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• "Buyer's market for region homes." Times Union, 3/24/2009
• "To be Strong Again: Renewing the Promise in Smaller Industrial Cities." PolicyLink, 2008
• "Nonprofit realty firm puts focus on helping first-time buyers." The Business Review, 1/19/2007
• "Doors swing wide open for first-time buyers." Times Union, 6/24/2006
• "Getting to Scale: New Business Strategies for Homeownership." NeighborWorks, May 2007
• "Community Realty helps homebuyers, strengthens neighborhoods." M&T Bank COMMUNITYline 2006
• "Creating Community Realty." Shelterforce, Sept/Oct 2005
• "Mission: Homeownership." Metroland, 7/28/2005
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