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	<title>Amazing Arizona</title>
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		<title>Foreclosures Weigh on Home Appraisals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t the first time that Katherine Scheri ruined a real estate agent&#8217;s day with a low property appraisal.
Scheri, a real estate appraiser, had sized up a three-bedroom, two-bath house in Santa Ana, Calif., for $30,000 less than what the buyers offered to pay. A typical deal-killer for a seller.
The agent urged the lender to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Green Part Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[152 acres in Chandler could be turned into green, tech hub
Motorola site brings in $18.5 million
The prime 152-acre Motorola site on Price Road in Chandler has sold for $18.5 million in cash and is poised to provide the area with worldwide recognition, city officials say.
There is interest from renewable-energy companies, including solar, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Green Part Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Solar-panel maker picks Goodyear site
Goodyear will house a new factory for he world&#8217;s second-largest producer of solar panels, Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co., which development officials said paves the way for more factories and raises hope for a more diversified Arizona job market.
At least 54 renewable-energy companies are looking at the region for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix Going Green Continued&#8230; Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, again… how has the greater Phoenix area put the “green” concept into motion? Here are a couple of things that are in the works…
Arizona&#8217;s first wind farm creating power for Valley
Federal dignitaries tout cleaner energy, creation of green jobs
Northern  Arizona dedicated the state&#8217;s first wind farm, which sends power to Salt River Project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix Going Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like many areas in the country, Phoenix and the Valley are striving to “go green”.
First, some interesting facts:
In the United States, buildings account for:
72 percent of electricity consumption.
39 percent of energy use.
40 percent of raw materials use.
30 percent of waste output.
14 percent of potable water consumption.
Source: U.S. Green Building Council 
A Quick glossary of green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Feel Younger Next Year? Consider Moving Out West.</title>
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A recent report from the Pew  Research Center found that older adults feel younger out west. Fully 78% of adults ages 65 and older who live in the West say they don’t feel old, compared with 67% of older adults who live in the rest of the country.
Not that we’re tooting our own horn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amazingarizona.com/valley-featured-articles/want-to-feel-younger-next-year-consider-moving-out-west/</link>
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		<title>Did You Know?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First Internet message sent 40 years ago


Internet messages started with a crash 40 years ago today, and life hasn&#8217;t been the same since. “We transmitted the ‘L’ … and the ‘O’ — and then the other computer crashed,” says UCLA&#8217;s Leonard Kleinrock, who helped send that first message on the university&#8217;s campus on Oct. 29, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Times They Are a Changing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Ahead for Home Loans in 2010
This year could bring significant changes from 2009 for those seeking home loans. Over the last year, home prices fell to 2003 and earlier levels in many parts of the country. In addition, home loan rates declined to the lowest levels on record and this combination led to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amazingarizona.com/arizona-valley-news/the-times-they-are-a-changing/</link>
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		<title>Know the Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When buying a home occupied by renter, buyers should be aware of some key issues when purchasing a short sale or foreclosure property occupied by a renter. Legislation called the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 is relevant to these transactions. This piece of legislation applies where:

A lease      agreement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amazingarizona.com/arizona-valley-news/know-the-law/</link>
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		<title>Looking at a Home as a Place to Live vs. an Investment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Actually, that used to be the American dream. What happened in the last few years, is that folks started looking at owning homes more as an investment and a return on their money.
Experts now believe you should start by looking at a home as the place where you live, as opposed to the investment that [...]]]></description>
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