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		<title>Wake Up America!  Especially If You Are a Contributing Member Of Our Society..</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s 34 Month Report Card Mr. Hope and Change wants to create a nation humbled; humiliated, casting-aside capitalism and individual freedoms for one where we the people are government controlled.  This would be a system that genuflects mediocrity, steals personal aspiration and opportunity, and punishes those who strive to succeed. A gallon of regular gasoline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco Bay Area Sales Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreclosures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Short Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distressed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March home sales in California’s Bay Area reached their highest level for the month in five years, the result of lower prices, low interest rates and an improving economy.  About 7,700 new and resale houses and condos sold in the nine-county Bay Area in March, up 34.9% from 5,702 in February, and up 9.1% from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Sale Are Up…But Prices Are Down?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Sales]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jacobkurtz.com/realestateblog/?p=1405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Buyer traffic is strong, supply of homes for sale is low, and yet home prices continue to defy the usual formula, falling again in March. Prices usually rise as supply shrinks, but demand is still too low to make those historical &#8216;norms&#8217; compute, not to mention that the type of supply available is largely distressed.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fannie &amp; Freddie Bulk Sales Begin Soon!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreclosures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department of Housing and Urban Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal government]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jacobkurtz.com/realestateblog/?p=1403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government is starting to shed foreclosed, single-family homes it owns &#8212; by selling them in bulk to investors, who would turn them into rental properties.  Officials, however, are saying  that only &#8220;test&#8221; sales will occur &#8220;in the near-term&#8221; with a focus on the areas hardest hit by foreclosures. They declined to comment beyond a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States With Highest Foreclosure Rates Are Still Holding Out…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jacobkurtz.com/realestateblog/?p=1400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California, New York, Nevada, and Massachusetts are among the states that haven&#8217;t signed off on a settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses, according to state officials and two people familiar with the talks.  The holdouts include some with the highest rates of foreclosures. More than 6% of Nevada housing units had at least one foreclosure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fannie and Freddie Put to Probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrdublin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreclosures]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jacobkurtz.com/realestateblog/?p=1396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California attorney general Kamala Harris recently has filed a suit in San Francisco County Superior Court against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which will require the two firms to respond to a series of questions to be thrown into them by the state. &#160; This is the latest from Atty. Harris against the mortgage-finance giants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips on Keeping Fireplace and Furnace Safe and Effective</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrdublin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Generally Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jacobkurtz.com/realestateblog/?p=1393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All the snow on the road and your roof can cause so much trouble to you. The road becomes slippery and risky – or impassable at some areas. The roof becomes heavy, and that makes it risky, too, if you think of falling roofs due to heavy snow. But as what happens every year, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s up with the Bank of America’s New Rental Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrdublin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreclosures]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jacobkurtz.com/realestateblog/?p=1389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bank of America said it is looking at developing a new program that will help home renters regain rental possession of a foreclosed home. How would they do this? America’s biggest bank said it is looking for investors who will take for-rent foreclosed homes and take back borrowers as new tenants. BoA started to form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Speaks Rhetoric, a Tycoon Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrdublin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Generally Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jacobkurtz.com/realestateblog/?p=1381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week created a buzz as business tycoon and Wall Street veteran, Lean Cooperman, initiated an open letter to Obama criticizing his tone as he urge the wealthy to pay higher taxes. The letter became viral (what do you expect) and made many concerned and now-only concerned to think about how the President has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Call to Take Advantage of Expiring Tax Deductions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrdublin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social security]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jacobkurtz.com/realestateblog/?p=1378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While it’s the season to be jolly, it’s also the last month of the year. That means you have a little less than three weeks to take advantage of tax deductions that are looking to expire by January 2012. Do I really recommend that you take advantage of these benefits now?  From the looks of [...]]]></description>
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