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October 2011
Grassroots Alliance to Congress: Improve Home Ownership Incentives
EPA Launches Green Product Web Portal
Are we Headed for a Googlestate Economy?
Homeownership Still Central to the American Dream
Is a Militant Moderate Majority Awakening?

September 2011
Government Seeks Suggestions on Sale of Government-owned Homes
Foreclosure Avoidance Options Explained
Escaping Tight Mortgage Lending Standards
Barriers to a More Competitive Real Estate Brokerage Market
Tax Tips for People Who Are Selling and/or Moving

August 2011
Debt Deal Done
What are the Hot Remodeling Projects?
Deficit Debate Helping New Political Groups
Home Buyers’ Lifestyle Priorities in their Home Searches
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Debuts
New Sales Tax Increase May Further Weaken the Economy

July2011
Crunch Time for the Mortgage Interest Deduction
The Key to Safe Outdoor Summer Recreation
Government Proposes Tough Auto Efficiency Standards
HUD Announces Emergency Homeowner Loan Program
The Government Googles Google
On the Lighter Side: Housing Daffynitions

June 2011
Home Design Trends: What’s Hot, What’s Not
Changes in Mortgage Interest Deduction Could Spur Home Ownership
Housing Values Take another Dip
Online Sales Tax Would Create Offline Problems for American Homeowners
Protect Your Home while Vacationing

May 2011
Mortgage Interest Deduction in Play
Owning Cheaper Than Renting in More Major Cities
How to Cut Your Gasoline Bill
Homeowners Cranking Up Remodeling Efforts
Federal Court Prohibits Anticompetitive Real Estate Broker Practices

April 2011
Last Minute Tax Tips and Alerts
A First Step to Tax-Free E-Commerce
Rentals Driving Housing Liquidity
Spring into Spring!
Bankers Announce Major Reductions of Homeowners’ Mortgage Balances

March 2011
Home Ownership Remains an American Dream
New Financial Resources for Homeowners Available
New Law Will Help Reduce Mortgage Relief Scams
Residential Remodeling Growing
Foreclosure Rescue Programs at Risk
Administration Seeks Mortgage Deal

February 2011
The Good News and the Bad News
Popping the Bubble
Polish the Product for Faster Home Sale
New Real Estate Agent Rating Tool Announced
Preparing For Winter Storms

January, 2011
Housing Recovery Increasingly Tied to Job Growth
Healthcare the Likely Seminal Battle in 2011
How to Cut Home Heating and Other Energy Costs
Congress Extends Tax Cuts
Exterior Home Improvements Provide the Best Returns

December 2010
Avoiding Holiday Shopping Security Challenges
New Congress to Face Stark Realities
Robosigning Controversy Threatens Home Values
Federal Mortgage Insurance Helping
Congress to Scrutinize Internet Privacy

November 2010
What Will the Election Mean for Homeowners?
Owning May Be Cheaper Than Renting!
Broadcasters Turning Off Consumers
Halloween Homeowner Strategies

October 2010
Is Now a Good Time to Buy a Home?
Economy Emerging as Top Election Issue to Homeowners
Making More Out of Less
New Technology Opportunities Will Make Our Lives Better
Fall Home Priorities

September 2010
More Stimulus for Housing?
Ten Kitchen Design Trends
Administration Provides $3 Billion to Unemployed Homeowners
Mortgage Servicers Get Bad Grades on Loan Modifications
Technology Development Outlook Improves
Vulture Funds May Be Helping Homeowners
Treasury Secretary Ponders Housing Finance

August 2010
Financial Services Regulation Overhauled
Staycations Catching On
Technology Experts Argue that Too Much Regulation Hurts Innovation
The Cold Hard Truth About Home Ownership
A Nation of Renters?

