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For Pat Roma, a carpentry student at Portland Arts and Technology High School, it makes sense to learn how to build an energy- efficient house.
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Nov. 15--Sammie Pakros, her 2-year-old grandson and her ex-husband have been living on borrowed time.
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Nov. 17--Single-family home sales in the Cedar Rapids area climbed 8 percent last month, while sales in the Iowa City area dipped 2.9 percent from the same month last year.
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Nov. 17--The passage of a law this month that extended and expanded a first-time homebuyer's federal income tax credit will give a boost to the market while extending the reach of the tax break to more buyers, observers say.
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Nov. 17--Intuitively, it would make sense if the cost of owning or renting a home plummeted along with residential real estate prices.
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Nov. 17--Amid the banging of hammers and whir of electric saws, construction crew leader Dave Stoll doesn't hesitate when asked why business is so brisk in the new Perrysburg subdivision.
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Nov. 17--The homebuyer tax credits passed as part of the Obama stimulus have proven wildly popular with homebuyers, but the staggering cost to taxpayers has raised concerns over whether such a bailout is worth it.
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Nov. 17--A home rental partnership headed by Indianapolis pastor Lionel T. Rush's housing group has filed for bankruptcy, hoping to head off a forced sheriff's sale of its properties by a lender.
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Nov. 15--Installing or replacing landscaping is about to get more complicated and potentially more expensive for some property owners in San Marcos.
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The Tucson and Phoenix metropolitan areas rank in the top 10 for communities with the most homes certified under the federal Energy Star energy-efficiency standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency planned to announce today.