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		<title>New Condo Rules In Conn Helps Owners Learn What Their Associations Are Up To</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/24/new-condo-rules-in-conn-helps-owners-learn-what-their-associations-are-up-to</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an estimated 250,000 condominium owners in Connecticut, this month will be remembered as the watershed time when unprecedented legal protections went into effect. Thanks to legislation adopted by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, the playing field &#8211; according to state Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. –  for condo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Reform Doesn’t Address Our $10 Trillion Problem</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/24/financial-reform-doesn%e2%80%99t-address-our-10-trillion-problem</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Fiderer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Gombossy asked for my thoughts on the new financial reform legislation. I have many, which I intend to share periodically going forward. But I think it’s important to place the legislation in the context of the big picture, which for me is framed by the numbers. The financial crisis was caused by the rise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why The Rich Default On Mortgages: Because They Can In Calif and Arizona</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/16/why-the-rich-default-on-mortgages-because-they-can-in-calif-and-arizona</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Fiderer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why throw away good money after bad?

It’s a frequently-asked question in the five most expensive real estate markets in the mainland United States--San Jose, San Francisco, Orange County, Los Angeles and San Diego--where over a million home mortgages are under water.]]></description>
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		<title>First-Time Homebuyer Credit Purchases Extended To Sept. 30 For Closings</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/07/12/first-time-homebuyer-credit-purchases-extended-to-sept-30-for-closings</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Press Release</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deadline for the completion of qualifying First-Time Homebuyer Credit purchases has been extended. Taxpayers who entered into a binding contract before the end of April now have until September 30, 2010 to close on the home. The Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010, enacted on July 2, 2010, extended the closing deadline from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomfield Consumer Protection Sting Operation Nets 54 Unregistered Contractors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[– Fifty-four home improvement contractors and salespersons will pay a fine or face criminal and /or administrative penalties for not being registered with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection as required by state law, Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. said today. He spoke at a press conference marking the conclusion of a five-month undercover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOOK REVIEW: Dave Lieber&#8217;s Watchdog Nation</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/06/28/book-review-dave-liebers-watchdog-nation</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Lieber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book reviewer Maggie Dwyer writes that since she has turned to the award-winning book, Dave Lieber’s Watchdog Nation: Bite Back When Businesses and Scammers Do You Wrong, ''I have changed my phone company, my electric company, and my Internet service. In those few acts alone, I’ve paid for the book several times over.'' In this review, she gives many examples about how this book has changed her life and those of her friends for the better. She’s a true citizen of Watchdog Nation!]]></description>
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		<title>Renting Vs Buying A House: In Many Areas Its Still Cheaper To Rent</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/06/24/renting-vs-buying-a-house-in-many-areas-its-still-cheaper-to-rent</link>
		<comments>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/06/24/renting-vs-buying-a-house-in-many-areas-its-still-cheaper-to-rent#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trulia.com has published a list of the Top 10 cities where its cheaper to rent a home than to purchase it. Of course the question is how long will that strategy work. Trulia calculated the price-to-rent ratio using the average list price compared with average rent on 2 bedroom apartments, condos and townhomes listed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI Arrests Prominent People In New Haven In Massive Mortgage Fraud Case</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/06/17/fbi-arrests-prominent-people-in-new-haven-in-massive-mortgage-fraud-case</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Haven Independent reported today that &#8220;federal agents charged 15 people—some of them prominent local figures—with undertaking massive mortgage fraud and moved to take control of 51 blighted New Haven properties Thursday, as the government’s response to the aftermath of the foreclosure crisis took a new legal turn.&#8221; &#8220;The feds’ charges were laid out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowners Spend Mortgage Payments Instead Of Paying Banks</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/06/01/homeowners-spend-mortgage-payments-instead-of-paying-banks</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of homeowners underwater on their equity have stopped making mortgage payments, not because they don&#8217;t have the money, but because they feel they can get away with it. As banks and other lenders face millions of potential foreclosures, they are in no rush to take over single family homes and condos for a variety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates At Record Low Thanks To Europe</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/05/24/mortgage-rates-at-record-low-thanks-to-europe</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 01:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Socialist Europe&#8217;s financial problems is providing a wonderful windfall for American&#8217;s seeking to buy a home or to refinance. As investors worry about Southern European countries abilities to repay their growing debt, they are flocking to America for safe haven, reducing our costs to borrow. Mortgage rates are now 5 percent or less here. But [...]]]></description>
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