July 2010
Selling Your Home in a Slow Market
Technology Policy Progresses
Tips for a Happy Fourth
Fannie Toughens Up and Lenders Lighten Up

June 2010
The Fiduciary Duty Dilemma
Which Way Will Baby Boomers Bounce?
Government Googles Google’s Privacy Policy
Homes Going Greener as the Gulf Gathers Goo

May 2010
More Good News on the Home Front
Administration Seeks Public Input on Housing Finance Policy
States Trying to Tax Internet Yard Sales
Earth Day Home Energy Reminders
Protecting Privacy and Preventing Identity Theft.
Universal Broadband Should Be Top Priority, Homeowners Tell FCC

April 2010
New Fed Plan and Bank Program to Help Homeowners
Spring Home Buying and Selling Tips
Now You Can Calculate the Benefits/Costs of the New Health Care Law
Financial Services Regulation Moves Forward
Internet Commerce: 10 Ways to Protect Your Money
IRS Announces New 2009 Tax Reporting Rules

March 2010
One More Time, for Housing Recovery
New Remodeling Cost Recovery Estimates Available
New Credit Card Law Kicks In
Real Estate Disclosure Improves
National Broadband Plan Will Help Homeowners
Time Shares: Poor Value, Made Worse by the Economy

February 2010
The President Pivots on Policy
Get Your Refund Faster – Do your Taxes Now
Preserving the Open Internet
Free Ten Minute Home Energy Audit Now Available
Real Estate Commission Rebate Prohibition Repealed
Home Buyer Tax Credit Rules Now Available from IRS

January 2010
Eliminating the Moral Hazard in Real Estate
Landmark Healthcare Bill Advances in Senate
Housing Recovery…or Not?
The Amazon Tax
Short-Sale Plan May Help Distressed Homeowners
Historic New Rules Approved to Govern America’s Financial System
State Moves to Repeal Anticompetitive Real Estate Law

December 2009
Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended
Foreclosure Counseling Works, Study Shows
FTC and Homeowners Win in Latest Federal Competition Case
Thanks should be given for November’s noise
Homeowners Ask for More Broadband Internet Access
Government Will Rent Homes Back to Foreclosed Owners

November 2009
Homeowners Make Tax Reform Suggestions to President Obama
Government Website Helps Homeowners with Mortgage Problems
Senate to Vote on Home Buyers Tax Credit
Homeowners May Get $8.7 Billion Relief in Mortgage Lawsuit
Creating a New Consumer Financial Protection Agency
U.S. Running Out of Mobile Bandwidth

October 2009
Homeowners ask Obama to Press Congress to Extend “Dough for Dwellings” Tax Credit
Foreclosure Forbearance and Strategic Defaults are a Growing Trend in Housing
Promote Telework, Homeowners Tell Federal Communications Commission
I fall for colors: “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
Broadband Group Lays out Issues for the Federal Communications Commission

September 2009
Foreclosure Increases Plus Home Buyers Tax Credit Lapse Threaten Economy
Mandatory Mediation Laws Helping to Preserve Property Values
High Speed Broadband Helping Rural Homeowners
Mortgage Lender Management Problems Beg for New Solutions
Side Business or Hobby – A Double-edged Sword
Consumer Financial Protection Agency is the Long Term Solution

August 2009
Healthcare Legislation at the Crossroads
More Signs of a Housing Recovery
Administration Pressures Lenders to Make Mortgage Modifications
Remodeling in 2009
Technology Policy Will Impact Homeowners
New Rules to Protect Borrowers
The Changing Face of Yard Sales

July 2009
Administration Proposes Major Financial System Overhaul
Free Home Buyers Guide Available
Homeowners Call for Universal Broadband Access
Half of Americans No Longer View Home Ownership as a Wealth Builder
Home Buyers Tax Credit May Be Expanded
What makes land valuable?
EPA to Issue New Home Energy Efficiency Standards

