reassuring glimpse of the Tetons or Snow King is greeted now with an eyeful of omnipresent construction cranes. The question is no longer, "Will Jackson Hole retain its western charm?" but "Will it remain habitable?"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:01:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.planetjh.com/news/A_102679.aspx</link>
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     <title>ID: Woman wants neighborhood groups to make decisions in public</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sparks, who lived through a bitter dispute over landscaping in her own Foothills subdivision, is pushing for the state to require open meetings between homeowners associations and residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:37:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/241361.html</link>
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     <title>MT: Orchard Homes neighbors protest plan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Formed in 1911 to preserve rural living, the Country Life Club of the Orchard Homes neighborhood is now the last of its kind in the nation, said Erin Turner, secretary of the Orchard Homes Community Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:42:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/12/04/news/mtregional/news07.txt</link>
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     <title>UT: Eagle Mtn. family fights lien on home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Nielsons moved into their home in July 2006 and received a notice of default from The Ranches at Eagle Mountain Homeowners Association in November of that same year. Heather Nielson sent the association's attorneys a letter saying she was sorry for the misunderstanding, but they did not belong to the association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:18:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695230156,00.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Is your street light draining your pocketbook?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 25 percent of the homeowner's dues go to pay the gas bill. Too much for Rob Rovere. "Gas is expensive. With gas lamps always on 24/7 in the bright summer, bright sun, running... which means your gas meter is running. Chi ching. That's the same sound I heard. Those who like the gas lamps can keep them."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:02:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=7348486&nav=15MV]]></link>
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     <title>OK: Neighborhoods can sharpen association tools</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It’s important for homeowners to keep their property values at a maximum. But keeping values high is getting harder as some Edmond neighborhoods age and the homeowners associations weaken.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:39:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.edmondsun.com/local/local_story_314235531.html</link>
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     <title>MT: Mega-condo suit heard in county court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Vested parties in a suit questioning whether more than 400 condo units can skip subdivision review presented oral arguments in Ravalli County District Court Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:14:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ravallirepublic.com/articles/2007/11/09/news/news03.txt</link>
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     <title>ID: Neighbors worry about future of condo site</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The lot was cleared by a developer after he received city approval to build an upscale condo development called Bello Borgo. But neighbors were upset over the loss of trees and concerned for the beaver and deer that scampered across the lot south of ParkCenter Mall adjacent to Loggers Creek.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:12:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/205990.html</link>
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     <title>UT: Salt Lake County attorney at odds with neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors have also registered complaints with the subdivision homeowners association that Miller and her husband, Lorenzo Miller, run an unlicensed day-care center in their house.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:57:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695224873,00.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Homeowner association's president sees the future, and it is dry</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In 1999, Monte went to the other homeowners in Sunrise Villas 6 and said he'd like to replace some of the complex's grass with landscaping more suitable to the desert. "I said: Just trust me."  And they did. "Now they tell me they love it, they like it better than the grass," Monte said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:19:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/news/10938031.html</link>
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     <title>MT: 10-month long legal battle dismissed by judge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Filed in February by the then-board of directors of the development's homeowners' association, the suit alleged fraud, misappropriation of money and even racketeering - citing federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization statutes typically used to prosecute mobsters - by Vidar and 39 other defendants]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:45:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2007/10/23/news/60ranch.txt</link>
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     <title>ND: Williston residents get eyebrowraising water bills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Williston residents got some eye-popping water bills this month. A local condominium association that normally has a bill about $760 got a bill for more than $47,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kxmc.com/News/170608.asp</link>
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     <title>NV: Summit impasse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A proposal for a Donner Summit development straddling the Nevada and Placer county line has set off a storm of resistance from residents who call it suburban sprawl that would forever change the mountain range.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:27:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theunion.com/article/20071001/NEWS/71001001</link>
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     <title>NV: Condo-conversion ruling may spark more litigation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Nevada Supreme Court recently ruled that owners of condo-conversions, or apartments transformed into condominiums and sold as residential units, can sue builders for faulty construction on renovated parts of the homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:50:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2007/09/28/news/iq_16918730.txt</link>
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     <title>NM: Water cutoff forces condo dwellers to bottle up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Burgos said residents of the 30-unit cluster on top of Camelot Mountain first were victimized by the property manager for allowing the bill to go unpaid and now are being victimized by the Ruidoso Water Depart-ment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:43:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ruidosonews.com/news/ci_6888674</link>
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     <title>NV: Some HOA Security Guards Acting as Traffic Cops</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Security guards sit at intersections and report drivers they say they saw disobeying the rules of the road. And people are being fined. Is it going too far? Can security guards and HOA's really do that?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:16:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7072615</link>
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     <title>NV: Residents of burned condo complex reunite, express gratitude</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A week after a fast moving fire destroys everything they have, residents of a local apartment complex meet those who came to their rescue]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:31:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=7040545</link>
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     <title>MT: Law change puts rural condos on same level as subdivisions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While developers of rural subdivisions had to worry about things like making roads wide enough for emergency vehicles, or getting comment from neighbors, those planning to build condos faced no such scrutiny - even when, as with some proposals, the condos in question would take up about the same amount of space as a housing development]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:35:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/09/09/news/local/news03.txt</link>
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     <title>NV: Air Force red flags condo tower at speedway</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But Smith has yet to break ground on his most ambitious project to date - the 18-story condo tower - because of continuing objections from neighboring Nellis Air Force Base and the Air Force.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:55:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/births/2007/sep/03/566621420.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NV: 6 Families Displaced After Jones & Twain Condo Fire]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[When firefighters got there, they found the building fully engulfed in flames. Even the cars parked behind the condo units were on fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:44:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktnv.com/global/story.asp?s=7005619</link>
