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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Home Building</title>
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		<title>Housing construction plunges 10.6 percent in October, building permits fall 4 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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Home construction plunges 10.6 percent in October

WASHINGTON — Construction of new homes unexpectedly plunged last month, as builders waited to see whether lawmakers would extend a tax credit for homebuyers.
The results underscore how much the housing market has been relying on government support for its fledgling recovery. The tax credit of up to $8,000 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. insurer flip-flops, to renew homeowners policy for house built with bad Chinese drywall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Skoloff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida&#8217;s public insurance company reversed course this week and said it will cover a couple&#8217;s Gulf Coast retirement home, after previously telling the homeowners their policy wouldn&#8217;t be renewed because of the home&#8217;s tainted Chinese drywall.

Citizens Property Insurance Corp., a state-backed insurer of last resort, told The Associated Press for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing construction likely posted modest gain in September but recovery still bumpy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Ahead of the Bell: Housing Starts
WASHINGTON — New home construction likely inched higher in October as builders seized on the promise of more orders due largely to a federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers.

Construction of new homes and apartments is expected to grow 1.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 600,000, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands living in flooded homes in West Africa after torrential rains</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rukmini Callimachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FASS MBAO, Senegal — The only piece of furniture that survived the most recent flood in Fat Dione&#8217;s house is her bed. It&#8217;s propped up on cinderblocks and hovers just above the water lapping at the walls of her bedroom.

The water stands a foot (33 centimeters) deep throughout her house. She shakes off her wet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neighbors: Wells Fargo exec. moved into beach home surrendered to bank by Madoff-duped couple</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/neighbors-wells-fargo-exec-moved-into-beach-home-surrendered-to-bank-by-madoff-duped-couple-165443/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MALIBU, Calif. — A Wells Fargo &#038; Co. executive who oversees foreclosed properties hosted parties and spent long summer weekends in a $12 million Malibu beach house, moving into the home just after it had been surrendered to Wells Fargo to satisfy debts, neighbors said.

The previous owners of the beachfront home in Malibu Colony — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction of US homes rises in July, giving the economy a boost</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/construction-of-us-homes-rises-in-july-giving-the-economy-a-boost-143132/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — At least the market for new homes isn&#8217;t getting worse anymore, and that&#8217;s the first step to getting better.

In fact, the overall economy is actually getting a small boost as more buyers walk into model houses ready to sign contracts and builders hire workers to pour foundations and pave roads.
Construction of single-family homes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction of US homes rises in July, but apartment building drops 13 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/construction-of-us-homes-rises-in-july-but-apartment-building-drops-13-percent-142816/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/construction-of-us-homes-rises-in-july-but-apartment-building-drops-13-percent-142816/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Construction of new single-family homes rose for the fifth-straight month in July as more buyers walked into model homes ready to sign contracts, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

The pace of single-family home construction edged up almost 2 percent and building permits for future construction climbed nearly 6 percent. The confidence level in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing begins to reverse 3-year recession in every US region, but 2nd half looks rocky</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Twiddy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was — note the past tense — the worst housing recession anyone but survivors of the Great Depression can remember.

From the frenzied peak of the real estate boom in 2005-2006 to the recession&#8217;s trough earlier this year, home resales fell 38 percent and sales of new homes tumbled 76 percent. Construction of homes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communities confront &#8216;ghostbox&#8217; buildings when big-box retailers leave</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/communities-confront-ghostbox-buildings-when-big-box-retailers-leave-100107/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.&#8217;s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 102,700-square-foot building center in Bismarck. Less than three years later, the home improvement retailer shuttered the underperforming store, leaving a big orange empty eyesore on the outskirts of town.

The building, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker building home in Spokane Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker says he&#8217;s enjoying a much quieter life in the Spokane Valley.

The career diplomat retired in January after spending two years overseeing the troop surge in Iraq. These days, he and his wife, Christine, are renting the modest Spokane Valley house his parents built in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global meltdown pushes India&#8217;s textile workers back into poverty, threatens future generation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/global-meltdown-pushes-indias-textile-workers-back-into-poverty-threatens-future-generation-67806/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 22:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Kinetz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COIMBATORE, India — The trouble began far away from the leaky concrete house and stand of banana trees that Sakunthala Radhakrishnan calls home.

In 19 years as a textile worker in southern India, Radhakrishnan saved enough to buy gold jewelry. She sent money to her parents and fattened up her skinny daughter with fancy energy drinks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gazans build mud-brick homes as Israel refuses to allow materials into blockaded strip</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gazans-build-mud-brick-homes-as-israel-refuses-to-allow-materials-into-blockaded-strip-55903/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibrahim Barzak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The dirt under Yousef Hamida&#8217;s feet has become an unlikely resource: He is using it to build a home, a result of Israel&#8217;s refusal to allow construction materials into the Gaza Strip.

The farmer, who is among thousands of Gazans left homeless by Israel&#8217;s recent military assault, spends his days making bricks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Edge&#8217;s plan to build 5 eco-friendly homes in Malibu riles residents</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-edges-plan-to-build-5-eco-friendly-homes-in-malibu-riles-residents-47890/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 01:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noaki Schwartz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MALIBU, Calif. — A few years ago, U2 guitarist The Edge went for a hike, and there in the golden hills overlooking Malibu&#8217;s cerulean waters, he finally found what he was looking for.

The Edge and his wife, Morleigh Steinberg, bought 156 acres in Santa Monica Mountains and now want to build five mansions there, including [...]]]></description>
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