June 2009
Homeowners Call for Repeal of Protectionist State Laws
American Homes Getting Greener
Refinancing Your Mortgage Makes Sense for Many
The New Credit Card Reform Law
Rethinking Remodeling
The Impending Healthcare Battle

May 2009
Break Up the Big Banks Say Economists, Homeowners
Home Repair Scams Growing
Housing Bill to Help More Homeowners
Economy Driving Simplicity and Intergenerational Family Movement
Congress Acts to Limit Credit Card Abuses
Jobs and Teleworking Will Follow Broadband Buildout
Garage/Yard Sale Season upon Us

April 2009
Guide to Homeowner Tax Credits & Foreclosure Assistance Programs Available
Housing Outlook Improving
Homeowners Ask Congress for New Home Office Deduction
Extending Broadband to Rural Areas
President Obama Visits a Rural Homeowner
Free IRS Taxpayer Support

March 2009
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February 2009
House Passes Economic Stimulus Bill
Remodeling May be Smarter than Buying
Homeowners Welcome and Congratulate President Obama
Fed Reducing Mortgage Balances for Troubled Homeowners
Swelling Foreclosures May Soon Hit Market
Judges May Soon be Able to Modify Mortgages
Homeowner Tidbits

January 2009
Tax, Teleworking, Telecom Ideas for Obama Economic Stimulus Plan
A Bakers Dozen New Years Resolutions
Homeowners Propose Unified Comprehensive Housing Recovery Plan
How to Fix Your Life in 2009
Support for Judicial Intervention in Foreclosures Grows

December 2008
Giving Thanks for the Latest Rescue Effort
How Homeowners are Hunkering Down
Homeowners Likely to Benefit from Obama Stimulus Initiatives
The Housing Market of the Future
Homeowner Hints, Rants, and Raves

November 2008
New Homeowner Rescue Program Near
New Buyers & Investors Returning to the Market
Trick or Treat: Who is the Homeowners’ Candidate?
New Tool for Homeowners at Risk of Foreclosure
Get Involved in Your Future, AHGA Urges

October 2008
Homeowners Suggest Alternative to Wall Street Rescue
Protecting Your Home & Finances in Perilous Times
Broadband is Making Homeowners’ Lives Better
New Federal Benefits for Homeowners Enacted
Outlook for Home Values Brightens

September 2008
How to Protect Yourself from Mortgage Fraud
Congress to Probe Web Privacy
Home Sellers $aving on Commissions
Viability of Major Mortgage Organizations Threatened
States Continue to Promote Renewable Energy While Congress Dithers
Beware of Voter Registration Scams

August 2008
Massive Housing Rescue Bill Passed
Homeowner Security: New Technology, New Vulnerability
Home Office Tax Simplification Introduced
How to Beat the Heat
Key Legislator Outlines Environmental Priorities
New Lending Tool May Help Reduce Mortgage Rates
The Need for Speed

July 2008
June, 2008: A Month for Homeowners to Forget
Grassroots Alliance Urges Gasoline Conservation Measures
Floodplain buyout: Maybe it’s time to stop rebuilding
Homeowners, Businesses Support Simplified Home Office Deduction
Home Buyers' Interest in Foreclosures and Short Sales Growing
Alliance Calls for Elimination of Internet Taxes
Hunker Down Hints for Homeowners 
Better Consumer Education Needed, Homeowners Say

June 2008
Justice Department Slaps the Realtors
Rent, Swap or Stay? – Save with a Home-based Vacation
On the Brink of a Major Housing Rescue Package?
Despite the Gloom, Most are Happy Homeowners
More Homeowners Getting Connected
This Months’ Money-saving Tips

May 2008
Housing Rescue Initiatives Proceed
Earth Day Home Energy Ideas
Homeowners Offer Tax Simplification, Improvement Ideas
Rewarding Renovations
States Becoming Active on Home Ownership Policy Issues
Some Glimmers of Good News on the Home Front