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     <title>OK: Homeowners association workshop is Thursday</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighborhood Alliance is hosting a free workshop titled "Legal Issues for Homeowners Associations”]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:39:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://newsok.com/article/3107406/</link>
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     <title>NV: Clock is Ticking on Las Vegas' Water Supply</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The news coming from the Southern Nevada Water Authority Thursday about the valley's future water supply is worrisome. Unless we act quickly, there will be no water for hundreds of thousands of Las Vegas Valley residents in just three years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:52:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6943263</link>
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     <title>NV: A condo's slide Downhill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About eight years ago, a condo building at Wedekind Road and Tripp Drive began a glacial journey down a hill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:18:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708050339</link>
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     <title>WY: E. coli may be isolated</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some in the community are unhappy with the steps taken by the Sleepy Hollow Homeowner’s Association and Falcon to notify the residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:03:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2007/08/03/news/news01.txt</link>
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     <title>NV: DarkHorse a tired pony</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be Nevada County's most luxurious housing development. It would eventually have 300 homes, affordable only to the most affluent buyers. Its world-class golf course would compete only with the dazzling 28,000-square-foot clubhouse. Today, DarkHorse is more like a tired pony. Its 1,046 acres only have 20 houses on them - and three of those have no water or sewer connections.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:23:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theunion.com/article/20070802/NEWS/108020161</link>
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     <title>NV: Upscale condo residents say new casino will block their views</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some residents of the upscale Las Vegas condo Turnberry Place are complaining that the casino going up next door will block their views.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:43:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvn.com/Global/story.asp?S=6829022</link>
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     <title>SD: Man takes shed dispute to Supreme Court and wins</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Still convinced he should be allowed the build the 18-by-16-foot shed near the home he bought in 1996, Nedved took the issue to the state Supreme Court - and won.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:32:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/07/13/news/top/doc46967698c6762268053233.txt</link>
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     <title>NV: Decision changes HOA powers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An arbitrator's decision that says homeowners associations have to get a favorable vote from residents to implement special assessments could have far ranging implications for the 1.2 million Clark County residents who live in such communities, a lawmaker said Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:27:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/news/8483492.html</link>
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     <title>UT: Herriman residents feel fenced in by rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For some Herriman residents, a fence is not just a fence: The city, as well as homeowners associations, limit the types of fences that can be built, and residents are worried that their children's safety is at risk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:14:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,680197800,00.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Blaze at Las Vegas condo complex called arson; suspects sought</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire officials say a spectacular blaze that destroyed a townhome complex under construction and left a firefighter burned seven weeks ago was arson.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:50:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=6730028&nav=menu191_2_3]]></link>
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     <title>WY: Condo financing can be more difficult</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While condominiums can provide affordable housing, a Wyoming Community Development Authority official says financing can be more challenging than for a single-family home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:14:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2007/06/24/news/business/37ab886fc3059dec8725730300210ad9.txt</link>
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     <description><![CDATA[Bad "lawn day" jokes aside, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2001 that several Las Vegas homeowners' associations, including Siena and Red Rock, have adopted "unofficial policies" against ersatz lawns. While those associations could not be reached for comment, representatives of several other local associations explained that synthetic lawns are allowed, but with restrictions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:29:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2007/06/21/news/iq_14938899.txt</link>
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     <title>NV: Nevada Governor Vetoes Homeowners Association Bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A bill that would have put more rules on homeowners associations that govern so many Las Vegas Valley neighborhoods has now been vetoed by Governor Jim Gibbons. The veto follows months of negotiating and attempts to reach a compromise.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:46:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6666524</link>
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     <title>UT: Wildlife wranglers round up gigantic gaggle of geese</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Safe havens are areas with lots of grass and water, Hansen added, which is why parks, golf courses and condominium complexes are so popular]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:28:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6146984</link>
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     <title>NV: Recent attacks have elderly on edge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But that's where another elderly neighbor comes in. Replacing gate locks has become part of the business for Thomas Sperduto. As association president, he knows security is a concern but knows he has limitations. "We can't stop nobody from breaking in no place."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:03:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=6654809&nav=15MV]]></link>
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     <title>NV: I-Team: Homeowner's Association Bill Gets Extra Scrutiny</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A bill to reform homeowner's associations in Nevada may not make it off the governor's desk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:32:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=6655192</link>
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     <title>UT: Neighbors hope restraining order enough to doom Mount Holly Club</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Miller said the two homeowner associations he belongs to have not approved such assessments, but he understands a couple have. "I gave some money voluntarily [for legal fees]."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:01:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6030656</link>
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     <title>NV: Wingfield residents want answers about completion of park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tourin said he and his neighbors have raised the issue of the future park at homeowner's association meetings. They've also called the City of Sparks and the developer, Reynen & Bardis, he said, but each agency they spoke with referred them to another.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 06:47:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070515/SPARKS/705150306</link>
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     <title>NV: Hip and happenin' Las Vegas condo project called off</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's been touted as a hip new offshoot of The Strip, but right now, it looks like plans for The Harmon Corridor have hit a serious snag with a glitzy 50 acre hotel and condo project calling it quits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 04:10:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=6517577&nav=15MV]]></link>
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     <title>ID: For the man who has everything, a place to store it</title>
     <description><![CDATA[COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho: What to get the man who has everything? How about some place to keep all his stuff.  Garage condos, or condominiums, are the latest must-have for the well-to-do.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 05:01:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/09/america/NA-FEA-GEN-US-Garage-Condos.php</link>
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