<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Articles Inside the Section</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/weekly/realestate/inside?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><description>Articles Inside the Section</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Means Test, Counseling Requirement Lead a Host of Bankruptcy Changes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10648-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10648-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It will no longer be as easy to erase your debts under the  bankruptcy law that President Bush signed this week.]]></description><author> Benny L. Kass</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remodeling Moves  To the Garage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10649-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10649-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Over the past 20 years, every room in a typical suburban house has been transformed to some degree.]]></description><author> Katherine Salant</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Fly-by-Night Inspectors' Need Standards, Disgruntled Agent Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9258-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9258-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Q    DEAR BARRY:  <br>   As a real estate agent in the Seattle area, I have watched as growing numbers of home inspectors, with their authoritarian attitudes, have led buyers to     think     they are entitled to mint-condition houses, free...]]></description><author> Barry Stone</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening Tools Grow More Sophisticated]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10650-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10650-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ "Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all," wrote Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle in 1833.]]></description><author> Joel M. Lerner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[REAL ESTATE MAILBAG Robert J. Bruss]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8071-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8071-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Q    DEAR BOB: I live in a high-cost area. Although my apartment rent is low compared with the costs of owning a home, I realize there is no advantage in being a lifetime renter. I have a great job producing good income, but I can't afford to buy even a starter house. Is there any hope that I will ever own my own home?  --  John R. ]]></description><author> Robert J. Bruss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[30-Year Mortgage Rates Drop Again]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8311-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8311-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.80 percent this week, down from 5.91 percent last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday in its weekly nationwide survey.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twinning Convenience and Comfort in Silver Spring]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9351-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9351-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Residents say the Twin Towers apartment complex, in the heart of Silver Spring, is a great place to live whether you commute to work or are retired.]]></description><author> Ruben Castaneda</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[TWIN TOWERS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9379-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9379-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  1110 Fidler Lane<br>Silver Spring, Md. 20910<br>888-648-5734]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broken Air Conditioning Won't Break the Lease]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9627-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9627-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Q   I am a tenant and have many months remaining on my current lease. I would like to break my lease so I can move to an apartment community across town. I know it is not the hot season yet, but if my landlord will not fix the air-conditioning unit, can I use that as a reason to break the lease? ]]></description><author> Robert Griswold, Steven R. Kellman and Ted Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rents May Be Moderating, but Do the Math]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9609-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9609-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/realestate/inside</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:47:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em> Edited questions from Apartment Life, Sara Gebhardt's online discussion about rental issues.</em>]]></description><author> Sara Gebhardt</author></item></channel></rss>