April 2008
Major Housing Rescue Plan Emerging
Let’s Save Some Lives and Some Money
Signs of Early Spring in a Housing Market Recovery
Anti-homeowner Legislation Beaten Back
Last Minute Homeowner Tax Tips

March 2008
Housing Market Continues Decline as Foreclosures Grow, Prices Drop
Congress, Administration, and Candidates Respond to Deteriorating
  Housing Market
New Tax Breaks for Homeowners
Homeowners Call for End to Internet Taxes
Top 10 Foreclosure Avoidance Tips
State Anti-rebate Likely be Stalled

February 2008
Support The Senate Economic Stimulus Package
Dropping Rates Spur Refinancing but Caution is Needed
Homeowners Promote Teleworking Incentives
How to Buy a Country Retirement Place
Homeowners Join FTC to Stop Mandated Free Rides
Find Your Presidential Candidate

January, 2008
Homeowners Get Government Holiday Goodies
Top Ten 2008 New Years Resolutions for American Homeowners
American Homeowners Benefiting More from Technology
Bouquets and Brickbats
Help us Set the 2008 Policy Priorities of American Homeowners

December, 2007
Buying Now Can Be a Smart Move
Can the Government Help Us Save our Homes?
Managing Your Way Out of Adjustable Mortgages
New Life for Energy Legislation?
Holiday Hints for Homeowners

November, 2007
Home Prices and Sales Continue to Drop
Congressional Chairmen Propose Major Tax Law Overhauls
Advances Continue in Home Energy Efficiency
Congress Passes Internet Tax Moratorium
10 Tips for Healthier Home Air This Winter
The Complaint Department is Open
Healthcare Proposals Take One Step Forward, One Back
Homeowners Detail Recommendations to Encourage Teleworking

October 2007
Congress Readies Mortgage Market Remedies
Home Selling Tips for Slow Markets
AHGA Pushes Telenvironmental Solutions
Easy Ways to Reduce Home Energy Costs
Prospects for Healthcare Savings Improving
Steps Underway to Improve Mortgage Disclosures and Lending Practices

September 2007
Congress May Restrict the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Home Sellers Using New Tools to Sell their Homes
"Help Promote Teleworking," Says AHGA
Health Care Proposals Advance
Energized Over Energy
Your Future Home

July 2007
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Introduced
Good News for Homeowners on the Tech Front
Annual declines continue in Home-price index
Energy Bill Progresses
Remodeling Revisited
Potpourri

June 2007
Gas Prices Driving Teleworking Issues
Feds and 60 Minutes Reveal Continuing Real Estate Abuses
Homeowners and the Exaflood
Property Tax Revolution Expanding
More Congressional Action on Mortgage Lending
Don’t Tax the Net

May 2007
Adding Value to Your Home
New Developments May Counteract Mortgage Crisis
Interest in Buying Foreclosures is Growing
Health Industry Keeps its Hand in Your Wallet
New Opportunities for Buyers and Sellers
Congress Considering Retirement Savings Incentives

April, 2007
Grassroots Alliance Urges Improved Antitrust Enforcement
The Greening of American Homes
Congress Poised to Regulate Mortgage-funding Companies
More Homeowners Find Net Benefits
Mortgage Woes Hurting More Homeowners
Help Reduce Healthcare Costs

March, 2007
Homeowner Tax Tips
Support for TV Services Competition Grows
Home Sales Helpers
Real Estate Property Rights Expanding
Mortgage Market Getting Tighter

February, 2007
Homeowners Call on Congress to Encourage Home Ownership
Soft Market for New Homes Helps Drive Remodeling
Congress Wants More Strict Loan Guidelines
Foreclosures - Opportunity for Some, Albatross for Many

January, 2007
Eight 2007 New Years Resolutions for American Homeowners
Home Market Stabilizing
Selling in a Tough Market
Consumer Group Calls for Action in Real Estate Services Sector
Help Us Set the Policy Priorities of American Homeowners